For those of you who grew up with little money..

[Davis_Ever]

Do you look at it as a blessing or a burden? For myself I use to get upset when I couldnt go on vacations or embarrassed when my mom picked me up in our piece of **** cavalier but now I'm almost happy I didn't have a lot because it made me hungry to become a success. Some of my family had some real nice house and drove ferraris meanwhile I was living in a ****ty two bedroom apartment so it just made me more ambitious. anyone else?

[Daniel_Kemp]

Well I've never really had a lot of money, but my parents/family has.

I wasn't really spoiled, but some of my relatives children are pretty spoiled. I am happy that I don't get upset when I don't have the coolest/newest stuff like some of my relatives do.

Money just makes things easier, it doesn't make it happier.

[soloS]

it can be both

[BamBam42]

When I grew up we were pretty broke, but now my dad is very successful and we live much more comfortably

I like it better, he's paying for my university which is huge

[MA5Bergey]

I think of it as a burden tbh. I'm not poor, but I am in the middle class that can't get aid for school, stuff like that, and I'm pinching pennies to get by through the semester. Can't even go anywhere for spring break because I just don't have the money to spare.

[hellasx44]

i call shenanigans, i dont believe ur family was rollin in ferraris while u were poor.

[MusclesMarinara]

We were REALLY poor when I was a kid...but I had NO idea...

I actually wish I knew how poor we really were as it might have made me a harder worker and more goal oriented....

[Culebra]

I understand the true meaning of life because of it.

[andygymboy1]

Actually, I agree OP, I wouldn't consider it a blessing though, more-so of a experience of not being materialistic!

Reps on recharge

[Davis_Ever]

i call shenanigans, i dont believe ur family was rollin in ferraris while u were poor.

u honestly think i would make up my uncle drives nice cars....if I did the story would be changed to me driving them as a CEO. FAIL

[evgeney]

it can be a blessing since it keeps you motivated to achieve your goals to turn this experience into a memory, In a way through time the poor will become strong meanwhile those who have everything handed to them in life will grow weak as they lose those connections.

[QB_Killa]

We was so poor we ate what my father brought home from work, we ate toys.

Nah seriously it's a burden becuase I was poor as in hood poor and I just can't seem to shake the mentality off wherever I go. So I suppose it's the mentallity it brings about not the actual lack of money that is the problem.

[JRRBadBoy4Life]

My parents weren't rich when I was a kid, but we always had enough money to do extra stuff like go to Disneyworld when I was 12 and go on a cruise when I was 15, along with annual summer trips to OC, MD.

[hellasx44]

u honestly think i would make up my uncle drives nice cars....if I did the story would be changed to me driving them as a CEO. FAIL

yes i do seeing as u were embarrassed of ur cavalier. hey at least i wasnt gettin picked up by a cavalier u sir fail.

[bhujerban]

It was a burden for me. I went without things, including food, for a long time. When we were able to start getting things and money was good, it was an explosion of greed because we went without it for so long. When I had money, I justified everything I bought (but didn't need) through that. Now I have a bunch of junk and no money, and a need for new things. It sucks.

[Davis_Ever]

We was so poor we ate what my father brought home from work, we ate toys.

Nah seriously it's a burden becuase I was poor as in hood poor and I just can't seem to shake the mentality off wherever I go. So I suppose it's the mentallity it brings about not the actual lack of money that is the problem.

i think thats the one side of me I could lose because it sometimes turns me antisocial. I just can't stand the site of kids walking around in 150 dollar ed hardy ooutfits talking like there the top **** when they havent earned anything. Trust fund kids that think they deserve what ever was handed to them meanwhile im wearin 4 year old ripped frayed jeans everyday

[DD66]

Well I remember when I was younger, living in Quebec. going to macdonalds the family together on saturday night. was "the" outing of the week for us. I remember not seeing my parents much, since they worked all the time to provide the best they could, so I got babysat alot by grand parents.

Now its different....were on the other side. I made me realize that everything is possible, doesn't matter how poor, broker, uneducated you are...you can rise to riches. Thats why I have to oppose Obama and his message of government helping people...People help themseleves. People achieve success on there own...

[KP7]

We were REALLY poor when I was a kid...but I had NO idea...

I actually wish I knew how poor we really were as it might have made me a harder worker and more goal oriented....

This^^ 100%
I have 2 sisters and 1 brother, we didn't have vacations every year or went to ballet or swimming classes. We had enough to put food on the table and a roof over our heads. My parents were extremely hard workers and I learned that from them. They would now be considered upper middle class folks because they rose from the very bottom (serious).

Actually, I agree OP, I wouldn't consider it a blessing though, more-so of a experience of not being materialistic!

Reps on recharge

I appreciate everything because of it. I'm not materialistic and it's due to the topic. The best part of all of it is that I know no matter what happens, I will survive - because I'm willing to work at anything, nothing is wrong with being a waitress or other jobs that are considered "too low" for most people (btw I have a BA).

It kills me to watch people be snotty or when they obsess over brands they can't afford/or are ridiculously priced like fendi or louis - people, there is more to life than material ****.

[quickhate]

Both

[Augnon]

foster child<<<< no family.But b4 then below poverty level

[jempalmer]

i wouldnt exactly call it a blessing, i think growing up with no money can give you higher aspirations but it can also make them a lot harder to achieve and lead to frustration, depression and maybe a few mental issues.

as a kid i went from living in a mansion, with numerous cars, i wasnt spoilt but everything i wore, ate, etc was quality and expensive, money made life easier, the best education, the best food, rewards if you worked har to study etc where as later it was the opposite, my dada lost his job we couldnt even afford baby milk for my new little sis so things were bad, as a result of this...

i got fat as couldnt afford proteins and just ate as much free chips from school as possible before i went home, i couldnt afford equipment for school making that harder, i had no friends as could never afford to do anything with anyone, i was bulied, i was emotional/depressed, my mom and dad fought regularly, we had no heating etc, no holidays for about 8 yrs not even a trip to see a film or eat out meaning that there was no motivation in my life to do anything,

i still i got my grades i dont know how but it did make me more determined to have and provide a comfortable or luxurious lifestyle for me and my family to make up for the 8 yrs that i felt were taken off me, while we had no money and did little more than scrape by with enough to eat.

but id rather be oblivious to the experiences of being poor to be honest, its like my childhood was taken away as i felt the stress of my parents worrying about loosing our home etc which i guess still effects me now in some ways?!

[GreatDane08]

OP you need to stop resenting the wealthy.

"Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head"

serious

[Davis_Ever]

OP you need to stop resenting the wealthy.

"Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head"

serious

how am I resenting wealthy? I have no hate for anyone that grew up in a more fortunate situation than most...they cant control that. What I can't stand is people who think theyre better because of it and that they deserved everything while theres people busting there ass to make ends meet. They need a dose of reality instead of living in MTV dreamland.

[Azzurri]

Thank god I didn't, but my mom was poor. her dad use to take the kids pay check to pay for the house ans what ever. they didn't even have decent clothing for school.

[triglyceride]

i wouldnt exactly call it a blessing, i think growing up with no money can give you higher aspirations but it can also make them a lot harder to achieve and lead to frustration, depression and maybe a few mental issues.

as a kid i went from living in a mansion, with numerous cars, i wasnt spoilt but everything i wore, ate, etc was quality and expensive, money made life easier, the best education, the best food, rewards if you worked har to study etc where as later it was the opposite, my dada lost his job we couldnt even afford baby milk for my new little sis so things were bad, as a result of this...

i got fat as couldnt afford proteins and just ate as much free chips from school as possible before i went home, i couldnt afford equipment for school making that harder, i had no friends as could never afford to do anything with anyone, i was bulied, i was emotional/depressed, my mom and dad fought regularly, we had no heating etc, no holidays for about 8 yrs not even a trip to see a film or eat out meaning that there was no motivation in my life to do anything,

i still i got my grades i dont know how but it did make me more determined to have and provide a comfortable or luxurious lifestyle for me and my family to make up for the 8 yrs that i felt were taken off me, while we had no money and did little more than scrape by with enough to eat.

but id rather be oblivious to the experiences of being poor to be honest, its like my childhood was taken away as i felt the stress of my parents worrying about loosing our home etc which i guess still effects me now in some ways?!

Oh wait, didn't read the whole thing. I think only people who were broke as **** from the get go can talk about this. Wasn't the parents fault, they were good, hard working people, didn't even drink or smoke. Life's just tough sometimes.

[swolegantor]

"getting upset because you couldent go on vacations"

Is not the definition of little money.

[aaronjbc123]

burden. anyone who tells you blessing is either rich right now, or was never poor to begin with.

[aaronjbc123]

burden. anyone who tells you blessing is either rich right now, or was never poor to begin with.

[Jim Jitsu]

i wouldnt exactly call it a blessing, i think growing up with no money can give you higher aspirations but it can also make them a lot harder to achieve and lead to frustration, depression and maybe a few mental issues.

as a kid i went from living in a mansion, with numerous cars, i wasnt spoilt but everything i wore, ate, etc was quality and expensive, money made life easier, the best education, the best food, rewards if you worked har to study etc where as later it was the opposite, my dada lost his job we couldnt even afford baby milk for my new little sis so things were bad, as a result of this...

i got fat as couldnt afford proteins and just ate as much free chips from school as possible before i went home, i couldnt afford equipment for school making that harder, i had no friends as could never afford to do anything with anyone, i was bulied, i was emotional/depressed, my mom and dad fought regularly, we had no heating etc, no holidays for about 8 yrs not even a trip to see a film or eat out meaning that there was no motivation in my life to do anything,

i still i got my grades i dont know how but it did make me more determined to have and provide a comfortable or luxurious lifestyle for me and my family to make up for the 8 yrs that i felt were taken off me, while we had no money and did little more than scrape by with enough to eat.

but id rather be oblivious to the experiences of being poor to be honest, its like my childhood was taken away as i felt the stress of my parents worrying about loosing our home etc which i guess still effects me now in some ways?!

So what's with the picture then? Do you semi-nude modeling now?

[PitbullJR]

Do you look at it as a blessing or a burden? For myself I use to get upset when I couldnt go on vacations or embarrassed when my mom picked me up in our piece of **** cavalier but now I'm almost happy I didn't have a lot because it made me hungry to become a success. Some of my family had some real nice house and drove ferraris meanwhile I was living in a ****ty two bedroom apartment so it just made me more ambitious. anyone else?

Im with you brah. Since we know how growing up with little money feels it is our jobs as men to make sure our kids see a side of life we didnt.