Were You Born Into Wealth Or Poverty?

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...be honest, were you born into a well off family or a low income one? How did your circumstances make your feel when you realized the reality of them? How did it shape your decisions, your life, your goals etc?  Let's have a realistic discussion.
 
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I was born into a low income one.  Section 8 housing until I was 18 and moved out.  Did not care.  Mom's worked as hard as she could raising me.  Now 29, own a house, traveled the world, have 2 kids and a beautiful wife.

Life is what you make it, not what you were born into.

Did a lot of dumb stuff when I was young due to the circumstances.  Drugs, crime, etc... (never got caught)

When I was 18, I made the choice to get out and it was the best decision I ever made.
 
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Well off. Moms had a car and a mortgage by the age of 24. Dad owns his own home (hasn't owned a car since like '01 tho). I went to private school (had the 50% scholarship tho)

West indian parents came out the gate running to set me up and im over here barely running 30 seconds in the 200.
 
Born poor to a 15 year old. She dipped and my Pops stepped up and got on his grind. For a while I lived with various aunts while my Pops grew up. He was young too. Then he got married again when I was 5 or 6 and they kept leveling up in life. My mom (the woman who raised me) does very well now. Crazy how far she has come. My Pops used to own two dealerships up until about 2005-6ish. I can remember wearing good will and hand me downs when I was younger though. I've also had powdered milk and that wack *** commodity peanut butter. My Pops was 1 of 11. So even now, after his business failed, I still consider him a success. He's not homeless and he ain't hitting me up for money.

I still have some poor folks in my family, but I would say they're mostly middle class.
 
technically poverty. from what im told lived in a tiny basement w my folks w no heat. they moved after 2 months into the house we're in now.
 
Middle class

Things got Tough after she got divorced but we held on by a thread and bounced back had I known what I had then I would have done differently in making the best of it
 
Poverty. Parents were both illegal immigrants working for crumbs. My dad managed to get on his feet when I was about 12. My childhood pushed me to make the right decisions. Now at 24 I am very well off financially and nothing gives me greater joy than helping out my parents.
 
My parents were both unemployed graduate students from Africa when I was born. Im really proud of what they have done since then, but for about the first 12-13 year of my life we werent very well off. After they got their citizenship things got better for us 
 
Both of my parents were poor as hell when I was young. But from when I was 14-18 they made a huge jump financially... Not that huge but we went from poor to middle class. Hell it was a huge jump to me at the time :lol:
 
My parents were barely 19 when they had me. We lived in roach infested shacks. When they'd drop me off at dat care, they'd tell me they were going to work when actually they were going to the beach all day. We was po'.

Now my parents both make six figures. Tryna tell my little bros they spoiled as **** :lol:
 
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Upper middle class

Vast majority of my childhood raised by a single mom (parents divorced when I was young) but she's a physician so my siblings and I were always straight

She made sure that we got what we needed particularly in tutoring/SAT/MCAT classes plus sports. Was big on not spoiling us so we weren't driving BMWs in HS or rocking J's.

Upbringing made a huge difference in my life with the strong education focus and access to tutoring and prep classes. I wasn't as driven as I should've been when I was younger so I needed that push
 
Poor. Moved in with my middle class father at 16 and vest decision I ever made.
I thought we were hella rich because he bought me nikes and a Jordan shirt
 
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Middle middle class realistically, poor when it came to the government and state. No pops. mom owned her own business. milked/took advantage of the system to where we were on section eight and college was paid for at a private university becuase of said poor status.

Game is the game men. Life wasnt too bad.
 
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