Not sure where you live, but most of the people around here like that are mooching off of 1 breadwinner. Its not like the affluent folks around here know their ass from a whole in the ground for the most part. Yeah I know it sounds like a generalization, but having been a resident of Socal my whole damn life i can say for sure most of these people would starve if it wasn't for the 1 person that busted their ass to make a shit ton of money. I see what your saying about pulling yourself up, but around here it just means lowering yourself. Or you do porn I did say it was soCal...pasngr wrote:
Do yourself a favor and drive around the nice homes in your town. Think about the people that live there and whether or not they worry about things like being able to pay the mortgage/rent/utilities, having reliable transportation, paying for good healthcare, or going out on a regular basis to restaurants, movies, etc with their friends. Not to mention having enough money for retirement. Think about how much easier it is to go through life never having to worry that much about being able to pay for these things.
Then, drive around the poor areas of your town and ask yourself the same questions about the people that live there. Look at the people going in and out of the stores, sitting at the busstops or walking down the street. What would happen to them if they suddenly lost their job, had to have expensive surgery, or had their car totalled.
I know there are exceptions, but the majority of people in the nice areas did well in school or just plain worked their ass off in a good trade. So, as a formerly poor person, my advice to you is to work hard at school and really apply yourself at whatever you do so that one day you can actually enjoy life and not just suffer through it.
but this probably applies in your neck of the woods, just not the fake land of soCal where its not really their house or car...