We don’t have the power to determine the families we are born into. So also are we sometimes helpless on the psychological effects of our upbringing.
Reusing Plastic Bags
As much recycling is integral in a world trying to cut down on plastic waste, reusing plastic bags can sometimes show that you’re reliving your poor background. People from poor backgrounds are always looking for ways to cut costs, so they unconsciously reuse plastic bags.
Knowing the Price of Basic Items By Heart
When you have a poor background, you are used to regular penny-pinching and always looking for bargains. And because you’re usually only getting the basic items to get by, you know the prices by heart.
Buying Clothes a Few Sizes Bigger For Kids to “Grow Into”
People from poor backgrounds don’t have enough money to buy things for their children when they want to. So, to save cost, they buy oversized clothes for their children so they can wear the clothes years afterwards. Also, when you’re from a poor background, you see shopping regularly for clothes and shoes as a luxury.
You Hate Fine Dining
People from poor backgrounds, although love to eat tasty meals, see fine dining as a waste of money. They believe that so long a meal satisfies them, there is no need for anything extra in the way of a conducive ambiance.
The Price Determines Your Taste
When you grow up poor, you have a tendency to ask for the price of things first before determining what you want. People from poor backgrounds have such a scarcity mentality that they don’t usually buy what they want but what is affordable.
Postponing Buying What You Need
We all have reeds, and these needs should be met. Yes, sometimes we postpone our wants because there are other important things on the list. When you are from a poor background, you’re always postponing meeting a need, especially if you believe you can get it for cheap if you do.
Having a Collection of Mismatched Dishes or Utensils
Poor people don’t care much for utensil art and the meticulousness of having matching dishes. All they care about is efficiency. The basic question that influences their choice of utensils is: can it serve its primary purpose? Anything else that deals with art and personal style is unimportant to them.
Love Diy Repairs Instead of Using Professionals
Sometimes, we need to engage in DIY because it helps spark our creativity and build strong bonds with the people we love. But for poor people, DIYs are not for building strong emotional bonds or being creative, it’s for survival. Poor people do simple jobs like plumbing, carpentry and fixing broken electrical appliances.
Feeling Uncomfortable Discussing Money Openly
If you’re from a poor background, your kryptonite is discussing money. Money talks make you uncomfortable because you’re always worried that you’ll be asked for money or have to pay for something. You detest talking about money openly. And even the times when you do, you don’t like it extending for long.
Being Resourceful in Finding Free Entertainment
People from poor backgrounds have a hard time paying for entertainment, so they look for free ones. And the times when they don’t see free entertainment, they vigorously look for coupons to use.
Making Meals Out of Leftovers
Poor people can’t stand wasting anything. Not food. Not their clothes. Nothing. To save food from being wasted, they either remake old leftover meals or eat it like that.
Always Want to Show Off Their Wealth
A very pronounced character trait of a person from a poor background is that they’re quick to show off their wealth when they get it. They show off because they’re trying to cover some deep money insecurity.
Growing Up in a Small or Shared Space
People from poor backgrounds are usually in homes that are either too small for the people in them or generally uncomfortable for them. People like this sometimes find it hard to live alone in a big space because they’ve always seen space being shared. Or for some, the psychological effect on them is them not wanting to have anyone in their space.
Keeping Things for Good That Are Rarely Used
People from poor backgrounds have those special clothes and utensils they keep for special occasions. They have a tendency to see fine clothes and utensils and cutleries as a luxury only fit for special occasions.
Feeling Shame About Money
When there is any money conversation, people from poor backgrounds are often ashamed to talk about money. The shame level is higher when they haven’t fully removed themselves from the financial state. They are often ashamed because they feel people would laugh at them should they know their former financial state.
Appreciate the Smallest Luxury
Because people with poor backgrounds barely enjoyed luxury, they are very effusive with gratitude when they get any form of luxury from people in their lives.
Having an Early Understanding of Money’s Value
When you’ve always had to struggle financially for the barest minimum, there’s sla high tendency of you appreciating how money is made, and understanding its value.
Feeling Anxious or Stressed Out About Unexpected Expenses
When you’ve lived the best part of your childhood not having enough, your mind is wired to constantly worry about having enough for the basics and then extra for emergencies. You hate emergencies and are left at the mercy of the situation should they arise.
Learning to Fix or Repair Things Instead of Replacing Them
Some things are supposed to be repaired. But when you’re always repairing a broken tool when it clearly shows that it needs replacement, then you still have the vestibules of your poor background in your mind.
Knowing the Best Time for Sales and Discounts in Stores
People from underprivileged backgrounds have used discount stores and sales so much that their brains have been wired to remember the dates. They’re also the people who are quickest to suggest going to a discount store when their friends want to buy something.
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