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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 06:24 PM
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19. Straight middle class
with professional father. My biggest advantage was a happy childhood in a household filled with love and optimism (for the most part). My parents were married 67 years.

They had very high expectations of me, the youngest, and that has at times sat heavily.

We had plenty to eat, but few luxuries until I was a teenager and my mother went to work as a teacher. My sisters were older and gone before I was 5.

The biggest gifts they gave me were my religious background and a college education. And some amazing genes.

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  -Are you, or do you consider yourself a 'child of privilege'... bridgit  Mar-06-06 05:46 PM   #0 
  - Well, I'm an only child...  WritingIsMyReligion   Mar-06-06 05:47 PM   #1 
  - so is hubby but for a way older sister that acts like she's on her own...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 05:49 PM   #2 
  - Me too. And true.  trof   Mar-06-06 06:34 PM   #31 
  - BWWWAAAHHH!!!!!  LostinVA   Mar-06-06 05:51 PM   #3 
  - On a global scale I guess I am  LeftyMom   Mar-06-06 05:52 PM   #4 
  - i'm there too, i went to college on a scholarship, no moms & dads...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 05:56 PM   #5 
  - If you put it that way...  EstimatedProphet   Mar-08-06 09:33 AM   #91 
  - Best of both worlds here.  HypnoToad   Mar-06-06 05:58 PM   #6 
  - HypnoToad...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:00 PM   #7 
     - The only time I can lie is under duress...  HypnoToad   Mar-06-06 06:26 PM   #23 
        - heehee, too true friend...too true...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:28 PM   #26 
  - More charmed than some, less charmed than others.  primate1   Mar-06-06 06:05 PM   #8 
  - that to me sounds well adjusted...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:07 PM   #10 
     - I thought I was privileged  mycritters2   Mar-08-06 01:23 PM   #95 
  - I have had both sets of experiences.  Nikia   Mar-06-06 06:07 PM   #9 
  - i think i understand what you are saying, i have a set that would curl...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:09 PM   #13 
  - Damn straight - I'm one lucky SOB, I admit it.  GOPisEvil   Mar-06-06 06:08 PM   #11 
  - here's to luck...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:10 PM   #14 
  - Ooooh, confession time!  khashka   Mar-06-06 06:09 PM   #12 
  - i understand, many people here would consider me 'white trash'...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:14 PM   #15 
  - Don't say that about yourself!  khashka   Mar-06-06 06:20 PM   #18 
     - it's alright, honey, i'm programmed that way; hubby is learn'n me...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:24 PM   #20 
     - YAY, Khash!!!  Sugar Smack   Mar-06-06 06:30 PM   #27 
  - There's a lot of things of yours I wouldn't mind looking at...  HypnoToad   Mar-06-06 06:27 PM   #24 
  - now that is what i call a proper "jacking" of a thread...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:30 PM   # 
  - So what do you think of the estate tax?  ikojo   Mar-06-06 06:46 PM   #35 
     - I agree with Gates  khashka   Mar-06-06 06:55 PM   #36 
  - No. Middle-class when middle-class = 1 car, 1 B&W TV, 1 bathroom.  WinkyDink   Mar-06-06 06:16 PM   #16 
  - absent the screaming & yelling in the house that sounds right to me...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:17 PM   #17 
  - Straight middle class  TallahasseeGrannie   Mar-06-06 06:24 PM   #19 
  - here's to love and optimism...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:25 PM   #22 
  - Mostly privileged  huskerlaw   Mar-06-06 06:24 PM   #21 
  - you're in hubby's home town...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:28 PM   #25 
  - I grew up on welfare, and without the help of my grandmother, would  ET Awful   Mar-06-06 06:30 PM   #28 
  - yup, i've had to work as a bartender & cocktail waitress to buy...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:33 PM   #30 
  - Qualified for free school lunch until my sophomore  ikojo   Mar-06-06 06:43 PM   #33 
  - Aw honey!  redwitch   Mar-07-06 05:26 PM   #62 
  - IF I were living in Amsterdamned, you can be SURE  Sugar Smack   Mar-06-06 06:32 PM   #29 
  - i'd be so freaking high none of it would matter any more...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 06:34 PM   #32 
     - Brownies from the largest club in the world!  Sugar Smack   Mar-06-06 06:57 PM   #37 
        - chances? no less than fair to middlin...maybe trending on the + side...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 07:00 PM   #38 
  - In a sense, yes...  richmwill   Mar-06-06 06:43 PM   #34 
  - makes me wish america still had a viable middle-class...  bridgit   Mar-06-06 07:06 PM   #39 
  - Blue collar, hard working, salt of the earth family.  Dem2theMax   Mar-06-06 07:15 PM   #40 
  - here's to the salt of the earth families...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 05:00 AM   #57 
  - F*** NO  Skittles   Mar-06-06 07:19 PM   #41 
  - ^_^  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:39 AM   #48 
  - Average of the average.  ZombieNixon   Mar-06-06 07:20 PM   #42 
  - naw, don't give me that stuff you're a prince among prince'...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:40 AM   #49 
  - I always had a home, parents, and enough food.  philosophie_en_rose   Mar-06-06 08:12 PM   #43 
  - hubby's dad, a very hard man by all account, used to tell him...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:42 AM   #50 
  - 1) No. 2) If they're going to put up an ugly and vapid website in English,  Redstone   Mar-06-06 08:52 PM   #44 
  - too true...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:43 AM   #51 
  - If you call having young onset parkinsons privileged than ya.  DanCa   Mar-06-06 08:55 PM   #45 
  - hey DanCa, how'ya doing...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:44 AM   #52 
  - No.  xmas74   Mar-06-06 09:11 PM   #46 
  - xmas, honey, you always make sense to me...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:45 AM   #53 
     - I think that, underneath it all,  xmas74   Mar-07-06 04:46 PM   #59 
        - here's to kindred spirit connection...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 08:37 PM   #64 
  - I was born white so I am automatically privileged.  kwassa   Mar-06-06 09:13 PM   #47 
  - i'll bet'cha i'm whiter than you are, but i was still picked last...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:47 AM   #54 
  - you obviously didn't grow up where I did  bedpanartist   Mar-07-06 09:18 PM   #65 
     - ^_^  bridgit   Mar-07-06 11:31 PM   #71 
     - hey there! My very first fan in the world  bedpanartist   Mar-08-06 03:33 AM   #73 
        - yeah, let them say whatever they will about our sleepy little town...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 06:30 AM   #76 
        - by the by, if considering a show out here consider FOOLS  bridgit   Mar-08-06 07:18 AM   #83 
     - Oh, my goodness, you're _here_!  Heidi   Mar-08-06 03:55 AM   #74 
        - thank you  bedpanartist   Mar-08-06 05:52 AM   #75 
  - Hard to say  HEyHEY   Mar-07-06 04:47 AM   #55 
  - i sometimes did 'the girl thing', so sometimes i got free rides at...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 04:50 AM   #56 
  - Yes, in many senses, but my life is still a struggle in many other  Strong Atheist   Mar-07-06 06:11 AM   #58 
  - A bit of both  MadHound   Mar-07-06 05:03 PM   #60 
  - I have a roof, indoor plumbing and a family that loves me  Susang   Mar-07-06 05:18 PM   #61 
  - here's to happiness...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 06:27 PM   #63 
     - You got that right  Susang   Mar-08-06 01:01 AM   #72 
        - i know huh, "son of a bitch, i know i left that happiness around here...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 06:48 AM   #81 
  - I started to laugh  Generator   Mar-07-06 09:19 PM   #66 
  - here's to zip, nada, nothing...but then trading UP...  bridgit   Mar-07-06 09:23 PM   #67 
  - I'm with you  JulieRB   Mar-07-06 09:41 PM   #68 
  - Should have been, but wasn't.  politicat   Mar-07-06 11:09 PM   #69 
  - Mrs. WCGreen was....  WCGreen   Mar-07-06 11:10 PM   #70 
  - ^_^  bridgit   Mar-08-06 06:45 AM   #79 
     - Damn good......  WCGreen   Mar-08-06 09:19 AM   #88 
        - good to hear it friend...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 01:22 PM   #94 
  - I guess I've added lots of things others never even dreamed about.  Joan_Alpern   Mar-08-06 06:36 AM   #77 
  - here's to not done yet...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 06:42 AM   #78 
     - I can call you anytime you want. I've got a great cell phone program.  Joan_Alpern   Mar-08-06 06:48 AM   #80 
        - sweetheart, we're going to be out'a here afore too long do'n our thing...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 06:57 AM   #82 
  - We were never wealthy, but were always comfortable.  Orsino   Mar-08-06 07:35 AM   #84 
  - here's to safe places to play...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 07:42 AM   #85 
  - Compared to whom?  Bridget Burke   Mar-08-06 08:21 AM   #86 
  - here'e to no complaints...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 08:33 AM   #87 
  - My family ate well and was warm and clothed  MissMillie   Mar-08-06 09:24 AM   #89 
  - thanks Millie...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 01:13 PM   #92 
  - yes and no:  elehhhhna   Mar-08-06 09:32 AM   #90 
     - thanks, elehhhhna...  bridgit   Mar-08-06 01:17 PM   #93 
 

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