Grew Up Poor Thread

[kovi]

A post I saw on Reddit got me thinking about putting my childhood into perspective. Currently, I’m in a very very good position in life and I don’t take it for granted on bit.

I live in the upper/upper-middle class side of town, around solid blacks and others, drive a functional vehicle with little to no repairs needed, bought my lil bro a brand new car and paid off my dad’s whip, and am paying for school outta pocket.

Looking back at things, I realized I didn’t come from the best upbringing (son of immigrants), though there was beauty in the struggle.

I live in FL. Feel free to drop some stories. No violence.

 

[kovi]

Having cable was (and still is) a luxury. Growing up, I thought everyone who had it was solid.

We only had it for 2 months out of the year.

Myself and siblings lived off of CW, PBS and primetime (8-10PM).

Those cable months were the most exciting times of the year. Access to CNN, Cartoon Network and Disney was to die for.

 

[kovi]

Parents pretended to live in a nice area so that I could have access to the better school.

I wasn’t allowed to hang out unless it was an after school program so most of my idle time was spent in the library.

 

[fortheblessings]

From London, we have free healthcare so that was a burden of our shoulders, which is good because in poorer areas your likely to get stabbed.

jokes aside seeing fiends, and nikkas slanging as soon as you step out of da yard is terrible, and i thought that was normal till i grew older. I was smart enough to not get involved tho

 

[kovi]

From London, we have free healthcare so that was a burden of our shoulders, which is good because in poorer areas your likely to get stabbed.

jokes aside seeing fiends, and nikkas slanging as soon as you step out of di yard is terrible, and i thought that was normal till i grew older. I was smart enough to not get involved tho

Only time I ever saw fukkery like that was when I went to Miami. I grew up kinda shyttt but my life was mostly fukkery free. Never once been tempted to join gangs or get violent.

 

[kovi]

Speaking of library, there were 2 floors to that shyt. The kids/teenager area and the adults area upstairs.

Naturally, I spent most of my time in the kids area until, one summer, my dawg hit with the fact that, while kids got 15 minutes per reservation (4 max per day), the adults got 60 with possible extensions

Word spread and it didn’t take too long for the Runescape crew to take that bytch over

...and when we figured out how to get GTA Vice City via torrenting, it was a wrap

 

[KingBeez]

“You May have went to sleep hungry sometimes, but you can’t say that you didn’t have a roof over your head”

- My mom talking to me about my childhood.

I love that woman. She’s right, and I swear growing up poor made me even more hungry to be successful as an adult, and it’s paying off

 

[BlackPrint]

Sugarwater at middle school graduation

Run out of toilet tissue and have to wipe up with phone book paper.

Frontin like you were under 3 y/o for free meals at ihop even though you like 7

 

[kovi]

Living with other people. We lived with 5 different groups of people before being able to afford our own apartment, which we lived in for almost 10 years. At our worst, we lived in a friend’s trailer park while she was away half the year. shyt fell and flew apart during Katrina and we lost a lot, including a car my mom put a down payment on.

Sugar water and pizza from my dad’s job was a regular for dinner.

 

[YamakaSmacker]

Glad my parents were considerate enough to get their shyt together before they had me
My older sister is the one with the broke stories

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

What do u do for a living op?

You May have went to sleep hungry sometimes, but you can’t say that you didn’t have a roof over your head”

No offense but this is setting the bar really low in life

 

[kovi]

Glad my parents were considerate enough to get their shyt together before they had me
My older sister is the one with the broke stories

My parents had their shyt together but decided to move to a new country (USA) to better my life prospects, though they had me here and my siblings here (anchor babies).

 

[KingBeez]

No offense but this is setting the bar really low in life

First off, my mom was a single mother that did her best to raise me under the circumstances that she faced. When the money was low and her check didn’t come yet, sometimes I went to sleep without a good dinner. But personally, I’d rather sleep hungry a couple of times while having a roof over my head than be fed and homeless

 

[kovi]

What do u do for a living op?

I’m a college student. Will be a nurse in a year and a half’s time. Most of my money comes from crypto (exited for the most part), a word-of-mouth moving business and a few other side hustles I’d stupid to discuss online.

No pocket watching

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

I’m a college student. Will be a nurse in a year and a half’s time. Most of my money comes from crypto (exited for the most part), a word-of-mouth moving business and a few other side hustles I’d stupid to discuss online.

No pocket watching

No pocket watching when u made a thread literally pocket showing

First off, my mom was a single mother that did her best to raise me under the circumstances that she faced. When the money was low and her check didn’t come yet, sometimes I went to sleep without a good dinner. But personally, I’d rather sleep hungry a couple of times while having a roof over my head than be fed and homeless

Im sure she did her best but still, keeping your child fed everyday one of the basic requirements of parents
Telling your hungry kid at least you aren't homeless is highkey fukked up