Preface: I grew up in elaborately hidden poverty among middle class. Even today I like to see the fridge mostly empty cuz it means no leftovers AGAIN?

[DrPepper12]

I've never been able to figure out my relative impoverishment with my desire to not have leftovers. It seems contradictory if not insane. I guess having new food was more important than having to eat the same shit again? Thoughts?

Oh, my mom was British and thought the spice rack was for decorative purposes so that SURE AS HELL didn't help!

Do you have any odd observations on how poverty / affluence has produced any dichotomous outcomes?

Bruh. That's fucked up.

I feel you. It actually makes sense kinda.

Something else. We all got hangups we'll never escape!

[Caroline91]

I grew up in a pretty affluent family. My dad was an aerospace engineer and my mom owned her own head-hunter agency. I developed a very odd relationship with money. It was always held over my head in an effort to manipulate me. But it didn't work. I moved out at 18 and never accepted another dime from my parents again. In order to put myself through university without going into debt, I worked almost full time and took a full course load. But, I only had enough money to eat 4 days a week. Once things got a little more stable, I ate more regularly, but never really had money because, if I had it and somebody really needed it, I gave it away. I think I just saw money as a bad thing to hang onto because it was only good for either helping other people or manipulating them.

[DrPepper12]

Good for you for recognizing and escaping the talsman of wealth!!

[Anonymous]

I also grew up in poverty, but my family's views on leftovers were the polar opposite of yours. My father did most of the cooking but my mother always found a way to make an acceptable meal the next night (maybe even two nights) that was different enough that it didn't seem like it was the same dish.

[DrPepper12]

You are very fortunate. My mother could burn wAter.

[Opinion Owner]

So what would you like the world to do for you as a result?

[DrPepper12]

Nothing. Why?

[Opinion Owner]

Because I've read enough of your posts here to know the way you think.

[DrPepper12]

How do I think?

[exitseven]

My father was POW during WW2. He was held in a German prison camp. He knew what hunger was. as a result he had an obsession with food. Eventually he had 2 big chest freezers in his basement and they were always full.

[Dongie]

A friend of my dad's was this way. He, too, was a POW in Germany. He said they picked the corn out of the horse shit. He was an eye doctor and very wealthy. Dad said he couldn't watch food being left on anyone's plate and would eat it himself. He wasn't fat tho.

[DrPepper12]

Sounds like the kinda guy I'd like to shake his hand and say thanks!

[DrPepper12]

My grandma was a depression era kid. Left her scarred about food insecurity. She wasted NOTHING

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO

[Dongie]

My dad was kind of rich but treated me like an orphan growing up. As such I am most comfortable with the bare necessities. Although I am working on a more lucrative retirement.

[DrPepper12]

Ya know, minimalism suits me too. I hate clutter in all it's forms... Especially words!

[Dongie]

Correct-a-mundo!