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The win and the loss
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 676512" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My family was not materialistic. In fact, my parents did not like to spend money. Neither dressed well and my mother did not go to beauty parlors and did not wear jewelry or even nice clothes.We did not have an "enviable" type car. Our house was void of furniture in the living room most of my years living there. People made comments, but that was how they were. I remember sitting on the floor near a heating vent in the winter as there were no chairs and it was cold in the house (they probably kept the heat way down too). Were we poor? Hardly.</p><p></p><p>But we grew up in a rich neighborhood where most people wanted to let everyone know just HOW rich they were. All around us I absorbed those values, although I rejected them and couldn't wait to move when I left the family home. During the Jewish holidays, it was interesting to see, in warm or hot September, women walking in mink stoles and high heels to temple, which was about a mile away. Not at all practical. To show off to their neighbors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 676512, member: 1550"] My family was not materialistic. In fact, my parents did not like to spend money. Neither dressed well and my mother did not go to beauty parlors and did not wear jewelry or even nice clothes.We did not have an "enviable" type car. Our house was void of furniture in the living room most of my years living there. People made comments, but that was how they were. I remember sitting on the floor near a heating vent in the winter as there were no chairs and it was cold in the house (they probably kept the heat way down too). Were we poor? Hardly. But we grew up in a rich neighborhood where most people wanted to let everyone know just HOW rich they were. All around us I absorbed those values, although I rejected them and couldn't wait to move when I left the family home. During the Jewish holidays, it was interesting to see, in warm or hot September, women walking in mink stoles and high heels to temple, which was about a mile away. Not at all practical. To show off to their neighbors. [/QUOTE]
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