Poor Kid, Rich City (Pt. 2)

That moment when you don't know how to explain to your friends that although that seven dollar commodity is cheap to them, it's expensive for you. You simply reply with, "I can't." Then they tell you to ask your parents for the money, but how do you explain to them the guilt you feel for taking your parents hard-earned money to spend on such unnecessary things? Some of these kids got brand new cars on their 16th birthdays. They don't get it. Again you reply, "I can't." Then your friends just think you're cheap.

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friedchickenwing · 22-25, F

I think if they're good friends, they should be accepting upon realizing that you're not as privileged as them. If you're not comfortable telling them, hopefully they can connect the dots.

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I dunno. It's not like I'm struggling to get by. I'm just in a working class family and it's difficult to afford things, but people don't seem to understand that there are varying ranges of low income. They'll see that I have clothes on my back and school supplies and they'll think that I'm just exaggerating, that I'm trying to garner sympathy.

Serenitree · F

@Killers: not if they are friends.

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@Serenitree: Well, humans form opinions about people whether they want to or not. They wouldn't outwardly say it to me, but they would probably think it. This post was more about ignorance, not to throw my friends under the bus, and yes they are for sure my friends. I think your standards for friendship go against human nature.

Serenitree · F

@Killers: I know what you're saying. I do understand. I recall being a teenager. I was very much like you. I think, what I'm trying to say is, you aren't giving your friends enough credit. I often thought if this, or if that, my friends would not like me as much. It turned out my friends were much more understanding than I thought they would or could be. It was my own insecurity that had me thinking that way.

I'm sorry you thought I was knocking them. I was trying to say, you need to trust them more.

Feb. 9/17
1:18 am