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Originally Posted by keith higson
Unfortunately Margaret you are not alone in experiencing poverty in the past. I too grew up in poverty but luckily enough it wasn't until I grew older and wiser that I recognised what poverty was. Yet in growing older I believe I was a better person for it.
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I think you are right. Although I think it might have been easier to be poor back then......there wasn't the same peer pressure. We were all in the same boat.
It certainly taught me a lot of lessons which have helped mi in my life.
I can make do and mend, I can make a decent meal out of leftovers.
I am careful with money.....these are things that you don't learn in school.