Oh I got all kinds of stories from them. His dad would make us catch for him until he pitched 10 strikeouts before he’d be allowed to go and play. He’d be the ump behind me catching just calling balls on everything being that kinda living through your son type of deal. If my friend missed a layup in a game he’d make him come home and make 100 layups before he’d be allowed to come and hang out with us. He was also known as the world’s biggest cheapskate. I’d put him up against the best renowned cheapskates in the universe
I was gunna say, our public school PTA does them atleast once a semester It's comical though cause my boys school is pretty diverse as far as socioeconomic status. Same set of dumbass 'whives' buy app the silent auction stuff every year, then buy so many raffle tickets the same set wins all the raffles.
Agreed. Plus you have to remember that I live in rural Appalachia. It’s not like we have any fancy restaurants like Olive Garden. We have an Applebees, Bob Evans, Chili’s and stuff like that. I didn’t know about the restaurant buzzers until I was already a man. it just made more sense to save money and grill out when we had a family event.
Yeah man. Young Arsenal used to dream of being rich enough to rub elbows with the stars at Olive Garden. Because when you’re there, you’re family.
Olive Garden was the fanciest of places to go when I was a kid. Aforementioned friend’s dad took us out to eat after a college basketball game to Outback and ask me me how I intended to pay for my meal. I was 11 and had to explain how I didn’t have Outback meal money. He had us sneak in using student ID’s so we didn’t have to pay for tickets.
Yeah, in the northeast, you were well off if you had like 4 window air conditioners. I don't know anyone that had central air. We had one in the living room and my parents took the other in their bedroom, so when it was over 90, my sister and I slept in our sleeping bags on their floor.
oh no, they actively chose to keep that thing because they built a new house in like the mid 90s and brought that along
My favorite college roommate was from Odessa TX and thought he was fancy as fuck. His HS GF moved to LBK when we were roommates and the biggest thing she wanted to do was go to Olive Garden. They are now part of that "upper class" group in LBK who likes to talk about going out to eat at fancy places like longhorn steakhouse
My big indicator of “oh you definitely have disposable income” is when someone has a pot filler over the stove.
Apps AND desserts?! That's fuck you money I still get the "what the fuck!" feels when out to dinner w friends and family and multiple apps and desserts get ordered Also, the guy who made guests do chores is an asshole
I don't know how many of you had them, but the height of wealth was eating at Ponderosa Steakhouse when it wasn't your birthday and NOT ordering the sirloin tips.
We would go once a month but it was always something cheap like McDonalds, Hardee’s, etc. Only time we would go to something more than that was for a birthday. When my mom went back to work when I was in middle school we would go out to eat twice a month, but still just something cheap. The infrequency made it feel special though. Especially when my brother and I were young and getting the toys in the kids meals.
We went to the only independent "nice" restaurant where I lived once a year for my birthday. I'd get fish and chips or ribs.
Being able to go see new release movies at the mall theater. We always had to settle for the now-closed Cinemark dollar theater, tickets were literally $1 but the movies were always several weeks to months after they left the mall.
could always spot the poor schools because they had tape on the outside to hold knee and thigh pads in place.
this won't get enough likes, but having a 7 and a half foot toy was impressive. like, having a trampoline without the safety net impressive.
when we didn’t have any money, my parents still thought it was important we read as much as possible. So I was able to splurge on the monthly scholastic book pamphlet as long as I read them before the next month’s order. Bc of this, each month my book stack was 3-4X any one else’s in the class and I felt cool af
I searched this thread for boat and got no results. My dad had several bass fishing boats throughout the years. Never more than 1 at a time. So there was always that guy with the big boat
I took out my Dick Tracy Velcro wallet () and explained to him I didn’t have any money and to ask my dad for it when he dropped me off when I got home. He did and my dad laughed at him and gave him money. Biggest cheapskate I know and it was a joke in our hometown. I felt bad for my friend because he’d have to deal with it. He’d come to school still rocking the Bugs and Taz criss cross shirt years after it was played out and way to small for him to wear.
Anyone who went out to eat for anything other than a special occasion. Anyone who got something new and it wasn’t a birthday/Christmas present nor back to school clothes. Having more than one pair of shoes. But the biggest one for me as a kid was if someone had a video game system. Those fuckers must be rich.
I was bougie af when I was a kid. I’d only wear shoes that went with an outfit. So if I was wearing Jordans I had on the matching outfit. Same wit the Charles Barkleys or Deon’s. I’d only rock the shoes if I had a full outfit or jersey to wear them with.
Western Sizzlin holds so many memories for me. We used to go there before away games for football. We all got a steak and potato and could hit up the potato bar.
Both my parents grew up with 6 siblings in coal country USA. When I was younger (2002) they still Had a wood fireplace in the kitchen to warm their house. I lived 20 minutes away and had everything. So that was always wild to me. Coal Camps are strange, man.
But as I mentioned before. My mom solo-raised 4 kids and working two jobs. I’ve grown to appreciate that.
I was blown away when a friend threw away a ketchup bottle without leaving it upside down for days, and finally/eventually swishing water in it to get the last ketchup remnants out. He just threw it away with at least three solid servings of ketchup water in it.
Yeah I still had to read a lot, parents just didn't want me buying them at the book fair because we could always get them cheaper at a local book store or get them at the school or public library. Was a little disappointing having to settle for only one book at the book fair though. I owned a shit load of Berenstein Bears and then later Goosebumps books growing up. A few other book series I was into but can't remember any names off the top of my head. Did a bunch of reading over the summer because some restaurants and stores in town would run these summer reading contests or reward programs for reading a certain # of books. When I clinched enough books read to get a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut
I too also never had more than one pair of shoes, dress shoes excluded, until I was able to start working and get my own shoes. That first pair of Chucks I saved up to get was like a dream come true lol