On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't

Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by throwaway-0987 on Monday March 01, 2021 @12:23PM (#26305300)

I can't edit the original post, but I wanted to clarify that the last paragraph was intended to give other poor people hope, not to make them feel inadequate. Sort of a cheer leader type thing. I probably should have left it out.

You are all right. I was lucky. We all are to some extent. I consider my aunt my only real family. I still drive to visit her grave each year.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by old_fart_dev on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:26PM (#26308642)

Don't apologize for being optimistic.

I wouldn't have gotten where I have without someone telling me to take my shot and apply to a good college I dreamed about applying to when I was much younger. My parents encouraged me to with their blessing. There were plenty of neighbors and friend who told me it was a moonshot to get in, that I should go to state school, that I couldn't afford it, I wouldn't fit in, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I got in, went, graduated, and I've done well.

I'm sure if my parents told me it was a long shot, I wouldn't have applied. And, I can imagine internalizing this idea that I never had a chance because of who I was and where I was from.

So don't apologize. You don't need to feed the self-righteousness of others.

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Re:On the Experience of Being Poor-Ish, for People Who Aren't by Aperocky on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:07PM (#26306776)

> They think I'm nuts and say I need counseling. I probably do.

Good realization. Too many of us deride counseling as an admittance of weakness, it isn't. Hiding from it while maintaining there's nothing wrong is.

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