Post here if you & your parents are dirt poor

[Deleted]

We aren't dirt poor but we aren't rich.

My parents have a lot of debt so they're in the same boat.

[verycontrary247]

My H is in the military and I have a shitty retail job so I'm pretty sure we're considered Nestpoor.


My parents aren't poor, but they were so incredibly cheap when I was growing up that I was under the impression they were until a year or two ago. I'm pretty sure they're hiding a mountain of gold somewhere.

[pedanticwench]

I consider myself Nest poor. I've been very lucky to not be dirt poor.

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[lucky513]

I grew up pretty poor, we frequented the food pantry

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Jan 29, 2013 18:47:46 GMT -5 lucky513 said:

I grew up pretty poor, we frequented the food pantry

My parents were on food stamps when my brother was born. Military pay FTW!

[mrsbro]

Grew up poor, food pantry, welfare, public housing, free lunch - the whole fun deal.

We are okay middle class now, which is rich to my mom. Definitely not rich but not poor like we were growing up.

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[margotmacomber]

holla 

[ElizabethBennet]

We're not dirt poor but my h is low ranking military so were not exactly rolling in it lol.

My parents had great jobs while I was growing up but have terrible money management skills lol.

[Deleted]

Food stamp/public transportation/free lunches growing up poor here.

[Deleted]

Elizabeth, What branch? I know my dad moved up fast in the Air Force and 5 years into it my brother is a Sargent in the Army. It can happen to your H

[ElizabethBennet]

Air force and he's been in a little over 3 years. He'll be testing for staff this year.

[Deleted]

GL to him . I know y'all are going through a hard time but it will all work out in time

And I like him, he chose a great branch my Dad did 26 years Active Duty

[louloudi87]

H and I aren't dirt poor, but we're pushing it. I won't even open the trust fund thread.

My parents aren't poor, but they aren't wealthy. They live comfortably. H's mom is very comfortable.

[ElizabethBennet]

Thanks .

He loves it and is planning on making it his career and it's been really great for us in a lot of ways. I dont think I could have handled another branch lol.

[Dusky]

Grew up dirt poor, and signing in.

[fuckyourcouch]

grew up fairly poor until i was around 10. between then and when i left for college, we lived comfortably, not poor or rich.
there was a period in college when i was laid off (start of the recession) and my H and i (then bf/fiance) lived on food stamps.
my parents live comfortably now but are not wealthy by any means.
my H and i are very lucky in that we have well paying jobs, but we aren't rich. we definitely live below our means though.

[pantsparty]

I think my parents were poorish growing up. We had reduced lunches and lots of hammy downs.

My dad just retired and I think my parents are pretty comfortable now. He has a pension and a retirement fund, and he inherited some money from my grandparents when they died. My mom also receives some money monthly from a medical settlement on behalf of my grandma, which passed to my mom and her sibs when my grandma died.

They are still pretty frugal overall, though.

[Deleted]

We were one of the poorest families in the town I grew up, if not THE poorest. Christmas meant stuff from Santas Anonymous, clothes taken from the lost and found, welfare, and all food was from the food bank. The whole shebang. I managed to fake my way through HS and only my best friend knew how bad things were for me at home.

I got my first job as soon as I was legally able to work, which was at McDonald's 4 hours a week and holy shit, that $60 paycheck was like winning the lotto.

I'm no longer poor, though.

[psychmom]

My parents are always broke, but I think the biggest reason is because they spend every cent they have, not because of lack of job/funds.

[LeggsBenedict]

Jan 29, 2013 18:47:41 GMT -5 @fucksticklegit said:

I say this to h when I'm feeling depressed about our financial situation. So about 4 times so far this week.

[amberlyrose]

I grew up (almost) dirt poor. We were on free lunches but my dad made like $500-1000 too much for food stamps or headstart. My mom finished school and started working when I was in 3rd grade, so after that we were just slightly poor. With their student loans, they made good money but we really didn't see any of it.

H and I are probably considered middle class and he makes more money than my parents combined. They'll probably have to work until they physically can't anymore.

[fierypajamas]

Grew up dirt poor and my family still is. FI and I are middle class though.

[macmars45]

I didn't grow up poor.

H and I are nest poor though. For sure.

[EllieArroway]

My mom is poor-ish. She was young when she married my dad & had kids, and still young when they divorced & she became a single mom with no education or work history. She worked in a factory for years until she got a single-parent scholarship & went to school when I was in junior high. Now she makes more money but she's still horrible with managing it so she never has any. I really don't think she has anything at all saved for retirement and I'm afraid of what that will mean for us later...

[KaraOrNot]

I don't think we were dirt poor, but my parents didn't make a lot and were not responsible w/ what they did have. We lived in a trailer until I was in 8th grade, used the food pantry when I was younger, etc.

[chickenlittle]

Grew up poor, still nest poor. I remember when I first needed glasses as a kid, they brought out an old dusty wooden box with like 3 pairs of huge wire rim glasses held together by tape in it. Those were the only options covered by our free health care. That was the first time I realized how poor we were.

[stephm0188]

Average middle class Nest poor here, but grew up pretty poor.

[karmasabiotch]

I grew up poor until I was in my teens when my Mom remarried. We weren't food pantry poor only because my Grandma and the man who ended up my step father helped us out. My Dad was probably at the poverty level.

I live a frugal life now. I have access to money but don't use it. I can support my family but designer clothing and lavish vacations aren't part of my lifestyle. If my H worked full time we would be in a better position obviously. Hopefully that will be in my future. If I was on my own with J, I would be better off as well. That could be my future too. I guess I'm Nest poor but in reality I think if you have a safe place to live, food to eat, and access to health care you are doing well.

[thumper55]

rice is pretty cheap, right? well, we had maggots in our rice, you know the 100lb bags. We rinsed it before cooking, but we ate all of it.



edited to add:  this is when I was growing up.  
DH and I are not considered poor by any means.