People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don’t Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers)

Poverty isn’t something that you can understand just intellectually—to truly understand someone’s financial struggles, you have to have been where they are. And, frankly, not everyone gets what the grind to survive is like. But getting a glimpse into the everyday hustle can be eye-opening… even if it is but a glimpse.

Redditor 192335 created a viral thread on r/AskReddit and urged internet users to share the things that most people don’t understand about being poor. Have a read, upvote the answers that you agree with, and if you’re feeling up to it, share your own experiences with financial struggles (and how you overcame them) in the comment section.

Financial expert Sam Dogen, the founder of the Financial Samurai blog, spoke to Bored Panda about financial freedom, the importance of consistency in our investments, as well as the things that you need in order to build wealth. You'll find our interview with him below.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Just how little money it would take to drastically help reduce the average person's stress by well over 50%. I see stories like Post Malone putting 1.5 mil in his mouth, or how much the Kardashians spend on a birthday party & it makes me puke with the sheer pointless extravagance. It's time we stop treating flaunting wealth & excess like anything other than sociopath behavior in light of the world right now.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) As a child in poverty, how little opportunity you have, so many extra curricular activities cost money that just isn't available, I grew up in a trailer park with a crack addict mum & an alcoholic dad. If I wanted to do something it had to be free & I usually had to forge my mums signature on permission forms. We never had food, I learned to shoplift by 2nd grade. Winters were cold. I still excelled at school, because it was my escape from a shitty home life. I got taken into the foster care system, but I never got adopted, I was in a sh*tty group home, the only way out was to get a job & prove that I could live independently, so I left school at the end of 8th grade & got 2 jobs, cause the wage for a 14y.o.is sh*t, I got signed out of the system, I loved & valued education, so I signed up to do my school certificate & higher school certificate through technical college via distance education. I worked hard & did well, I applied to medical school & smashed the UMAT test. When I got to the interviews, everyone else had all these stories about the community work they did, or learning trips overseas, they'd all had tutoring. It dawned on me that while I was working 60+ hours a week to make a living, these people had been doing things to get a leg up, cause they could, cause they had resources I never had. Being born into poverty is like starting the race 10m behind the block with a broken leg.

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K Witmer 3 years ago

And people that say if you work hard you'll get rich. It may happen but to only a very very small few compared to millions of very hard workers.

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Seabeast 3 years ago

Most wealth is generational.

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I I 3 years ago

the American dream is just that for 99% of us

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Not working hard alone. You also have to be smart and have a plan. Like actually smart, not just good at something but overall like crazy smart and business minded and willing to do anything to make money. Either that or inherit or marry money.

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Grace Note 3 years ago

Ay. If hard work alone was all it took to be wealthy a lot of rich people would be dirt poor and a lot of people in so-called menial jobs or simply underrated jobs (teaching, care workers, nurses) would be up there with Bezos, Musk, et al.

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Beans 3 years ago

Yeah and as if Jeff Bezos did half as much as this person has in his lifetime. He got money from his parents to start Amazon.

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lakitha tolbert 3 years ago

If you're very, very lucky, you might break even! People simply do not consider luck to be a factor at all, when sometimes its everything!

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Caroline 3 years ago

You can only succeed nowadays if you have money already, and connections. Don't even try otherwise.

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Emma Byrne 3 years ago

I'm sure women in some African countries will be delighted to hear this /s

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Karin Jansen 3 years ago

I used to work for a big corporation, that's attempting to be more inclusive. First thing we did? Altered the selection procedure so that the emphasis was taken off "extracurricular activities" and/or volunteer work. We want to hear about your life, your background. Someone who used to work in cleaning or retail often has way more life experience and way more to often. But you have to make sure people know you value this.

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Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago

This needs to be done for college applications, too. My shitty school didn't have AP classes. We lived out in BFE so I couldn't participate in extracurricular activities. I worked starting at 16, so no, I didn't have time to volunteer or take an internship. (And yet people still keep saying "You would have made time if it was important." Frankly, then, Debbie, no, it wasn't that important to be a candy striper when I was told I had to hold down a job or I'd get kicked out, and that I was "out on [my] ass" as soon as I turned 18.")

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Random Anon 3 years ago

It's not as tragic for me but I agree that being poor feels like starting a race behind the starting line. I worked full time since I was 14 right until I graduated college and got a "real" job. By the time, I got my degree, most peers would already have at least 5 years working with a degree. In order to land a job, I took one that required me to be posted in an unstable country no one wanted to go to. The scar from living broke is something you cannot fully recover from.

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Jeanie Roundy 3 years ago

Would you consider yourself a success now? I'm just asking...

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Apina 3 years ago

Amen to this! I hated it when class mates said things like "we are all in the same boat" while their degree, rent and life is paid by parents and I have started uni 7 years later because needed to save money and work while studying to pay my rent and education. Noup, not in same boat. I still did well, but compared my self to those who did better even they only had the uni to focus, because getting in the next level, they don't care that others had support and made their studying easier, they just see the grades.

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Raabh Aquino 3 years ago

Apina, for me, the correct saying is "everyone is on the same sea. Some are in simple row boats, very few are on a confortable yatch and most are hanging to a piece of wood trying to keep afloat.". This is much more realistic IMO.

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Neil Bidle 3 years ago

What happened in the end, did you get your good job? Don't leave us hanging!

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Jeanie Roundy 3 years ago

Yeah, c'mon Jan Glass, what happened?

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Pervinca 3 years ago

There should be more control in parents that aren't mentally and economically capable of growing children. For me it's absurd that just because you can have them biologically it's your right to have them. Immature, addicted, violent and poor parents are a massive problem when we talk about poverty and social problems.

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AnnaBanana 3 years ago

I agree, but that kind of social engineering is a slippery slope...

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M Calad 3 years ago

This! Some people say "they are lazy and don't give their best to get out of the poverty circle", but they are not aware that being poor means having less opportunities and many closed doors already in place. It makes it much much harder.

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ChinmayGhule 3 years ago

This guy is a warrior.

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Patti Renwick Parrish 3 years ago

as a single parent, i was often asked why my kids did't do this or that. well, it's because i work 2 jobs and just to pay my bills.

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Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago

When you are poor, one reversal of fortune by way of one questionable decision (even if it was the right or only one that seemed rational to make at the time) is less recoverable than that which someone who is not impoverished may make. Life in the U.S. at least, is a constant gamble for the working class or lower. Boom or Bust is the rule in a more Capitalist based economy without strong social safety nets in place.

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LMS 3 years ago

I was a single mom and we shopped for clothes at Goodwill. My child's Christmas presents came from used toy store shopping. He was still always greatful for what he got.

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Bonniebluebutler 3 years ago

Sure, you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps. But you have to have boots to even get started.

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Linziaj 3 years ago

Well done you. I hope your future will stay bright

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JJM 3 years ago

Well, did you fulfill your destiny? You didn't say if you got in.

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lakitha tolbert 3 years ago

And just think, this person is till one of the lucky ones because they were reasonably intelligent, and knew there was a better way of doing things. Some poor children dont ace their grades, or have access to better education. They were in situations where they could study, and jobs were available, and this isht was still too d**n hard. DO NOT applaud them for this because it should never have been this way in the first place!.They should never have had to give up their whole childhood to make it in this country!

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Wendy Lorimer 3 years ago

But putting the work in is a skill you learnt early on, you will do better than the well off ones who coast through life. You are doing great 😍

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Jeanie Roundy 3 years ago

But you did it ! !! Through perseverance and belief in yourself!! I congratulate you to the fullest!!!

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Scott Crosby 3 years ago

With your experience, you should be voted 'Most likely to succeed'

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Hugo A-niro 3 years ago

You are a fighter and you should know that in itself puts you above many

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BabyBooby 3 years ago

My God...this story is gut wrenching. But bless you that you made it and seem to have an incredibly strong resilience and a mindset that most privileged will never know

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Mazer 3 years ago

Been there still there.

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Aimee lou 3 years ago

I really hope you succeed x

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Moodles 3 years ago

You're an inspiration

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Annemarie Mattheyse 3 years ago

I really hope OP got into med school all the same. The hurdles they had to overcome!!

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Valia Karipidou 3 years ago

I respect the way you see life and all of your hard working. I truly hope everything goes well for you!

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cheers, cassidy 3 years ago

that last sentence. wow.

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Stephanie IV 3 years ago

That’s tough. Is it the same everywhere? I wonder.

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Daria B 3 years ago (edited)

I really hope the author of this post is in a better position now. However, this unenviable struggle really is an interesting one to read. I'd gladly read a book about them, or watch a film. I know my comment might come off as insensitive, but I wasn't born rich either. Sure, I was lucky, though, for having a loving family and meeting the right people in my life.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Money is practically all you think about. Money does not buy happiness, but not having money certainly buys constant anxiety

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Sam, the founder of the Financial Samurai blog, shared with Bored Panda that the key to financial freedom is building passive income streams so that we aren't "overly dependent" on the income from our day jobs. "The more passive investment income streams you have, the better. Starting with stocks or funds that generate dividends is the easiest for most investors because you can open up a brokerage account and buy just one share. Then you can invest in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and private REITs as well," he explained.

According to the expert, the key is consistency and building up your investments slowly, over time. Sam warned us that buying and selling cryptocurrencies won't generate any income because "it is more of a speculative play." Despite how lucrative it might all sound, it's still a risk. You'll find the expert's ranking of the best passive investments right over here.

People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) People who aren't poor don't understand how the expenses stack on top of one another all the time.

Your car breaks down, the cat needs to go to the vet, you find out that your financial aid DOESN'T fully cover your tuition now that you're at university and not community college... All of this, in a never ending barrage one after another, on top of regular bills.

That's why the people who go "jUsT sAvE mOnEy" piss me off. When you're at a certain level of poverty, you can't because you're always on the knife's edge between survival and not being able to pay bills. You need every dime you have and then some.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) "Poverty is not just bad decisions — poverty is an ENVIRONMENT. It's bad roads. It's poor city and county governance. It's a lack of generational wealth. It's a lack of access to a grocery store, a doctor, a bank lender, a dentist, plumbers or electricians, a lawyer, a school, a car lot, both financially and geophysically. It's despair in your landscape through forgotten and abandoned buildings that once housed businesses and families, now left to rot, while you're too poor to leave. It's watching others struggle while you yourself are unable to help, because you can’t keep your head above water either.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) I can't just 'quit my job' to 'find something better.' Interviews take time that I don't have. I can't just skip work to go for interviews

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Sam told Bored Panda that after doing an analysis of Credit Suisse's annual Global Wealth Report, he came to the conclusion that building wealth requires four things: belief, grit, time, and community. "Roughly 35% of Financial Samurai's readership are millionaires compared to only 6.5% of America's population. Therefore, learning as much about your personal finances as possible and interacting with a community are very important," he said that the information we absorb and the communities (both digital and real) that we surround ourselves with are vital to our long-term success.

"Instead of just reading a book, I'd subscribe to your favorite personal finance site for free that's continuously writing about new ways to build wealth. Get involved with people who are continuously taking action to build more wealth," he suggested how we can all further our education in the world of finance.

People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Being poor is exhausting. It's draining, mentally and physically, and everyone needs a win sometimes. Sometimes that win is finding a way to just afford a meal out or a movie. Yeah, you do have bills to pay, but everyone needs a breath of fresh air sometimes. A struggle needs a break every so often

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Good, healthy food is expensive after bills, and cheap food makes you feel like sh*t

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) We can’t be fad minimalists. We don’t let go of most of our stuff because, yes, we might need them in the future, and we’d rather not buy them again

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Meanwhile, in my previous interview with Sam, he explained that the lack of financial education is the biggest barrier for people to rise out of poverty and become rich. And if you are stuck financially, your priorities always have to be food and then shelter.

“We learn things like chemistry, geology, and English in high school and college, but there are no mandatory courses on personal finance. For example, if more people thoroughly understood their mortgage contracts before signing, the housing crisis between 2008 – 2010 may not have been as deep,” he told Bored Panda earlier.

“In another example, if more people knew they could negotiate a severance instead of quit with nothing, more people would have a more comfortable financial runway to take their time and find a new job or start a new business that is truly meaningful to them. The more people are empowered with financial knowledge, the better financial decisions they can make to ultimately live the lives they desire.”

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) The fear. Fear of something unexpected you haven't budgeted for. Fear of a knock at the door from a debt collector. Fear of having to choose which of your children can eat more than once today. Fear of having to choose which days you go hungry so your children can eat at all

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) It takes two to three times longer to get anywhere on the bus than in your own car. That means leaving for work earlier and coming home later. In many places, the buses don't run as often on the weekends. Grocery shopping on the bus means just getting what you can carry, which means going more often, which means more time wasted waiting

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) You can have a job and still be poor. You can have a job where you earn $1,000 each month, but if your rent is $600–$700 each month, you spend $100+ on food (assuming you don't have to take medicine or something similar), your bills, car insurance (if you have a car), and gas for your car, what do you do with what's left after that? You can't do anything.

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According to financial expert Sam, saving money is a powerful tool at your disposal. But the amount you save has to be sufficient. “One of the key mantras I tell my readers is this: If the amount of money you’re saving each month doesn’t hurt, you’re not saving enough! Too many people go through life, paying no attention to their finances. Then they wake up 10, 15, 20 years from now and wonder where all their money went,” he said.

“Always pay yourself first. By paying yourself first after each paycheck, and making it hurt a little to change your spendy ways, only then will you know whether you are saving enough,” Sam urged others to look at saving seriously.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Having money isn't everything. NOT having money is

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) When your parents are lying to you saying they're full when they're not so you can have the last bite.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Just because you're poor, that doesn't mean you automatically get welfare. You can make just slightly over the line and still be poor. My mom only made $1,000 a month, but it was still too much to get welfare

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Sam pointed out that large families have various strategies that help them save money, even though they have more mouths to feed. “Use hand-me-down clothing and shoes for all children with occasional aesthetic adjustments between boys and girls if desired. Buy food in bulk. Send kids to a preschool co-op where they require parental involvement usually once a week.”

The expert continued: “Send your kids to public school and forget about the ridiculous cost of private school tuition. Enjoy the free parks and libraries. Have kids share rooms to save on buying a larger house. But the two most important things are having one parent who works to help subsidize healthcare costs and avoiding private schools.”

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) That poor people can't take advantage of sales or bulk purchases. They literally spend whatever they earn on basic necessities. Being poor is a vicious cycle, and it takes many sacrifices to get out, if ever

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) That being physically safe is a luxury, not a given. It can be dangerous to not be conscious for a couple of hours. When you're homeless and sleeping somewhere, you're not thinking about tomorrow; you're thinking, 'What if I get woken up, and there's a knife to my face?'

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Having sleep for dinner.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) If you have a bank account, you probably have to pay a monthly fee because your balance is too low. If you overdraft, they charge you another $35 even though they can see you've got nothing in there.

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The embarrassment and ridicule of letting your teacher and class know that you cannot go to an expensive field trip because your parents do not have the money.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) When we save up money, something happens that forces us to use that money we had saved, which starts a hard-to-break cycle

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) What it's like to actually start to starve and be desperate enough to steal food, the longest I ever went without eating was 5 days and it was absolutely miserable

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) When you are a kid, the boredom. All of my friends had interests. BMX, hunting, ninja stuff, action figures, and video games. And their parents fostered their interests and provided funds to grow in their hobbies/sports. I had some stuff, too, but never had the sort of continual investment to pursue something like a hobby or interest. Everything was secondhand, bootlegged, pirated, half-working, etc

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) A lot of things that wealthy people have access too isn't as accessible or often as good. Its gotta be pretty friggin annoying for people who can barely afford food to be told that they should see a therapist. Like yeah, mental health is important but so is eating, and mental health is also going to take a hit when the money you used to talk to a therapist for an hour is going to eat into your food budget or bill money

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Growing up poor leaves scars that never heal.

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That you never sleep well at night, NEVER! Your mind is constantly in overdrive wondering which bill(s) will or not get paid this month. That the smallest unexpected expense can completely put you over the edge.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) When you’re really poor, everything you see is something you can’t have

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Ninety percent of the time, you cannot fail or make a bad/wrong decision. If you do, it will take years and years to recover from that.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Most of the time it’s out of their control, there’s usually a backstory. Also it’s harder to pull your self out of poverty than most expect.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) It takes up all of your time. I remember not being able to stock up on necessities. So I would have to run to the store a lot more frequently. I couldn’t afford a car so I would either have to bus or walk. All of these little things eat up so much time

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Everything you buy has interest attached to it, because you’re NOT using that money to pay off debts that you definitely have.

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The lengths you'll go to so you can avoid falling back into poverty after you got out of it.

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People Who Have Experienced Poverty Share What Most People Don't Understand About Being Poor (34 Answers) Constantly having to move because your job demands it, or because rent got too high. One to two years is how long I’d stay in one house as a child. I never bothered with friends, because I knew I wasn’t going be around them for more than a year or so.

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What is the true meaning of the term “priority”

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Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

Poverty trauma is very real, incredibly awful, and extremely difficult to recover from, if you ever do.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

I have PTSD from poverty. Like my decision making and my coping skills are impacted by what happened in my childhood experiencing poverty. It never goes away no matter how much money you get.

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

Being poor is expensive. A rich guy spends $200 for a pair of workboots. They last him 20 years. A poor guy doesn't have $200, so he spends $20 for a pair of workboots. After a year, they're nearly worn out and he's forced to buy another pair. The poor guy winds up spending twice as much as the rich guy for products that last the same amount of time.

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Cori 3 years ago

This is true with so many things in life. Everything from junk cars to cheap appliances. You end up paying so much more in the long run because it is impossible to save up for these things.

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Let's be real. the rich guy thinks his boots are out of fashion after 5 years, throws his good pair away and buys a new fashionable pair.

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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

Jerkwads who scoff and sneer at the poor need to read posts like that. Better still, they should experience grinding poverty first-hand. Let then know what it's like to wonder where the next meal is coming from - or if there's going to be a next meal. Let them worry about being late with the electric bill, or the water bill. Let them work three jobs and still be unable to make ends meet. Let them have their kids come home from school with "I Need Lunch Money" stamped on their arms - and tear streaks on their cheeks due to the merciless teasing inflicted by their classmates. Let them darn their underwear by hand, and read by the light of street lamps. Let them live in fear of the wolf that never leaves the door.

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Karin Lange 3 years ago

it is so sad to read this. My family wasn't rich, but i had not to worry about money, food and everything else as a kid. It is good to know that there is social welfare in my country that gives you a roof over your head and money for food. There is certainly room for improvement here, but knowing that you won't end up on the street because you have no or low-paid job helps me a lot.

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Nora Chavez 3 years ago

Karim, what country do you live in?

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Aaron W 3 years ago

Adults who spent their childhood in poverty often have unusual food habits that seem weird to other people. They overeat or eat at odd times, they ferret food away for no reason, they overstock their cupboards with non-perishables or they have the food in their pantry meticulously organized.

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Carol Emory 3 years ago

Also...people that get mad at workers that come into a service industry job sick. Most of those hourly paying jobs have no paid sick leave. If you miss work because you're sick, you don't get paid. That could mean the difference between paying rent and not paying rent. My husband worked hourly wages for 10 years. Never took a sick day..never went on vacation because we couldn't afford it. Now, being salary, I have to beg him to go see a doctor or beg him to take time off because he's still stuck in the hourly pay mode. People wonder why there are so many people on welfare or disability that they say can work. They're not lazy. They're just tired of having to constantly struggle to get work, make rent and not get sick. The stress makes you more sick. At some point, you just give up and go with what is predictable...even if it gives you less.

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Parmeisan 3 years ago

I've also known people who couldn't afford to take a job. If the job you're offered pays enough to put you over the line of qualifying for welfare, but not enough to cover gas, childcare, and the maintenance of a vehicle, then you spend 8 hours a day away from your kids just to end up with less.

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Reynard 3 years ago

One thing that this misses is that the legal/justice system is stacked against poor people. A traffic ticket could ruin their life - if you can't pay the fine, the fines increase and you may lose your license, and if you then get caught driving without a license, you get put in jail. You lose your job if you get put in jail. Stuff like this doesn't make a dent in a wealthy person - and they usually get out of trouble easily.

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EagerPanda 🐼 3 years ago (edited)

I shed a few tears while going through this post. Firstly because it's sad and I empathize with anyone going through it. Secondly because I realize that I myself am going through it. I'm a single mother living in South Africa. To say things are s**t personally and in our country is the understatement of the century. My salary falls under middle class, but I am unable to pay debts, school fees, and had to move in with a family member in April because of salary cuts etc etc. I hope and pray that I make it out of this before my child starts high school. I feel so ashamed in myself sometimes. The middle class is disappearing and are now poor.

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TrickQuestion 3 years ago

I remember when i was in middle/high school there were months at a time when we had no power or water. I had to sneak over to a neighbor's house after it got dark and fill milk jugs with water from their outside faucet if I wanted a cold bath the next morning before school. We kept what little food we had in a cooler with ice water (we bought bags of ice at the store or just got -JUST got- cups of ice at a restaurant. It wasn't a good time.

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Random Anon 3 years ago

The scar I can think off growing up poor would be what I call the "cockroach mentality". It's that type of resilience that makes you resourceful but also uncouth in the eyes of normal people. I don't know how else to put it. I had to mask that to appear normal in society.

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Łukasz Markuszewski 3 years ago

It was a sad gallery for me as I could relate to many of what has been written here. It's good now, I have a very good salary, but poverty stays in you forever. I am struggling with myself to buy a sandwich or snack, to eat out, to plan vacation, to buy better clothes than the cheapest. Dinner is still better when is big, not tasty. I am still afraid, despite I am coping financially well, much better than many of my friends. It's just like a shadow inside you.

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Franc Esca 3 years ago

I think what people assume is it is temporary. For many it was permanent from the start of their life. For me poverty was temporary, last about max 1.5 years, and I wasn't homeless fortunately. I had a small accident on my foot and I had a career plan but it went completely off schedule and i really let everything "too close" to the edge. Where I lived healthcare was affordable, something as minor as that can put you out for years in many countries.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago (edited)

Studies show that it is actually temporary and that it’s important for non-poor people to understand that it’s temporary so that we don’t “other” poor people and label being poor as “them” (versus “us”). Because anyone can be poor, and it’s often a stage of a person’s life and not their entire life. I was poor (like dirt fuçking poor) my entire childhood and on-and-off for my young adulthood. I’m 35 now and in the top 5% now, AT LEAST. I won’t say I’m not smarter than average but I will say I wasn’t any better leveraged than anyone else. Lots of people transition out of poverty. It’s not a life sentence, it’s just a determining factor.

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JennyLaRue 3 years ago

People who have never experienced it just have no idea how close to the wire peoples budgets are. When people were being furloughed on 80% pay, there were a lot of people struggling financially, and I don't think a lot of people understood that earning 20% less is actually a huge problem if 100% of your normal salary goes on essentials. It's the same in normal times if you're living pay cheque to pay cheque and you get an unexpected large bill. The situation doesn't have to last forever, but it can really suck when you're in the middle of it, especially when people with money are preaching about what you "should" be doing.

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K. Anderson 3 years ago

Never understood how white collar criminals could steal MILLIONS & receive a couple years at most of jail time yet a person on their third strike could steal $100 of merchandise & get 20 years. Fraud is theft but for some reason a pers stealing a tangible product from a store gets treated harsher by the “justice” system

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Lizz Lor 3 years ago

When I was 23, after 8 months of interviewing for multiple jobs, I finally got my first professional job offer. I had 2 waitress jobs working about 60hrs/wk and barely surviving... luckily I got a lot of free or cheap meals through my jobs. My job offer came with a 34K salary for 35hrs/wk. I was barely breaking 20K/yr working 60hrs (which isn't much at all for the city I live in) When I got the voicemail with the job.offer there was this instant relief and it physically felt like a weight was lifted off me. I cried from pure relief that money wouldn't be a constant strain over my life. Money was never a sure thing waiting tables, there would be great weeks and awful weeks...slow seasons and busy seasons...but now I had a source for guaranteed money and I knew I would always be able to pay for necessities. Now I make 3x that first salary...and my lifestyle has changed and sometimes it feels like I don't make enough money...BUT the stress is a tiny fraction than before.

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Lizz Lor 3 years ago

I kept one of my serving jobs at only 15-20hrs/wk for a couple months to get accustomed to getting paid twice a month instead of constantly. Even with that I had significantly more free time, especially in the evenings...I finally had time to regularly see my friends, take an entire weekend off to visit my family 3hrs away, and get adequate sleep. I was able to move to a safer neighborhood, buy furniture, eat healthier, buy warm winter boots... It's crazy how just 14K changed my life.

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Vivian Ashe 3 years ago

My husband and I are refinancing our house. He owns a business and paid a couple of bills late last year during the covid crisis (still paid them, though), and it impacted our credit enough that we can't get a great rate. I felt bad about it, until I thought about all the people who NEED good credit just to get basic necessities like an apartment and a car. But if you've been financially struggling and your credit isn't great, you have to pay cash up front for an apartment, sometimes several months in advance, and often with higher rent. You pay predatory interest rates on cars and credit cards if you can get them, and payday lenders charge even more outrageous fees. In other words, the poorer you are, the more everything costs, which makes it even harder to dig your way out of poverty.

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Della Greymane 3 years ago

Grew up poor, put myself through school, and now doing well. I still have trouble throwing anything away, answering calls from unknown numbers, or spending money on myself. I make over 150k a year and only have one pair of shoes bought two years ago that I regularly wear.

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Tami 3 years ago

I get that, I'm the same way. Then I see the expensive stuff that other people have and I get a little envious and think, "How come they have that and I don't...oh, but wait, I could...but I won't!" Crazy!

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Jennie-Lind Normand 3 years ago

I grew up really poor, I often remember going without food because there just wasn't any. I try to do better for my daughter but we are still barely scraping by, I've been out of work over a year (thanks pandemic) and hubby lost his job (again pandemic) and had to take a less paying one just to have a paycheque. We are extremely lucky to live in co-operative housing and have subsidy otherwise we would have been homeless long ago. And an organization we belong to because our daughter is autistic has a food rescue program that has kept us fed for awhile now It's all so exhausting, I can't even afford medication I really need because we have no benefits

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Erik Granqvist 3 years ago

Most poor people are not poor due to bad choises. And if you are you probably have soo much needs that even if you get a reasonable income, it will take a long time to catch up with your needs

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Everyone is one bad day from being impoverished and/or homeless. If you think you're safe, think again. Despite the bible and the gurus, no, your savings can't help you.... when you live in the US, one bout of cancer can put you in poverty for the rest of your life.

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Mike Ieva 3 years ago

Capitalism rocks!!!! Right???

3points

Martha Meyer 3 years ago

You can have capitalism AND a working social welfare system, that allows people to not starve.

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Hugo A-niro 3 years ago

The government needs to stop penalizing the disabled for being disabled anything to save a bit

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SocksNeverMatch 3 years ago

So much to say. I will never forget when my parents came to visit and Dad had a $500 cashmere sweater on. I had been eating noodles for a week to afford to pay rent. They just had no idea how difficult it was. I was sent on my own at 19 years old after a total emmotional breakdown from an abusive boyfriend. My narcisit sister who spent time in jail for deadly DUI was able to fake having an acct degree and make $120,000.00- a year. My parents could not understand why I was struggling

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John Topper 3 years ago

It's always driven me bonkers how people get paid huge amounts of money and gifts for being rich, but being poor is extraordinarily expensive. I often wonder how many rich people would still be rich if it cost them the same respective amounts in fees and interest.

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SloeLoris 3 years ago

The usual "solutions" to poverty: no. The solution to poverty is not upskilling, it's not cooking classes, it's not personal budgeting classes, it's not CV-writing classes, it's not job-search coaching or mentoring or career assessments. These are middle-class tools, which can help individuals get ahead in a 0-sum game but solve nothing. The solution to people not having enough money is to make sure people have enough money. That means AT LEAST everyone who has a full-time job gets enough to cover all the bills and some fun money at the end of the month, and everyone who can't work (due to illness, crappy local/national economy with no jobs, being a carer...) gets enough social security to not only survive but live with a decent level of security and dignity.

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Keating_5 3 years ago

I think it’s both, but definitely agree that money needs to be the first resource. If you put money in the hands of poor people the vast majority are smart and responsible enough to figure it the hell out themselves on what and how they need to spend it well. I think the classes poor people could use, we all could, financial literacy, AKA teaching more about credit unions, discharge debt, Roth IRAs, spotting predatory loans and illegal collections, those loopholes and advantages more economically secure people get to learn about so that they can take advantage too. And some people do need the other stuff such as cooking lessons and CV writing as well, but money has to come FIRST.

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Wes Nishi 3 years ago

For me it was being judged or having to think how others judged every purchase I made. During university, some people in my class knew about my situation. While for the most part they were supportive, some definitely judged me on decisions I made. For instance, during practicum in the hospital, I often would not buy food or bring lunch because I couldnt afford groceries. One day, after working and studying, I was super tired so I bought a $1 hospital cup of coffee. My classmate had the measure to point this out in front of my other practicum classmates saying how I shouldn't be buying coffee if I can't afford food. First I highly doubt a dollar can get me out of poverty, secondly, I dont buy coffee everyday, and third, how dare you judge me on every decision as if I now have to be perfect in my spending habits. Of course I was embarassed and enraged, but too tired and exhausted to argue. One good experience from this was knowing who actually cared about you.

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Kim Kermes 3 years ago

Sam Pay Yourself First can get.#$&*^=^;ed. We pay ourselves first with food and shelter.

1point

Patti Vance 3 years ago

i remember the epiphany i had when i was about 30. i had been sharing some experience with a friend and it suddenly dawned on my that the time period i was speaking about was a time when i was homeless. i don't remember feeling i was at the time since i was living in the camper on the back of my truck, had a job, and was saving up to rent a place. it was just a matter of survival at the time. i was shocked to realize this and also realize that when you are in that situation you don't dwell on it. you just keep going, hoping you can make it better.

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NJWanderer 3 years ago

Ok we all agree poverty is bad. What are people doing about it? Do we donate to medical care, housing, or education? Do we just give money? or do we give time and talent? Are we the Samaritan? or perhaps, a busy person walking by ????

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Lara Verne 3 years ago

I grew up poor. I was laughingstock of my classmates, because I coudn't have trendy clothes or phones my they had, it was impossible to go to cinema or to concert or even party, everything cost too much money. As adult, I'm not exactly super wealthy, but I'm doing much better. Imagine that feeling - you can buy things like new shoes just because you like them, not because you need them.

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maxsunity‍ 1 month ago

Money and goods have to stop being unevenly distributed.

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L Johnson 1 year ago

I worked at financial aid like SNAP, in my county. I wish more people would come in that were on the fence about their qualifications. So many don't apply because of the stigma of being on welfare. Food help can mean money for something else, like electricity. So many times people would apply for other things, like health care, and I would ask them if they qualified for food support. Most didn't think they qualified. Most were wrong. Food is important and I hope more people will apply for SNAP.

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Cookie 2 years ago

Wow, this post was really hard to read. Don't have kids unless you have A HELLUVA LOT of money saved up. Otherwise the cycle just continues. Or you might fall into poverty from unexpected expenses or illness. I have had people wanting to borrow money from me to get married and to give birth. If you are already in debt before you marry, you have lost the plot.

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"Simo Häyhä" 2 years ago (edited)

we watched this 'finical literacy' video in school, basically all that it said was "if poor people just... didn't have fun... ever, then they wouldn't be poor, simple!' 🤦‍♂️

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Meami 3 years ago

This is one of the best posts I've seen on BP. It is so hard to escape poverty and there is usually a back story. We have this cultural attitude (at least in the States) that being poor is a result of laziness. This is simply not true.

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DC 3 years ago

And, to add on top of all of this: The economy everywhere grows. In the long run, every year had been, if adjusted for inflation, slightly better than the one before. Even if this is set in relation to population, and adjusted for inflation - the average income per person and year has always increased, but yet, some have less than last year. I understand that this applies to lazy shidhads, too, but this is by far more than just them - it's everybody. The numbers, however, would allow that no one has less than a year before, adjusted for inflation and all, and still, those who have severely more than a year ago, would hardly notice the change if it was exclusively taken from them. We do have enough, the problem is a distributive one - but still, evera political party adressing this issue is frowned upon and denounced as extremists. The working class votes against their own interest, because the exploitationists have the better ads.

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DC 3 years ago

I had a classmate. His parents were divorced, he and older sister lived at Mum. Mum was a teacher, teaching german to adult immigrants - not really something you make millions, but certainly, enough to live. Dad was unemployed like half the time, but if he was employed, he paid his share, and sometimes even more to make up for the gaps. The mother still told her son that they were poor. Why don't we have a car? We're poor (they weren't - she, for medical reasons, was unable to get a driver's license). Why is all his stuff used? Poor. Why, why, why. Poor, poor, poor. They weren't. Lower middle class, with cost reduced as if they were poor, they got a pretty nice pillow to fall onto. She also told him he's the most intelligent kid in our class - said so when I first saw her, in our first week, without knowing more than him and 2 or 3 classmates. Both grew into him - a professional victim of everything and a pesty knowitall you couldn't make up any worse. And ... a crybaby, he also was.

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DC 3 years ago

I didn't have all that much contact with him after elementary school, but ... he really believed that they were poor. I accidentally told hm why Ma had no license ... didn't know he didn't know this. And, we got caught by the police, first time for both of us. I didn't run off to not leave him alone (we'd had a chance if we tried ... may have failed, may have succeeded - never to really know...), and, instead of calming down even a bit, he cried that he wanted to get a policeman, and now couldn't anymore, because they broufht us home when we were 8 and had played on the railroad ... hahaha, ... seriously, those memories I truly value!

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Hugo A-niro 3 years ago

Billionaires can change the poverty cycle in America they can give money directly to the poor and not to charities.

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SocksNeverMatch 3 years ago

I remember the days when working 40 hours gave you a really good health coverage- think late 1980's. I have gone YEARS without health coverage. luckily my daughter was able to quailify for medi-cal

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COLA 3 years ago

I hate the phrase "money doesn't buy happiness" because hell yeah it does sometimes. It gives you space, it gives you comfort. I would rather to cry in the heaven than in the hell hole. I keep on learning new stuff by myself thinking that it would be useful, while battling my depression. Being depressed is a luxury, I cannot go to the therapist or anything like that. I have to constantly move or I won't be able to pay the electric bill and rent. I haven't got out of poverty but things are better now i guess... but one thing i know, living in poverty has scarred me mentally.

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Lav Oravaf 3 years ago

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Mimi M 3 years ago

Even when I have money in the bank, I'm still scared, unless I'm working with a regular income.

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zovjraar me 3 years ago

the thing that i still struggle to get over is buying things for myself. clothes, furniture, games, decor, ect... i grew up not being able to get anything i wanted, just what i needed, so it's hard for me to change that mindset, even though i can afford nice/superfluous things for myself now.

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Keyy 3 years ago

is this post about being poor or homeless ?

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Mostly poor but there’s stuff about homelessness there too. Why?

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Joseph L T 3 years ago

"money is an illusion, bills are a choice(mostly) and poverty is a state of mind" i only get SSI and dont even clear $800 a month, mortgage, city utility's, gas, and internet - thats it! i cook outside with sticks and wash cloths in a 5gallon bucket and hang my clothes outside even in the winter. I dont own a pair of shoes and havent for 5 years now and i walk everywhere. ...the answer is a simple one, live humble

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That Spoony Bard 3 years ago

I didn't realize how poor my family was or how much it affected me until I was a teenager and my friend whose family is financially stable, supported him being a collector. There were so many times where I restrained myself from shouting "You don't need that! You already have one! What are you going to do with it after today, it's just going to sit in your shelf?!?" He has a pretty healthy mindset about it though.

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S. Tor Storm 3 years ago

Yes being poor sucks, I've been dirt poor for years. But only you can get yourself outta that s**t.

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Vishy 3 years ago

The constant reminders from school that your son's fees are overdue. I was kicked out of school once because my parents were late in paying their fees.

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Glenwyn Kemp 3 years ago

I wouldl suggest your interviewee 'Sam' reads this post, maybe he will realise what BS he is talking. Poverty meany you don't have disposable income to save and invest in shares, funds bonds or 'passive income' thats the whole %^$£^(&* point!

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Gabby M 3 years ago

There's no need to invalidate the experiences shared here.

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Jenn Ryan 3 years ago

Yes. Because until the problem is addressed, everyone needs to know that people live like this, and in some cases with even less than these people have.

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Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

Poverty trauma is very real, incredibly awful, and extremely difficult to recover from, if you ever do.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

I have PTSD from poverty. Like my decision making and my coping skills are impacted by what happened in my childhood experiencing poverty. It never goes away no matter how much money you get.

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

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Cori 3 years ago

This is true with so many things in life. Everything from junk cars to cheap appliances. You end up paying so much more in the long run because it is impossible to save up for these things.

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Let's be real. the rich guy thinks his boots are out of fashion after 5 years, throws his good pair away and buys a new fashionable pair.

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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

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Karin Lange 3 years ago

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Nora Chavez 3 years ago

Karim, what country do you live in?

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Reynard 3 years ago

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Łukasz Markuszewski 3 years ago

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Franc Esca 3 years ago

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Erik Granqvist 3 years ago

Most poor people are not poor due to bad choises. And if you are you probably have soo much needs that even if you get a reasonable income, it will take a long time to catch up with your needs

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

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Mike Ieva 3 years ago

Capitalism rocks!!!! Right???

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Martha Meyer 3 years ago

You can have capitalism AND a working social welfare system, that allows people to not starve.

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Hugo A-niro 3 years ago

The government needs to stop penalizing the disabled for being disabled anything to save a bit

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SocksNeverMatch 3 years ago

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John Topper 3 years ago

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SloeLoris 3 years ago

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Keating_5 3 years ago

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Wes Nishi 3 years ago

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Kim Kermes 3 years ago

Sam Pay Yourself First can get.#$&*^=^;ed. We pay ourselves first with food and shelter.

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Patti Vance 3 years ago

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NJWanderer 3 years ago

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Lara Verne 3 years ago

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maxsunity‍ 1 month ago

Money and goods have to stop being unevenly distributed.

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L Johnson 1 year ago

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"Simo Häyhä" 2 years ago (edited)

we watched this 'finical literacy' video in school, basically all that it said was "if poor people just... didn't have fun... ever, then they wouldn't be poor, simple!' 🤦‍♂️

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Meami 3 years ago

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Hugo A-niro 3 years ago

Billionaires can change the poverty cycle in America they can give money directly to the poor and not to charities.

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SocksNeverMatch 3 years ago

I remember the days when working 40 hours gave you a really good health coverage- think late 1980's. I have gone YEARS without health coverage. luckily my daughter was able to quailify for medi-cal

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COLA 3 years ago

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Lav Oravaf 3 years ago

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Mimi M 3 years ago

Even when I have money in the bank, I'm still scared, unless I'm working with a regular income.

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zovjraar me 3 years ago

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Keyy 3 years ago

is this post about being poor or homeless ?

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Mostly poor but there’s stuff about homelessness there too. Why?

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Joseph L T 3 years ago

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S. Tor Storm 3 years ago

Yes being poor sucks, I've been dirt poor for years. But only you can get yourself outta that s**t.

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Vishy 3 years ago

The constant reminders from school that your son's fees are overdue. I was kicked out of school once because my parents were late in paying their fees.

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Glenwyn Kemp 3 years ago

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Gabby M 3 years ago

There's no need to invalidate the experiences shared here.

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Jenn Ryan 3 years ago

Yes. Because until the problem is addressed, everyone needs to know that people live like this, and in some cases with even less than these people have.

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