.....did your parents do things like make you a skateboard out of a 2x4 and discarded roller skate wheels, or try to make "cool" clothes on a sewing machine so that you could be "just like the other kids"? And you didn't want to hurt your parents feelings, so you felt obligated to use or wear these items, and it just made it that much more obvious how much you were NOT like the other kids......
2006-12-05 06:07:12 · 9 answers · asked by spun_up_06 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yeah, my mom made me some ugly a** clothes, my goodness. Once i had to make my own halloween costume (a butterfly) out of used posterboard and leotards that hadn't fit for at least three years, which was funny, because I lived in the ghetto, I actually had the best costume!
2006-12-05 06:12:20 · answer #1 · answered by liberpez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As children I nor my siblings knew we were poor. We were told "no" and that's how it was. We didn't question it too much because we weren't "the boss". Children today don't know what "no" means. I had a happy childhood in spite of not having the neat stuff that a few other kids had.
2006-12-05 06:14:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say my parents were poor, I would say us kids were poor. My stepmom would buy Nordstrom clothes for her kids (my half sisters) and we were lucky to get goodwill. She was a crazy ***** from Chile though. We were white step kids and that doesnt fly in their culture I guess. So we had the rags and the little kids had the riches. I will never do that to my kids, that's for sure. They will come first always.
2006-12-05 06:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by wonderlandprincess83 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, my mother never put any effort forth into making me anything that other kids had. Fortunately, though, the kids that grew up with me on my street were very close to my family and were very considerate. If they had something that I didn't, they would always let me take turns with it. Our street was like one big family. And today, 30 years later, we still talk quite often.
2006-12-05 06:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
POOR..
we could not afford a sewing machine.
Used needle-thread and hand. all clothes were made by hand.
And made from flour sacks.
And you prob thinks its a lie.
But its not.
2006-12-05 06:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we never knew we were poor until we went to school. my mom always made everything spwecial and fun.
2006-12-05 06:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mother crocheted alot; and trust me, the clothes did not fit as well! but, i wore them because I LOVED HER!!
2006-12-05 06:11:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If they had, I would have been truly happy...not ungreatful.
2006-12-05 06:14:36 · answer #8 · answered by Encyclopedia Allie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is this some type of mean joke? if so, you need some serious help, its not funny.
2006-12-05 06:12:44 · answer #9 · answered by Perfectly Insane 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋