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It sounds like you grew up lower middle class. Poverty is never "do I buy a washing machine or buy something else" it's "can I afford to go to the laundromat t
by chipsrafferty 3y ago
It sounds like you grew up lower middle class.
Poverty is never "do I buy a washing machine or buy something else" it's "can I afford to go to the laundromat this month".
- fatnoah 3y agoThis is the correct answer. I remember the weekly ritual of scrounging change for the laundromat and going with handwashing things if we came up short. When my dad got a new job with a decent pay increase, getting a washer and dryer felt like we'd finally made it.