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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 159089" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Change, I, too, can identify with your "look", although from the other perspective.</p><p>***</p><p>I have a good job. But even if the family's pulling in 6 digit income, difficult child treatment is expensive. And I don't pull in 6 digits. Anyway, point is, I have a good job. Most everyone I work with has a new car and nice houses in the suburbs. I drive a 16 year old car that I bought for $200 and put $100 worth of parts into so I can save my 14 year old truck that has 300,000 miles on it to use when we pull the trailer, do farm work, or go camping. My car still needs a muffler, but it gets 28mpg. I buy my clothes at a second hand shop (tho I tend to really like Christopher Banks clothes - which I'm lucky to find there often!). I wear my clothes til they literally wear out. I don't update with the seasons or even yearly. All of my boots and shoes came from Ebay - I only buy tennis shoes new, and that's once a year. I have one pair of work shoes - a pair of brown leather Eastlands I bought at the Salvation Army 2 years ago for $2. I wear them every day and have sewn them together several times. I have learned to do all my own mechanic work, and I haven't got the knack or wearing rubber gloves to do it, so sometimes my fingernails and hands are dark from the grease for the first few days after the weekend. My house is 110+ years old and tiny (1100sq ft and at one time, we had 6 people living there) and outdated. The kitchen drain line collapsed this winter and I will repair it myself, but haven't had time, so I bucket water out of the kitchen when I do dishes, etc. Only a few co-workers have been to my house, and they all stand and stare at our water-stained ceilings and 30 year old kitchen flooring...but frankly, I don't care. This is the price of trying to give my difficult child a future, and I'm willing to pay it.</p><p>***</p><p>But you should see the looks I get when I pull into the private school parking lot to drop off difficult child for school in my mufflerless rust-bucket.</p><p>***</p><p>I feel your pain on the judgement thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 159089, member: 1848"] Change, I, too, can identify with your "look", although from the other perspective. *** I have a good job. But even if the family's pulling in 6 digit income, difficult child treatment is expensive. And I don't pull in 6 digits. Anyway, point is, I have a good job. Most everyone I work with has a new car and nice houses in the suburbs. I drive a 16 year old car that I bought for $200 and put $100 worth of parts into so I can save my 14 year old truck that has 300,000 miles on it to use when we pull the trailer, do farm work, or go camping. My car still needs a muffler, but it gets 28mpg. I buy my clothes at a second hand shop (tho I tend to really like Christopher Banks clothes - which I'm lucky to find there often!). I wear my clothes til they literally wear out. I don't update with the seasons or even yearly. All of my boots and shoes came from Ebay - I only buy tennis shoes new, and that's once a year. I have one pair of work shoes - a pair of brown leather Eastlands I bought at the Salvation Army 2 years ago for $2. I wear them every day and have sewn them together several times. I have learned to do all my own mechanic work, and I haven't got the knack or wearing rubber gloves to do it, so sometimes my fingernails and hands are dark from the grease for the first few days after the weekend. My house is 110+ years old and tiny (1100sq ft and at one time, we had 6 people living there) and outdated. The kitchen drain line collapsed this winter and I will repair it myself, but haven't had time, so I bucket water out of the kitchen when I do dishes, etc. Only a few co-workers have been to my house, and they all stand and stare at our water-stained ceilings and 30 year old kitchen flooring...but frankly, I don't care. This is the price of trying to give my difficult child a future, and I'm willing to pay it. *** But you should see the looks I get when I pull into the private school parking lot to drop off difficult child for school in my mufflerless rust-bucket. *** I feel your pain on the judgement thing. [/QUOTE]
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