(01-18-2022, 06:38 PM)Jags Wrote: Idk if your parents were like mine or if you were like me as a kid.  But something popped in my head today from my childhood.  My parents weren’t rich.  By not rich, I mean just above poor.  I didn’t know that at the time.  My mom would not buy me expensive shoes because I’d wear them out and get holes in them.  Hi! I am that kid that had patches on his blue jeans!  Now that I’m an adult, I’m wondering if she spent more if I’d be able to be me and still have good shoes.  Obviously the cheap shoes broke. Maybe the good ones wouldn’t?

very same. One thing I'll say about that upbringing was that I didn't take nice things for granted. Taught me to take care of the things I had, and I learned to save for things I wanted.

(I still blew all my paper route money on football cards and when I got a part time job all my paychecks went to the music exchange)

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