“We had a lot of margarine growing up because it was cheap, but by my teenage years we could afford butter, which is a massive upgrade.”
My experience was similar. Weirdly, it makes me sort of grateful for growing up in poverty, because there’s so many things I got to try as an adult that were huge upgrades, like you describe with butter. The biggest example I can think of is actual parmesan cheese — it blew my mind when I first tried it.
My experience was similar. Weirdly, it makes me sort of grateful for growing up in poverty, because there’s so many things I got to try as an adult that were huge upgrades, like you describe with butter. The biggest example I can think of is actual parmesan cheese — it blew my mind when I first tried it.
Same. We weren’t poor though, my parents were just super frugal, so we lived like we were poor while my dad made a middle class salary.
And I’m grateful for that because it helped me learn the value of delayed gratification and enjoying what I have.