When my parents couldn't afford extra-curriculars like the other kids' parents.

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Jan 13, 2022
9:44:34am

byujdmba Truly Addicted User

I wanted to do sports as a young kid (like peewee football, little league). My parents told me they couldn't afford it.

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byujdmba

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Time

When did you first realize you weren’t part of the upper crust of society?

OU Cougar

1/13/22 9:38am

When my Dad told me I need to ration crackers. I could only have 3.

Mister P

1/13/22 9:41am

I always knew I was poor. My parent told us so and I had eyes. Growing up I thought anyone with a 2 story home or a

Slim

1/13/22 9:42am

Same story. It was easy to see that my friends had a lot more and nicer stuff.

OPINIONS

1/13/22 10:11am

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I'mYourHuckleberry

1/13/22 9:42am

Wow! You lived Little House on the Prairie season 2 episode 1.

JAGA97

1/13/22 9:43am

When my parents couldn't afford extra-curriculars like the other kids' parents.

byujdmba

1/13/22 9:44am

I was on that other side of the fence.. but my realization that people hate rich

cougfanz

1/13/22 9:44am

Thankful for Timpview. Every party I attended in high school would have been in a field by Utah Lake otherwise.

mokelembembe

1/13/22 10:00am

When our truck got repoed the day after Christmas.

JAGA97

1/13/22 9:45am

When we went to pick up a girl for a date and ended up having to push-start

Thrill

1/13/22 9:45am

We?

JuicyJam

1/13/22 9:47am

He and his Mom, obviously.

kccougar

1/13/22 9:48am

I didn’t have my license yet.

Thrill

1/13/22 9:49am

You had a station wagon with a clutch? Wow!

Big Daddy D

1/13/22 9:47am

I always wondered that about Karate Kid - is there such a vehicle?

Tricky

1/13/22 12:41pm

I'm sure that there is - without a doubt.

Eddie

1/13/22 1:16pm

According to one website, some people think that was a goof in the movie but

Tricky

1/13/22 3:34pm

RE: When we went to pick up a girl for a date and ended up having to push-start

Doctor Rosenrosen

1/13/22 9:48am

Totally have a clip of it here too..

VACOUGFAN

1/13/22 9:49am

Such a classic scene. Apparently the brick falling wasn't planned.

Bill Moore Esq

1/13/22 9:54am

Haha! Went to pick up my first date from Woodland Hills and we ran out of gas.

Wyomingite

1/13/22 4:22pm

They were also in the same tax bracket as you 🙂

BYUFootballisBack

1/13/22 4:32pm

Ha, no. I did get to go inside her house.

Wyomingite

1/13/22 4:37pm

Everyone in the US shares at least 1 tax bracket, taxes are tiered not flat

BYUFootballisBack

1/13/22 4:41pm

Pretty sure I always knew.

Eddie

1/13/22 9:49am

I did some work for a pilot that flies for Netjets. The stories he had about

N8Dawg

1/13/22 9:50am

That story helps one understand that being rich does not equal being smart.

Mitty

1/14/22 10:46am

If you are that rich, im sure they didn't even notice it

BYUFootballisBack

1/14/22 10:54am

He was some fund manager worth 200 million. I am sure he did not notice much.

N8Dawg

1/14/22 3:29pm

When our Christmas tree was tacked to the wall in the shape of a tree one year

Forest Green

1/13/22 9:50am

When I could only afford an 18" flat screen to mount to my living room wall.

Windward_Coug

1/13/22 9:50am

Multiple vasectomies and reversals can't be cheap

Ojiisan

1/13/22 10:00am

My parents were children of the depression so o knew from Day 1 nor did I care

BYU Grounds

1/13/22 9:51am

On a lighter note I knew when I got my twice handed down underwear LOL

BYU Grounds

1/13/22 9:52am

When more and more "Deseret" branded food made its way into our pantry

LBCougar

1/13/22 9:55am

Remember that weird powdered orange drink? What WAS that stuff?

Slim

1/13/22 9:56am

🙂 a church version of Tang...I think...

LBCougar

1/13/22 9:57am

Some of that food was legit, though. That granola...

Wyomingite

1/13/22 4:23pm

When. four of us lived in a one bedroom WWII hut at Ricks College

Nat Gas Man

1/13/22 9:56am

How did things turn out for her later?

CBaass

1/13/22 10:02am

Never had any money, but all her kids were married in the temple, served mission

Nat Gas Man

1/13/22 10:15am

RE: When. four of us lived in a one bedroom WWII hut at Ricks College

Mister P

1/13/22 10:45am

one trip to Monaco will make you feel that way no matter how much you got.

zephyr

1/13/22 9:57am

I was doing a tour of the inland waterway in Ft Lauderdale one day. then the

Nat Gas Man

1/13/22 10:00am

Haha - a few weeks ago we were in Miami and decided to drive through a really

crack

1/13/22 10:01am

When all my friends started getting their own cars for their 16th birthdays

TXJason

1/13/22 9:59am

This is the mindset it seems like a lot of CBers currently have, they think they

BYUFootballisBack

1/13/22 11:13am

A guy in my ward had a 7500 square foot house with a pool and tennis court.

Bill Moore Esq

1/13/22 10:00am

I always kind of new it.

SpanishFork12

1/13/22 10:00am

Grew up in a very small rural town.

Corn

1/13/22 10:02am

Sounds like Milford.

tacocat

1/13/22 10:48am

When we slaughtered and ate the rabbits we were raising.

crack

1/13/22 10:03am

same, lol!

The Pope

1/13/22 10:06am

RE: When we slaughtered and ate the rabbits we were raising.

CBaass

1/13/22 10:07am

You mean that’s where they went? They didn’t run off in the middle of the night

kotacoug

1/13/22 10:12am

When every few years we had a “DI” Christmas and half the toys didn’t

R.Nichols

1/13/22 10:08am

Board games for Christmas with missing crucial pieces to the game. My favorite!

CougarTailDevourer

1/13/22 10:13am

Colored tic tacs make great game pieces.

JAGA97

1/13/22 10:21am

My parents hardly had the time to come to my sporting events. I'd have to ask coaches and friends for rides. My parents

Vincent's Picks

1/13/22 10:20am

I always knew but one thing that sticks out was a high school teacher

bluelands

1/13/22 10:37am

When our pantry was full of church brand food and we got an anonymous jar of money on our doorstep during holidays

Jimo Dashen

1/13/22 10:56am

Early on when I realized my friends didn't use powdered milk on their cereal.

Mtbcoug

1/13/22 10:59am

When friends' families invited me to vacations to a beach rental or a cabin near

vagabonder

1/13/22 11:01am

Not to get too sentimental or emotional here

Ned Schneebly

1/13/22 11:06am

Man having kids, I can only imagine the pain that would cause me 🙁

BYUFootballisBack

1/13/22 11:21am

I haven’t stopped crying since writing the post above. It rips my heart apart

Ned Schneebly

1/13/22 12:12pm

Also, our only time a year to go out to dinner was when income tax returns came

LBCougar

1/13/22 11:08am

Our family car was a Studebaker. It was pretty obvious.

bob falfa

1/13/22 11:12am

Pretty obvious from my favorite movies.. Richie Rich, The First Kid, Blank Check

BYUFootballisBack

1/13/22 11:22am

Favorite movies as a kid, were all about the rich kid getting everything

BYUFootballisBack

1/13/22 11:23am

When my parents got in a fight about whether to do subsidized/free lunches.

jvquarterback

1/13/22 12:02pm

My Dad had that fight - but it was with me. It was a short fight.

Eddie

1/13/22 1:20pm

10¢ for bread and some ham when I was a kid. Dad provided just fine.

jvquarterback

1/13/22 1:59pm

I'm sure I could've taken lunch from home if I wanted.

Eddie

1/13/22 2:15pm

In grade school people wanted hot lunch, in JHS the cool kids packed lunch.

jvquarterback

1/13/22 3:33pm

Too bad you didn't go to my kid's schools. Lunch is free for all students. I don't know how they do it, but its all free

vegasnative

1/13/22 2:07pm

There are some schools that are able to base it on a high % of kids who...

Eddie

1/13/22 2:10pm

Canyons School District in Salt Lake is

tacocat

1/17/22 9:37pm

A lot of districts are using federal Covid relief money this year to do it.

Eddie

1/18/22 8:42am

If a high enough percentage of a school qualifies for free or reduced lunch the whole school gets free lunch under title

CDV

1/13/22 7:51pm

Anyone else grow up on powdered milk, or know what "TVP" is?

byujdmba

1/13/22 2:23pm

of course

Nat Gas Man

1/13/22 2:44pm

🙋‍♂️ had them both. TVP was so nasty we ended up using it for dog food poor dog

BYU Grounds

1/13/22 2:48pm

The worst was when the reconstituted milk was still room temp and w/ lumps.

byujdmba

1/13/22 4:03pm

we used to mix whole milk in with the powder but my 2 older brothers kept drink

BYU Grounds

1/13/22 4:25pm

Luckily our move to 2% came earlier. Also the move from margarine->butter. Yum!

byujdmba

1/13/22 6:22pm

I grew up on powdered milk. I dunno what TVL is…. I knew when kids wouldnt sleep

Cougarite

1/13/22 6:29pm

TVP=textured vegetable protein, used in the 70s as a storable meat substitute

byujdmba

1/13/22 6:41pm

Haha thanks. Luckily we didn’t have that. Has lots of liver & onions though😭

Cougarite

1/13/22 6:48pm

I actually have some in my long term food storage. I’ve snuck it into my kids

Nat Gas Man

1/14/22 8:04am

This reminds me of my favorite Monty Python sketch.

dangit

1/13/22 3:02pm

Ok, I could barely make it through that. So funny! I’d never seen it before

IntelCougar

1/13/22 11:16pm

When my wife taught at a school where the multi-millionaires were looked down

Emmett Fitz-Hume

1/13/22 4:56pm

Where? Beverly Hills?

Penske Material

1/13/22 5:31pm

could be Jackson Hole as well

Nat Gas Man

1/13/22 8:46pm

RE: When my wife taught at a school where the multi-millionaires were looked down

sethj250

1/13/22 9:05pm

When we lived in Italy. The best part was when they would come to school for PT

Emmett Fitz-Hume

1/14/22 5:13am

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juantoad

1/13/22 10:42pm

Tough years. I remember in N. Orem all the lawns going yellow as water got shut

OU Cougar

1/13/22 10:51pm

When I realized other kids had beds that were just beds & didn’t fold up to be the living room sofa by day.

Soupie

1/14/22 6:29am

When we became the go to household to be asked to watch the neighbors pets while

pinolero

1/14/22 10:49am

Middle school. Guess/Girbaud > Rustlers/Lee/Wrangler

Hyrum in Houston

1/14/22 12:27pm

I don’t really have a story like this…looking back I realized I had it pretty great…

JOPE

1/14/22 5:33pm

I was starting to wonder if anyone was gonna respond with a "positive" story, my

BYUFootballisBack

1/14/22 6:40pm

When the only shoes my parents could afford for us were Pro Wings from Payless.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/14/22 11:39pm

I got a pair of XJ 900s at Payless. I was walking on air I loved them so much.

pinolero

1/15/22 12:36pm

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