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Jode Mode
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John Waters and I live in the same neighborhood.
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I went to an extremely expensive private school. I thought that I was poor because we didn't have brand new luxury cars, a massive house, and I didn't get a brand new toy just because I asked for it. It wasn't until I was older that I realized my parents had just as much money as those other kids, but they saved it all and lived very frugally. My father grew up extremely poor (like, you're brother gets to eat dinner tonight and you'll eat breakfast tomorrow poor), and he didn't believe in buying extravagant things or outrageous cars. I thought that because we drove Toyota Corollas (which were bought new every 6-8 years) and we lived in a "small" house (4 bed/ 4 bath split level for three people) and we didn't have a maid that we were poor. And I'm glad that we lived that way, because I was raised to work for the things I wanted and that just because you CAN buy something, doesn't mean you should.
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I went to an extremely expensive private school. I thought that I was poor because we didn't have brand new luxury cars, a massive house, and I didn't get a brand new toy just because I asked for it. It wasn't until I was older that I realized my parents had just as much money as those other kids, but they saved it all and lived very frugally. My father grew up extremely poor (like, you're brother gets to eat dinner tonight and you'll eat breakfast tomorrow poor), and he didn't believe in buying extravagant things or outrageous cars. I thought that because we drove Toyota Corollas (which were bought new every 6-8 years) and we lived in a "small" house (4 bed/ 4 bath split level for three people) and we didn't have a maid that we were poor. And I'm glad that we lived that way, because I was raised to work for the things I wanted and that just because you CAN buy something, doesn't mean you should. Jode Mode • upvoted 2 items 2 years ago
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