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The Velveteen Ocelot

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31. Generations of kids were raised in small houses

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 12:59 PM

Oct 2016

and lived to tell about it. I grew up in a small house with only ONE bathroom that my parents and two brothers and I had to share! My brothers shared a bedroom; I had one to myself but it was minuscule. The house I live in now is quite small - less than 1000 sq. ft., and originally it had 2-1/2 tiny bedrooms in what's basically a finished attic and only one small bathroom, which was downstairs. When I moved in 25 years ago the neighbors told me that there had once been a family with eight kids living there. Somehow people managed. The kids in the condo are sharing a bedroom. BFD. Looks like they have nice parents who love them and they get to go to the beach all the time. The note-writer has a lot of nerve calling the parents selfish.

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family chastised for raising 2 kids in two bedroom condo [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2016 OP

There is only one response to writers of notes like this one Warpy Oct 2016 #1

I agree rockfordfile Oct 2016 #8

I can think of a few other responses . . . You can fill in the blanks. NBachers Oct 2016 #44

I had someone accuse me of cruelty for keeping a lab/aussie mix in a condo, even though hlthe2b Oct 2016 #2

Your dog must simply love you exboyfil Oct 2016 #27

I like to think so... hlthe2b Oct 2016 #32

A lot of people feel entitled to tell other people how to run their lives, don't they. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #3

And also they apparently need to get a life. nt raccoon Oct 2016 #16

Pfft - my grandparents raised seven kids Retrograde Oct 2016 #4

You sure as hell got that right. raccoon Oct 2016 #17

Grew up in a family of 5 in a 1000 square foot house. spooky3 Oct 2016 #22

... Lucinda Oct 2016 #5

Guess rudeness and intruding into other people's lives is the new normal. n/t dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #6

Wow, I bet 50% of american children would love that situation. Seems like a great place. n/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #7

yeah because every family can afford a house with a yard and swingset Takket Oct 2016 #9

That's how we raised our daughter Generic Brad Oct 2016 #10

What's with all these anonymous notes? dalton99 Oct 2016 #11

Golly Gee Mendocino Oct 2016 #12

Fuck Off! Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #13

No shit. That backyard swing set is a total yawn Warpy Oct 2016 #14

Ever grow up in a white flight yuppie suburb? Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #20

I grew up in the 50s Warpy Oct 2016 #43

5 of us kids madokie Oct 2016 #15

I bet this person leaving the note is the same kind of lunatic who calls CPS... Odin2005 Oct 2016 #18

if this is real the person is an idiot. the beach is the yard for them JI7 Oct 2016 #19

I had to share a room with my brother and 6 of us shared a bathroom at one point, Nye Bevan Oct 2016 #21

I grew up in a tiny house w/six people and one bath, one tv and one telephone. KittyWampus Oct 2016 #41

The note was probably from a neighbor who hates kids NightWatcher Oct 2016 #23

dear anonymous.....go fuck yourselves spanone Oct 2016 #24

Steps to the Beach......to the note writer..Jealous Much!!! Tikki Oct 2016 #25

Sounds like somebody DUgosh Oct 2016 #26

What horseshit. I'm currently fighting to keep my sons in separate rooms. Barack_America Oct 2016 #28

I bet mrsv Oct 2016 #29

I grew up oldtime dfl_er Oct 2016 #30

Generations of kids were raised in small houses The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #31

the writer of that letter needs to get busy 0rganism Oct 2016 #33

The size of a house is not what is important to child, the size of your heart is. appleannie1 Oct 2016 #34

signed, person that is trying to buy up beach front property to turn into McMansions... Johonny Oct 2016 #35

My wife grew up in a two bedroom apartment, in a city of 15 million... Marengo Oct 2016 #36

Yeah, those kids sure are suffering mcar Oct 2016 #38

Poor kids. Imagine . . . forced to play on the beach every day. Vinca Oct 2016 #40

WTF is wrong with people? Initech Oct 2016 #42