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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 733883" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I just thought of something else lol. There was not one farm anywhere near me as a kid. None. I saw them and party line phones on television. Everyone owned a house. When we moved there apartments were not allowed. The idea was to keep the burb upscale. Eventually they built townhouses but I think everyone had to buy one, not rent. Physical hardship did not exist there. It probably still doesn't. Poverty did not exist there. I mean, my dad was a Pharmacist and we were considered "poor" by the standards of the area.</p><p>Believe it or not, this entitled lifestyle turned me off. I was never for a single day a person who admired status symbols or money and that never changed. People with lots of toys and big houses didn't ever make me feel jealous. But this IS how I grew up. My Sis grew up to be so materialistic that she threatened to divorce her hub if he didn't build a new house from scratch that they couldn't afford .Hub did it and his father forever paid a lump of their mortgage but she left the man anyway! Money can cause a lot of ugliness. I am so grateful I never picked up those values. My brother didn't either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 733883, member: 1550"] I just thought of something else lol. There was not one farm anywhere near me as a kid. None. I saw them and party line phones on television. Everyone owned a house. When we moved there apartments were not allowed. The idea was to keep the burb upscale. Eventually they built townhouses but I think everyone had to buy one, not rent. Physical hardship did not exist there. It probably still doesn't. Poverty did not exist there. I mean, my dad was a Pharmacist and we were considered "poor" by the standards of the area. Believe it or not, this entitled lifestyle turned me off. I was never for a single day a person who admired status symbols or money and that never changed. People with lots of toys and big houses didn't ever make me feel jealous. But this IS how I grew up. My Sis grew up to be so materialistic that she threatened to divorce her hub if he didn't build a new house from scratch that they couldn't afford .Hub did it and his father forever paid a lump of their mortgage but she left the man anyway! Money can cause a lot of ugliness. I am so grateful I never picked up those values. My brother didn't either. [/QUOTE]
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