The article explores a Reddit discussion where users share practical skills developed from growing up in poverty, emphasizing resourcefulness. Skills include creating meals with limited ingredients, valuing and repairing items rather than discarding them, and being less selective with food. Several contributors elaborate on how these experiences shape their adaptability in adult life, promoting resilience and resourcefulness in managing finances and household needs. The contrast with wealthier peers highlights how financial backgrounds influence daily habits and perspectives on consumption and waste.
Coming up with meals with whatever is leftover in the pantry and fridge.
How to use and repair everything and run it into the ground. Yeah, something I noticed about my wealthier relatives: they were really comfortable with breaking their stuff. I was always taught to preserve my stuff for as long as possible. - Andy_LaVolpe
Not being picky with food. I can eat the same food forever and never get sick of it. - wild_blackrose This, 100%. My wife grew up in the upper middle class, and I grew up on the lower end of that spectrum.
I'm not afraid of poverty; I know how to navigate it. By the same token, because I came from poverty, I've set myself up to not experience it again. - CrowsAtMidnite
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