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I'm broke!
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For me it was when I was a child. My dad was in the military and got paid only once a month. There were times he couldn't afford to make or buy spaghetti sauce. We would use ketchup. I had no idea, as a child, that everyone didn't eat spaghetti with ketchup on it. 
Heck it tasted good to me! 
Heck it tasted good to me! Jazzy said:For me it was when I was a child. My dad was in the military and got paid only once a month. There were times he couldn't afford to make or buy spaghetti sauce. We would use ketchup. I had no idea, as a child, that everyone didn't eat spaghetti with ketchup on it.
Your dad was broke though, what about when you had your own income?
I grew up on govt. assistance and in government housing, talk about being a poor child. I was embarrassed to go grocery shopping with my mom because she paid with food stamps.
I, personally, have never been in a 'down and out' broke situation. I would cut every corner I could not to owe anyone any money. That meant many a night having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for my meal.
My motto was and still is: "If you can't afford to pay cash for something, then you don't need it."
My motto was and still is: "If you can't afford to pay cash for something, then you don't need it."
In my mid 20's, I was in debt and could not afford my rent so ended up homeless for about 3 months.
In May-November 2009. My dad, after he was fired, was running an internet cafe back then. The income wasn't enough to invest on 'good' things (and that included first-class food). We had to repeat the same food that I had for lunch for dinner and vice versa.
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