[Annie23905]

A lot of us have had the experience of being ‘poor’ (or deprived or without). My mother and father come from upper-middle class families. However, after they married, they really struggled because my father was a teacher and my mother a teacher’s aide. My father changed jobs but didn’t do much better in pay level. There were four children in our family, and some had health problems, as well as my mother. There were not a whole lot of luxuries. But since that was the 1950s and ’60s, I didn’t know we were having a hard time – except when I overheard conversations about being behind in the mortgage payments, etc. The only reason we had a house was because my grandfather had given my parents money for the downpayment.

Still, I treasure my childhood, and because life was sometimes a struggle, I feel I appreciate everything I have today. Just because people are middle class or wealthy today doesn’t mean that has always been the case.

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Name : Annie23905, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 51, City : Lawrenceville, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : copy editor, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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