Growing up poor appreciation thread....
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CinnaSlim
Queen of Swords
It makes you appreciate what you have. It also makes you resourceful, so if times ever get hard again, you don't sweat as much or have a nervous breakdown like some cars, cause you already been through it.
It also makes me not want to waste food. I eat everything on my plate. I hate seeing people waste leftovers or even cutting off the crust on their sandwiches. I could use those crusts to bread some chicken or something, man. Sometimes I do too much tho lol.
It also makes me not want to waste food. I eat everything on my plate. I hate seeing people waste leftovers or even cutting off the crust on their sandwiches. I could use those crusts to bread some chicken or something, man. Sometimes I do too much tho lol.
Damn this thread got me in my feels
didn't know you coli brehs knew bout that broke life.
I still haven't made it in my opinion. But i'm glad i grew up broke. Helped me learn to deal with disappointments at an early age and i feel like it helped me mature at a faster rate then some of my spoilt peers.
I was never hungry. But at one point i was squatting in abandoned buildings and having the homies do my laundry/sneak me into their parents houses to shower. Lol i remember after my mom kicked me out i had my whole wardrobe in the trunk of the homies car for like 2 months.
didn't know you coli brehs knew bout that broke life.I still haven't made it in my opinion. But i'm glad i grew up broke. Helped me learn to deal with disappointments at an early age and i feel like it helped me mature at a faster rate then some of my spoilt peers.
I was never hungry. But at one point i was squatting in abandoned buildings and having the homies do my laundry/sneak me into their parents houses to shower. Lol i remember after my mom kicked me out i had my whole wardrobe in the trunk of the homies car for like 2 months.
eviction notices every month (while mom was alive)
roaches and rats
project heat (heat stayed at like 90 degrees all the time)
towels and sheets for curtains
no food in the fridge
papi store for breakfast, free lunch at school, chinese food for dinner
no gear, just white tees
drug addicts (relatives and relatives friends) shooting up in the bathroom we all shared
big bro going to jail for 30 years
losing mom at 14
hanging around friends who later became felons (dey still mah nikkas to this day but i took a different route)
look out window and see drug deals and sparks flying
ceiling caving in
electric off and hot water off
living with gmom in 3 bedroom house with 7 other people (love my cousins to death, we had so much fun)
all my first cousins working at mcdonalds with me and theyre still in those types of jobs
had white family on my dad side who were actually typical cacs doing well but only saw them once a year because none of them liked my black mother nor my black sheep father who chose to be with a black woman
cant cry over spilled milk :mycry:
i love my life though. i loved the struggle. made me who i am today.
i wouldnt change a thing
RIP mom and dad///i really wish they could see me now
roaches and rats
project heat (heat stayed at like 90 degrees all the time)
towels and sheets for curtains
no food in the fridge
papi store for breakfast, free lunch at school, chinese food for dinner
no gear, just white tees
drug addicts (relatives and relatives friends) shooting up in the bathroom we all shared
big bro going to jail for 30 years
losing mom at 14
hanging around friends who later became felons (dey still mah nikkas to this day but i took a different route)
look out window and see drug deals and sparks flying
ceiling caving in
electric off and hot water off
living with gmom in 3 bedroom house with 7 other people (love my cousins to death, we had so much fun)
all my first cousins working at mcdonalds with me and theyre still in those types of jobs
had white family on my dad side who were actually typical cacs doing well but only saw them once a year because none of them liked my black mother nor my black sheep father who chose to be with a black woman
cant cry over spilled milk :mycry:i love my life though. i loved the struggle. made me who i am today.
i wouldnt change a thing
RIP mom and dad///i really wish they could see me now
I dealt with the roach-filled aparments.
I had the government cheese.
I drank powdered milk.
My apartment building used to have crack vials in the stair cases back in the 80s.
That struggle, b.
But I made it tho.
Man, I was in DR at my great grandma's house showering with a bucket of cold water and using an outhouse for a bathroom.
I know that struggle.
Not no more tho
Yall can't tell me shyt.
I had the government cheese.
I drank powdered milk.
My apartment building used to have crack vials in the stair cases back in the 80s.
That struggle, b.
But I made it tho.
Man, I was in DR at my great grandma's house showering with a bucket of cold water and using an outhouse for a bathroom.
I know that struggle.
Not no more tho
Yall can't tell me shyt.
Damn this thread got me in my feels
I still haven't made it in my opinion. But i'm glad i grew up broke. Helped me learn to deal with disappointments at an early age and i feel like it helped me mature at a faster rate then some of my spoilt peers.
I was never hungry. But at one point i was squatting in abandoned buildings and having the homies do my laundry/sneak me into their parents houses to shower. Lol i remember after my mom kicked me out i had my whole wardrobe in the trunk of the homies car for like 2 months.
damm did moms let u back in
She never came out and said i could come back, but she started calling me to see if i was okay and having other family members call me. I probably coulda went back if i wanted too but by time it got to that point i was happier on my own.
Hyperion
Superstar
Man, real shyt... When you grow up and not have nice things, you appreciate everything a lot more when you finally make it. Just be careful of not becoming jaded and lose yourself, because it's easy to do so.
Supercoolmayo
Superstar
My Tv and my monitor still got a booty
dammm how did u survive!!! how old were u. shyt gotta be scary
Hyperion
Superstar
How would that NOT be a struggle?
My Tv and my monitor still got a booty
Mine too.
They'd be proud
Like I am
Like I am
eviction notices every month (while mom was alive)
roaches and rats
project heat (heat stayed at like 90 degrees all the time)
towels and sheets for curtains
no food in the fridge
papi store for breakfast, free lunch at school, chinese food for dinner
no gear, just white tees
drug addicts (relatives and relatives friends) shooting up in the bathroom we all shared
big bro going to jail for 30 years
losing mom at 14
hanging around friends who later became felons (dey still mah nikkas to this day but i took a different route)
look out window and see drug deals and sparks flying
ceiling caving in
electric off and hot water off
living with gmom in 3 bedroom house with 7 other people (love my cousins to death, we had so much fun)
all my first cousins working at mcdonalds with me and theyre still in those types of jobs
had white family on my dad side who were actually typical cacs doing well but only saw them once a year because none of them liked my black mother nor my black sheep father who chose to be with a black woman
i love my life though. i loved the struggle. made me who i am today.
i wouldnt change a thing
RIP mom and dad///i really wish they could see me now
I wasn't really scared just mad at the time, Felt like life wasn't fair. Was just before i turned 17 and she basically just started cussing me out on the daily telling me to get out so i did.
But before i got kicked out i was already making my own cash. I just didn't know where to go or how to really operate on my own. I was still like a little kid only thing i cared about was clothes and females.
But i was only homeless for a little over 2 months before i stacked enough for an apartment. Had my dad put it in his name.
