growing up in poverty stories/thread

[Ol’Otis]

anybody wanna share their stories of growing up in poverty?

the ramen noodles,not being qualified for students loans, near the end of the month looking for something to eat stories, the loss of lives of close friends, fukked up birthdays and holidays

 

[@OffHalsted]

Couldn't afford Name Brand KOOL-AID

 

[Ol’Otis]

Couldn't afford Name Brand KOOL-AID

i remember that brand

 

[Paradise]

Couldn't afford Name Brand KOOL-AID

This stuff is awful!

It taste like you took a crap ton of pixie sticks and put water and a little sugar in it.

 

[NBA Youngbreh]

Didn't grow up in poverty but definitely lived in the hood caused another set of problems and advantages
-going to a different school than the neighborhood kid
-papa taught all the thugs in high school so no one fukked with me
-Shootouts happening at the most random occasions
-nikkas you literally saw 5 minutes before getting gunned down
-going to your friends house and they mom was strung out
-moving out the hood but your parents won't let you go back to the neighborhood
-nikkas you lost contact with dying
Before my first semester of college, i went back to see my friend and i saw his mom was still on the stuff

 

[@OffHalsted]

All our food came from hereBeggin for quarters outta shoppin karts

 

[2stainz]

Projects building. Had a homeless man that slept in the stairways of our building, he pissed everywhere

 

[Giselle]

I didn't grow up in poverty, but my grandmother was cheap af and acted like she did. I spent lots of time at her house, so I can probably semi relate. lol


& this is why the people on my ignore list will stay on my ignore list :umad?bey:

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[Tunez]

I didn't grow up in poverty, but my grandmother was cheap af and acted like she did. I spent lots of time at her house, so I can probably semi relate. lol

 

[Dak Pickscott]

RIP
My Daddy
My cousin daddy
My cousin mama
My other cousin mama
Rico
VWoods
Bucc
Charles
Rob J
Big Flock
PAC
Jana
Lil Chris
Big Brock
Mike Mike
Don and Chris
B Bush
Lil Serg
Lil Hillard
JRock
21
Tyson
Colby
Lil Rodney
Daveon
Lil A

 

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Your neighbor getting locked up

When they come back

Scary ass pitbulls and dog fighting

Big brawls outside between sets

 

[lowkey0z]

all facts

 

[The BasedFather]

Breh, we used to sleep on the fukking floor when we were kids. Moved to a 2 bedroom apartment and had to share a single room with my sisters and we shared everything. We shopped at the dollar store for food, Salvation Army for clothes and I still remember those knock off bags of cereal. Eat ramen noodles, hots dogs for dinner and never had lunch for school. Begging other kids for food and shyt. Never had school supplies and only had two pairs of shoes during high school. Shopped at Payless for shoes and got clowned on

We then moved into a house and I got my own room, but the neighborhood was bad. I got robbed by two guys, a guy down the street got shot and killed in a robbery, my moms car got broken into, there was a car chase on our street, they crashed in front of our house and I saw the guys running on foot from the cops. My mom was always at work too. I didn't have a dad and had to be the man of the house

shyt was rough, but now I'm a YRN

Yall nikkas can't complain about shyt.

 

[DrX]

i wouldn't say i grew in poverty....but yeah we were poor...we were below middle class....its a blessing because gave i think being at the bottom will give u a perceptive about the world and appreciation for things much deeper than material

 

[Illuminatos]

Going days without having food in the house, and when the food stamps finally came in it was like a celebration.

Having to sleep on a mattress because you had no bed.

Driving around in a dust bucket car that had the entire top burnt from rust. Literally the entire top was brown and rusty. My mom wouldn't even drop me off in front of the school, she would drop me off a few blocks away because it was so embarrassing.

I remember one day we ran out of soap and my mom had no money so I had to use shampoo as soap.

Leaving church we had to stay in the car for like 20 minutes to cool down because it had no AC and we lived in Florida so it was hot as shyt in there.

Moving to a new house every year because my mother had no sort of stable job or income besides child support.

I remember chilling at my friends playing games one day after a stressful week of midterms, then my mom called me and told me we got a evicted.

Wearing beat up clothes and sneakers.

The worst part about it all is that it didn't have to be like this. It didn't have to be like this at all. I fortunately managed to get out of that toxic situation though my brother and sister are still living that life. It's a damn shame too, I'll never let my child experience that.