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People Are Sharing Telltale Signs That Someone Grew Up Poor, And They're
Spot On

Thu, July 13, 2023 at 8:16 PM PDT·6 min read
Experiencing poverty can have long-lasting effects, ranging from
financial trauma to small, everyday habits that are hard to let go of. Recently, u/tiredofw8ing asked Reddit to share the dead giveaway signs
that somebody grew up poor, and the replies were spot on. Here are some
of the top comments:

1."I didn't realize I made 'poor people sandwiches' until I met my wife.
The amount of meat she piles onto the bread — it's just nuts to me. I
was doing two slices folded in half and she's using a 1/4 pound of turkey."
ham on bread
—u/zilorzilhaust

Lauripatterson / Getty Images
2."You're always afraid to use your nice things because you might ruin
them, and then you never get to really enjoy what you do have." —u/velociravenous

3."Disproportionately wasting a ton of time to save up a few dollars.
It’s going to cost $2 less if I go to this grocery store, even though it
will take 30 minutes longer to walk there? Sign me up."
—u/sariahannibal

4."Never showing teeth when smiling. I grew up dirt poor and never
received dental care until I was well into my twenties. I'm now forty,
only recently (after many dental procedures) have I begun to feel
comfortable showing my teeth."
dentist going over x ray images with patient
—u/king_of_lunch223

Kathrin Ziegler / Getty Images
5."Only using part of a stick of chewing gum at one time. Mom would make
us share. We each got 1/4 stick."
—u/fungrandma9

6."You look for off-brand everything."
—u/real_railz

7."Saving the extra things from eating out. Condiment packets, napkins,
and unused plastic silverware all go into the drawer."
pile of takeout sauce packets
—u/technical_contact836

Mark Weiss / Getty Images
8."Having no control over my spending habits because now that I have
money I want to buy everything I couldn’t as a kid. Also, apparently,
hot dogs in mac and cheese being one of my staple meals." —u/carlwheezerspants

9."Food hoarding. All the people I know who grew up poor have too much
food expiring in their pantries, myself included."
—u/saltychica

10."You view paper plates and paper towels as a luxury. It is literally throwing money away. I still don’t buy them often even though I am upper middle class."
paper plates in a trash can
—u/topazwarrior

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11."Never, ever, ever, ever turn down free food."
—u/urmomskryptonite

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Thu, July 13, 2023 at 8:16 PM PDT·6 min read
Experiencing poverty can have long-lasting effects, ranging from
financial trauma to small, everyday habits that are hard to let go of. Recently, u/tiredofw8ing asked Reddit to share the dead giveaway signs
that somebody grew up poor, and the replies were spot on. Here are some
of the top comments:
1."I didn't realize I made 'poor people sandwiches' until I met my wife.
The amount of meat she piles onto the bread — it's just nuts to me. I
was doing two slices folded in half and she's using a 1/4 pound of turkey."
ham on bread
—u/zilorzilhaust

Lauripatterson / Getty Images
2."You're always afraid to use your nice things because you might ruin
them, and then you never get to really enjoy what you do have." —u/velociravenous

3."Disproportionately wasting a ton of time to save up a few dollars.
It’s going to cost $2 less if I go to this grocery store, even though it
will take 30 minutes longer to walk there? Sign me up."
—u/sariahannibal

4."Never showing teeth when smiling. I grew up dirt poor and never
received dental care until I was well into my twenties. I'm now forty,
only recently (after many dental procedures) have I begun to feel
comfortable showing my teeth."
dentist going over x ray images with patient
—u/king_of_lunch223

Kathrin Ziegler / Getty Images
5."Only using part of a stick of chewing gum at one time. Mom would make
us share. We each got 1/4 stick."
—u/fungrandma9

6."You look for off-brand everything."
—u/real_railz

7."Saving the extra things from eating out. Condiment packets, napkins,
and unused plastic silverware all go into the drawer."
pile of takeout sauce packets
—u/technical_contact836

Mark Weiss / Getty Images
8."Having no control over my spending habits because now that I have
money I want to buy everything I couldn’t as a kid. Also, apparently,
hot dogs in mac and cheese being one of my staple meals." —u/carlwheezerspants

9."Food hoarding. All the people I know who grew up poor have too much
food expiring in their pantries, myself included."
—u/saltychica

10."You view paper plates and paper towels as a luxury. It is literally throwing money away. I still don’t buy them often even though I am upper middle class."
paper plates in a trash can
—u/topazwarrior

Sorsillo / Getty Images/iStockphoto
11."Never, ever, ever, ever turn down free food."
—u/urmomskryptonite

12."Still packing food (bread, deli meat, chips) for road trips. My
husband and I can afford to eat out every meal, but when we do a road
trip, I still pack a cooler with food for lunches instead of eating out.
By the way, packing hack for homemade cookies: Make them small enough to
fit in a cleaned-out Pringles can. They stay fresh and don’t break." —u/goodlife1988

13."I thought everyone ate breakfast cereal with a fork, so they could
pass the bowl of milk to the next person. I was wrong."
woman holding a bowl of cereal
—u/one_oh_1

Cavan Images / Getty Images/Cavan Images RF
14."Anyone else eat rice with soy sauce as a full meal by itself?" —u/veotrade

15."Collecting pop/soda cans from random places, even pulling them out
of the trash because they're worth 10 cents. My biggest score ever was
cleaning out a rich dude's garage on an island near my house. He would
have epic parties and just stick the cans in the garage. It was filled
floor to ceiling and he gave them to me and my sister. Just over $600
worth in 1984 money, so we lived pretty good that summer."
—u/paypermon

16."This is an odd one… I realized the only people who will offer to
help you with moving, or even moving furniture around your house, are
people who grew up poor. Everyone else seems to think it’s normal to
hire movers."
person carrying moving boxes out to a truck
—u/princezz_zelda

Nick White / Getty Images/Image Source
17."Always ordering the cheapest thing on the menu, even if you could
now literally afford to buy the whole restaurant."
—u/thumbsup2323

18."I've noticed I try to hang on to every little thing in case I can
reuse or repurpose it. Gift bags, empty containers, old makeup. My
family went through some really hard times, and I guess my brain tries
to prepare in case it happens again. I have to go through my things and
force myself to throw the junk away sometimes so I don't become a hoarder." —u/taters_are_great

19."I bulk my meals with carrots. Meat was too expensive when I was a
kid. My mum’s stew was known by my older siblings as carrot stew. Making soup, curries, lasagne? Add carrots! I never saw it as strange until my
husband asked why I was doing that."
person holding a bunch of carrots
—u/haybai81

Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images
20."My grandfather grew up during the Depression. If something was
moldy, you would just take out the moldy parts and eat the rest."
—u/naw2665

21."Poor people have trouble letting go of things that are broken. That
old car might have parts which you can use to maintain your next used
car. That broken bike might be something you can find parts for someday.
Rich people toss it and buy a new one."
—u/jacksoninhouse

22."You know exactly how much is in your bank account. You don’t have
about $100. You have $103.72. I didn’t realize this until an ex of mine pointed it out."
woman using an ATM
—u/yellowforest4

Vgajic / Getty Images
23."Washing plastic bags and aluminum foil to use again."
—u/abilitysalt

24."If someone knows the pain of boiling your water on a stove to take a
shower for months on end."
—u/phixiq

25."Using regular bread for everything, like hamburger rolls, hot dogs,
etc."
slices of white bread
—u/tiffm2022

Daniel Day / Getty Images
26."Lack of vacations, even if you have the time and money to afford them." —u/sabre_one

27."You save your money instead of investing your money because you’re terrified of losing it."
—u/noquit9132

28."Breakfast for dinner. Seemed cool as a kid but as an adult, I
realized that all we had was a box of instant pancake mix. Now breakfast
for dinner with my kids is a truly fun and non-emotionally damaging treat." person eating a savory waffle topped with a fried egg and sliced avocado —u/comfortablesort3304

Anjelika Gretskaia / Getty Images
29."I made six figures last year but still think cheap disposable razors
should last at least a few months, and sometimes out of habit I drink a
bunch of water before eating to feel more full."
—u/wonderifatall

30."Parents going without eating so we could. I do that now with my kids
even though we don’t need to! If I am out of town working, my wife
always tries to give me food or money to bring to work and I say, 'No. I don’t need anything. Leave it for the boys so they can eat it or save it
so you can get y’all anything y’all need!'"
—u/thenotor1ous

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