Anyone else remember growing up poor?
I remember not eating in school because we couldn't afford it, coming home and eating stale crackers and ketchup sandwiches 🤣 I wonder if I'd be taller now if I wasn't as malnurished as a kid.
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Miram · 31-35, F
I think my health problems wouldn't be this bad if I wasn't neglected. I quickly learned to steal and scam. It's amazing what kids can pick up from the streets.
Thinking of poverty I remember this girl named khadija. It was the war so everybody had shortages but my father at some point became the vice mayor. He would bring dozen boxes of supplies that weren't really ours.
Anyway Khadija had two brothers, farid and mohamed. We were like a gang
I remember hanging food in rope from the window when i used get locked up , it was bread, eggs and even toothpaste which they would put inside the bread and eat it. To them it was a treat.
I will never forget those kids. We used to also run to farms and steal..and get chased by farmers.
I probably developed bad relationship with food because of my childhood, and not just for the deprivation
Thinking of poverty I remember this girl named khadija. It was the war so everybody had shortages but my father at some point became the vice mayor. He would bring dozen boxes of supplies that weren't really ours.
Anyway Khadija had two brothers, farid and mohamed. We were like a gang
I remember hanging food in rope from the window when i used get locked up , it was bread, eggs and even toothpaste which they would put inside the bread and eat it. To them it was a treat.
I will never forget those kids. We used to also run to farms and steal..and get chased by farmers.
I probably developed bad relationship with food because of my childhood, and not just for the deprivation
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Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
@Miram For me when I was younger it looked more like feral kids just roaming the streets, people doing drugs and smoking, I remember we used to hustle actually and steal things so we might be able to sell them. It's why a lot of people end up selling drugs because they don't have support or guidance. I'm lucky that my grandparents did well with what they had so they were a good infuence on me, they were teachers and nurses/social care workers.
smiler2012 · 56-60
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
@smiler2012 Yup and unfortunately some of them are now shooting eachother at around 12 years old because all they know is poverty and gang violence. As long as severe wealth inequality and rampant capitalism exists, so will this problem increase with it.
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