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Jan 14, 2022
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BYUFootballisBack
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If you are that rich, im sure they didn't even notice it
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When did you first realize you weren’t part of the upper crust of society?
OU Cougar
Jan 13, 9:38am
When my Dad told me I need to ration crackers. I could only have 3.
Mister P
Jan 13, 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
Jan 13, 9:42am
Same story. It was easy to see that my friends had a lot more and nicer stuff.
OPINIONS
Jan 13, 10:11am
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I'mYourHuckleberry
Jan 13, 9:42am
Wow! You lived Little House on the Prairie season 2 episode 1.
JAGA97
Jan 13, 9:43am
When my parents couldn't afford extra-curriculars like the other kids' parents.
byujdmba
Jan 13, 9:44am
I was on that other side of the fence.. but my realization that people hate rich
cougfanz
Jan 13, 9:44am
Thankful for Timpview. Every party I attended in high school would have been in a field by Utah Lake otherwise.
mokelembembe
Jan 13, 10:00am
When our truck got repoed the day after Christmas.
JAGA97
Jan 13, 9:45am
When we went to pick up a girl for a date and ended up having to push-start
Thrill
Jan 13, 9:45am
We?
JuicyJam
Jan 13, 9:47am
He and his Mom, obviously.
kccougar
Jan 13, 9:48am
I didn’t have my license yet.
Thrill
Jan 13, 9:49am
You had a station wagon with a clutch? Wow!
Big Daddy D
Jan 13, 9:47am
I always wondered that about Karate Kid - is there such a vehicle?
Tricky
Jan 13, 12:41pm
I'm sure that there is - without a doubt.
Eddie
Jan 13, 1:16pm
According to one website, some people think that was a goof in the movie but
Tricky
Jan 13, 3:34pm
RE: When we went to pick up a girl for a date and ended up having to push-start
Doctor Rosenrosen
Jan 13, 9:48am
Totally have a clip of it here too..
VACOUGFAN
Jan 13, 9:49am
Such a classic scene. Apparently the brick falling wasn't planned.
Bill Moore Esq
Jan 13, 9:54am
Haha! Went to pick up my first date from Woodland Hills and we ran out of gas.
Wyomingite
Jan 13, 4:22pm
They were also in the same tax bracket as you 🙂
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 13, 4:32pm
Ha, no. I did get to go inside her house.
Wyomingite
Jan 13, 4:37pm
Everyone in the US shares at least 1 tax bracket, taxes are tiered not flat
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 13, 4:41pm
Pretty sure I always knew.
Eddie
Jan 13, 9:49am
I did some work for a pilot that flies for Netjets. The stories he had about
N8Dawg
Jan 13, 9:50am
That story helps one understand that being rich does not equal being smart.
Mitty
Jan 14, 10:46am
If you are that rich, im sure they didn't even notice it
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 14, 10:54am
He was some fund manager worth 200 million. I am sure he did not notice much.
N8Dawg
Jan 14, 3:29pm
When our Christmas tree was tacked to the wall in the shape of a tree one year
Forest Green
Jan 13, 9:50am
When I could only afford an 18" flat screen to mount to my living room wall.
Windward_Coug
Jan 13, 9:50am
Multiple vasectomies and reversals can't be cheap
Ojiisan
Jan 13, 10:00am
My parents were children of the depression so o knew from Day 1 nor did I care
BYU Grounds
Jan 13, 9:51am
On a lighter note I knew when I got my twice handed down underwear LOL
BYU Grounds
Jan 13, 9:52am
When more and more "Deseret" branded food made its way into our pantry
LBCougar
Jan 13, 9:55am
Remember that weird powdered orange drink? What WAS that stuff?
Slim
Jan 13, 9:56am
🙂 a church version of Tang...I think...
LBCougar
Jan 13, 9:57am
Some of that food was legit, though. That granola...
Wyomingite
Jan 13, 4:23pm
When. four of us lived in a one bedroom WWII hut at Ricks College
Nat Gas Man
Jan 13, 9:56am
How did things turn out for her later?
CBaass
Jan 13, 10:02am
Never had any money, but all her kids were married in the temple, served mission
Nat Gas Man
Jan 13, 10:15am
RE: When. four of us lived in a one bedroom WWII hut at Ricks College
Mister P
Jan 13, 10:45am
one trip to Monaco will make you feel that way no matter how much you got.
zephyr
Jan 13, 9:57am
I was doing a tour of the inland waterway in Ft Lauderdale one day. then the
Nat Gas Man
Jan 13, 10:00am
Haha - a few weeks ago we were in Miami and decided to drive through a really
crack
Jan 13, 10:01am
When all my friends started getting their own cars for their 16th birthdays
TXJason
Jan 13, 9:59am
This is the mindset it seems like a lot of CBers currently have, they think they
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 13, 11:13am
A guy in my ward had a 7500 square foot house with a pool and tennis court.
Bill Moore Esq
Jan 13, 10:00am
I always kind of new it.
SpanishFork12
Jan 13, 10:00am
Grew up in a very small rural town.
Corn
Jan 13, 10:02am
Sounds like Milford.
tacocat
Jan 13, 10:48am
When we slaughtered and ate the rabbits we were raising.
crack
Jan 13, 10:03am
same, lol!
The Pope
Jan 13, 10:06am
RE: When we slaughtered and ate the rabbits we were raising.
CBaass
Jan 13, 10:07am
You mean that’s where they went? They didn’t run off in the middle of the night
kotacoug
Jan 13, 10:12am
When every few years we had a “DI” Christmas and half the toys didn’t
R.Nichols
Jan 13, 10:08am
Board games for Christmas with missing crucial pieces to the game. My favorite!
CougarTailDevourer
Jan 13, 10:13am
Colored tic tacs make great game pieces.
JAGA97
Jan 13, 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
Jan 13, 10:20am
I always knew but one thing that sticks out was a high school teacher
bluelands
Jan 13, 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
Jan 13, 10:56am
Early on when I realized my friends didn't use powdered milk on their cereal.
Mtbcoug
Jan 13, 10:59am
When friends' families invited me to vacations to a beach rental or a cabin near
vagabonder
Jan 13, 11:01am
Not to get too sentimental or emotional here
Ned Schneebly
Jan 13, 11:06am
Man having kids, I can only imagine the pain that would cause me 🙁
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 13, 11:21am
I haven’t stopped crying since writing the post above. It rips my heart apart
Ned Schneebly
Jan 13, 12:12pm
Also, our only time a year to go out to dinner was when income tax returns came
LBCougar
Jan 13, 11:08am
Our family car was a Studebaker. It was pretty obvious.
bob falfa
Jan 13, 11:12am
Pretty obvious from my favorite movies.. Richie Rich, The First Kid, Blank Check
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 13, 11:22am
Favorite movies as a kid, were all about the rich kid getting everything
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 13, 11:23am
When my parents got in a fight about whether to do subsidized/free lunches.
jvquarterback
Jan 13, 12:02pm
My Dad had that fight - but it was with me. It was a short fight.
Eddie
Jan 13, 1:20pm
10¢ for bread and some ham when I was a kid. Dad provided just fine.
jvquarterback
Jan 13, 1:59pm
I'm sure I could've taken lunch from home if I wanted.
Eddie
Jan 13, 2:15pm
In grade school people wanted hot lunch, in JHS the cool kids packed lunch.
jvquarterback
Jan 13, 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
Jan 13, 2:07pm
There are some schools that are able to base it on a high % of kids who...
Eddie
Jan 13, 2:10pm
Canyons School District in Salt Lake is
tacocat
Jan 17, 9:37pm
A lot of districts are using federal Covid relief money this year to do it.
Eddie
Jan 18, 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
Jan 13, 7:51pm
Anyone else grow up on powdered milk, or know what "TVP" is?
byujdmba
Jan 13, 2:23pm
of course
Nat Gas Man
Jan 13, 2:44pm
🙋♂️ had them both. TVP was so nasty we ended up using it for dog food poor dog
BYU Grounds
Jan 13, 2:48pm
The worst was when the reconstituted milk was still room temp and w/ lumps.
byujdmba
Jan 13, 4:03pm
we used to mix whole milk in with the powder but my 2 older brothers kept drink
BYU Grounds
Jan 13, 4:25pm
Luckily our move to 2% came earlier. Also the move from margarine->butter. Yum!
byujdmba
Jan 13, 6:22pm
I grew up on powdered milk. I dunno what TVL is…. I knew when kids wouldnt sleep
Cougarite
Jan 13, 6:29pm
TVP=textured vegetable protein, used in the 70s as a storable meat substitute
byujdmba
Jan 13, 6:41pm
Haha thanks. Luckily we didn’t have that. Has lots of liver & onions though😭
Cougarite
Jan 13, 6:48pm
I actually have some in my long term food storage. I’ve snuck it into my kids
Nat Gas Man
Jan 14, 8:04am
This reminds me of my favorite Monty Python sketch.
dangit
Jan 13, 3:02pm
Ok, I could barely make it through that. So funny! I’d never seen it before
IntelCougar
Jan 13, 11:16pm
When my wife taught at a school where the multi-millionaires were looked down
Emmett Fitz-Hume
Jan 13, 4:56pm
Where? Beverly Hills?
Penske Material
Jan 13, 5:31pm
could be Jackson Hole as well
Nat Gas Man
Jan 13, 8:46pm
RE: When my wife taught at a school where the multi-millionaires were looked down
sethj250
Jan 13, 9:05pm
When we lived in Italy. The best part was when they would come to school for PT
Emmett Fitz-Hume
Jan 14, 5:13am
When all we had was beans the cats had peed on. Then we ate it. Not kidding.1980
juantoad
Jan 13, 10:42pm
Tough years. I remember in N. Orem all the lawns going yellow as water got shut
OU Cougar
Jan 13, 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
Jan 14, 6:29am
When we became the go to household to be asked to watch the neighbors pets while
pinolero
Jan 14, 10:49am
Middle school. Guess/Girbaud > Rustlers/Lee/Wrangler
Hyrum in Houston
Jan 14, 12:27pm
I don’t really have a story like this…looking back I realized I had it pretty great…
JOPE
Jan 14, 5:33pm
I was starting to wonder if anyone was gonna respond with a "positive" story, my
BYUFootballisBack
Jan 14, 6:40pm
When the only shoes my parents could afford for us were Pro Wings from Payless.
SingleStrapBackpack
Jan 14, 11:39pm
I got a pair of XJ 900s at Payless. I was walking on air I loved them so much.
pinolero
Jan 15, 12:36pm
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