whats the poorest you've ever been....?

Question

have you ever had to live in a bedsit, or scrape the pennys together to affort dinner? honestly.

Answer 1

in 1987 we were so pour we had a tin of tomato soup for the family of 5 per day. we watered it down and had it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
this went on for quite a few months. we were over the moon when we were able to afford a different flavour soup.

i can not eat tomato soup anymore. it makes me gag these days. yuck.

Answer 2

That would have been when my oldest child was an infant. We had an unexpected and very expensive expense and I had to choose between daycare and groceries. Daycare won since I wouldn't even be able to go to work without daycare for my child. Thankfully the daycare provided breakfast and lunch for her. I had just enough food already in the home for her dinners, but I couldn't have anything but either one bowl of cereal or a peanut butter sandwich per day for nearly three months. I lost nearly 25 pounds during that time. My clothes were hanging off of me and I felt dizzy and exhausted all the time. It was horrible and I was in bad shape. Now I can go to any grocery store and put whatever I want in the cart without a second thought as to the price, but I'll never forget what it means to not have enough food. I volunteer at a food pantry one to two days per week.

Answer 3

have you seen castaway, it something like that..but my volleyball wasn't wilson,

Answer 4

when i cooked a can of beans oin a hibachi...and ate with my fingers. food was donated too

Answer 5

No.

Answer 6

I put seasoned salt in hot water and pretended it was soup...there were no pennies left to scrape.

Answer 7

poor enough to have to steal to get my next meal

Answer 8

i had to double check pennies to make sure they were real