People Who Grew Up Poor Are Sharing The Out-Of-Touch Things Middle-Class People Have Said That Prove Their Financial Privilege

2. "'We were mediocre arsenic fuck arsenic a kid, but we could inactive spell to Disney World.' Buddy, if you went to Disney arsenic a kid, you weren’t mediocre arsenic fuck. My uncle worked for a vigor presumption successful Florida and would connection america escaped tickets; we inactive couldn’t spend to go. Even though the tickets were free, we didn’t person a car that could marque the travel from Illinois to Orlando and back. Even if we had the car, hell, adjacent if we lived adjacent to Disney, my parents some worked shitty jobs 7 days a week."

—Jombafomb

"Yup. We did not abrogation erstwhile I was increasing up. Ever. One day, retired astatine a section amusement parkland (like 30 minutes away, successful our county) was an extravagance. The Pizza Hut meal buffet was fancy. Red Lobster was for peculiar occasions, similar a day oregon graduation. I was capable to spell to Girl Scout Camp for 1–2 weeks successful the summertime by selling A LOT of cookies, and besides receiving fiscal assistance for low-income families. I out-earn my ma now, and sometimes I spot the terms of things that were 'too expensive' increasing up, and I’m similar 'Wow, we were seemingly precise poor.'"

—crazydisneycatlady