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21. My mother ate a lot of roof rabbit during her childhood

Reply to jwirr (Reply #18)

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 12:10 AM

Sep 2015

She was on the road playing in a supper club band when she was 12. Her brother had their mother sign papers so he could join the Army Air Force at 16 during WWII. My grandfather, who'd been gassed in WWI, didn't do too great holding down a job and refused to take a WPA one because it was "charity." So compared to that, my childhood was mildly poor. And no, it did my family no favors.

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Being poor is a state of mind that you never out grow, but being broke is just a temporary condition [View all] jtuck004 Sep 2015 OP

Absolutely. cheapdate Sep 2015 #1

Hell yes.... daleanime Sep 2015 #2

I have acquaintances co-living with three generations of "broke" family. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #3

I used to think that... Adrahil Sep 2015 #6

If your sister's only problem is being broke, an extra $20 ought to do the trick. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #7

But such dirge is as bullshit as Alger glurge whatthehey Sep 2015 #9

It's not as simple as that. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #10

And if he acts as in the post I responded to, he will stay poor whatthehey Sep 2015 #12

Doing stupid shit has consequences mythology Sep 2015 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #20

I can just tell you my experience. Adrahil Sep 2015 #19

Over the course of my lifetime I have yet to see an attempt at a "solution". Much was jtuck004 Sep 2015 #24

. AuntPatsy Sep 2015 #4

Very Pollyanna. Perhaps if one had a Momma like Gregory's such a philosophy snagglepuss Sep 2015 #5

John Steinbeck said it best lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #8

omg that is bang on. snagglepuss Sep 2015 #13

My entire family considered themselves to lucky to have jwirr Sep 2015 #11

Real poverty is not having any family puzzledeagle Sep 2015 #15

Naw. Real poverty is going to your job washing dishes after Jr high classes to help pay the mortgage REP Sep 2015 #16

I was ten years old when I started cleaning a house for a jwirr Sep 2015 #18

My mother ate a lot of roof rabbit during her childhood REP Sep 2015 #21

I guess it is all in the outlook. I would have gotten out of jwirr Sep 2015 #23

Exactly. We have two young people in our family who are jwirr Sep 2015 #17

The game is rigged. PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #22