growing up-what was your family's financial status

Janice Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:19 PM

growing up-what was your family's financial status

Growing up-what kind of money did you grow up in

nov04LIbride Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:21 PM

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I'd say middle class.

cocoa Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:23 PM

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we were total welfare but my grandparents took my mom and i in and that really basically kept us from going on food stamps or living in the car. my mom worked but she cleaned houses. my dad was off and on from jobs and was always late wiht the measly child support and so it was hard to make ends meet. but my mom always had my weekly $1 allowance and if she went without coffee so she wouldn't let me down, well, she did. and for that, i am grateful to have been raised by my mom.

on the other hand, my grandparents live in a beautiful area and at one point, my aunt and uncle also lived iwth us and it was awesome. while my childhood was poor, it was a great life!

Stefanie Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:25 PM

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My mother and father always worked and made very good money. I went to a private school for 9 years. We always went on vacation every year and in the summer I went to Florida with my grandparents. Then again I was an only child...

tourist Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:27 PM

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this is a weird question.

Janice Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:35 PM

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Posted by tourist

this is a weird question.

sorry just curious, I watched Oprah yesterday with Ashton on it and was surprised how poor his family was, I would have never guessed, so just looking to get a general idea of how people grew up

jozieb0925 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:37 PM

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Middle class..

tourist Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:40 PM

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Posted by Janice

Posted by tourist

this is a weird question.

sorry just curious, I watched Oprah yesterday with Ashton on it and was surprised how poor his family was, I would have never guessed, so just looking to get a general idea of how people grew up

I just say it is wird, b/c I honestly don't know. I was child. My family didn't share the finances with me.

I always felt it was average compared to my peers.

MrsTC Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:46 PM

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middle class but struggling!

CherylBooch Posted: Feb 25, 2005 04:53 PM

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We were regular middle class and we lived in a regular middle class neighborhood.

We didn't struggle, but we lived well. We never had new cars or went on fancy vacations but we were able to have pretty much what we wanted within reason.

The Original 2nd-time-around Posted: Feb 25, 2005 05:01 PM

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Growing up, Upper class. Now is a whole other story

kdelace Posted: Feb 25, 2005 05:03 PM

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middle class but my poor father had to work three jobs to support his family... there was four kids- my mom didnt work...

christy Posted: Feb 25, 2005 05:20 PM

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poor but we ate...most of the time...
sad thing is my dad made money, had no clue how to manage...times were very tough growing up

Jax430 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 05:48 PM

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I was very much middle class. Maybe upper-middle...it was hard to tell b/c my dad was very cautious with money. We lived in a semi-attached house on the smaller side, but always went on wonderful vacations and had more than what we needed.

julz33 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 06:33 PM

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Upper middle class until my father deserted us... then very poor.

nov2004bride Posted: Feb 25, 2005 07:35 PM

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Posted by The Original 2nd-time-around

Growing up, Upper class. Now is a whole other story

Me too

Hazeleyes33 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 08:30 PM

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We were middle class. My mom did not work and we got things we wanted but not right away. We had to wait.

cluelessbride Posted: Feb 25, 2005 08:59 PM

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I'm with Tourist - I really don't know. I went to private school. We lived in Brooklyn, in a middle class neighborhood, but my parent's paid off their house in 8 years. When my dad lost his job in the stock market crash of 1987 things went south, but I was 16 by then.

RedHead Posted: Feb 25, 2005 09:06 PM

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upper middle class
upper class
rolling in it big time

if you don't mind me asking how are you defining these terms...I need it to be more specific to answer