Nerd is my Gender

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  • Sep 21
  Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs.
  Being poor is having to keep buying $800 cars because they’re what you can afford, and then having the cars break down on you, because there’s not an $800 car in America that’s worth a damn.
  Being poor is hoping the toothache goes away.
  Being poor is a heater in only one room of the house.
  Being poor is not enough space for everyone who lives with you.
  Being poor is feeling the glued soles tear off your supermarket shoes when you run around the playground.
  Being poor is thinking $8 an hour is a really good deal.
  Being poor is relying on people who don’t give a damn about you.
  Being poor is hoping you’ll be invited for dinner.
  Being poor is a sidewalk with lots of brown glass on it.
  Being poor is needing that 35-cent raise.
  Being poor is six dollars short on the utility bill and no way to close the gap.
  Being poor is crying when you drop the mac and cheese on the floor.
  Being poor is knowing you work as hard as anyone, anywhere.
  Being poor is people surprised to discover you’re not actually stupid.
  Being poor is people surprised to discover you’re not actually lazy.
  Being poor is never buying anything someone else hasn’t bought first.
  Being poor is picking the 10 cent ramen instead of the 12 cent ramen because that’s two extra packages for every dollar.
  Being poor is having to live with choices you didn’t know you made when you were 14 years old.
  Being poor is getting tired of people wanting you to be grateful.
  Being poor is knowing you’re being judged.
  Being poor is making sure you don’t spill on the couch, just in case you have to give it back before the lease is up.
  Being poor is four years of night classes for an Associates of Art degree.
  Being poor is a lumpy futon bed.
  Being poor is people who have never been poor wondering why you choose to be so.
  Being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop being poor.
  Being poor is seeing how few options you have.
  Being poor is running in place.

  Being Poor – Whatever

  All of this. And now that I’m not poor, it’s so hard to start living like I still am.
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  • #kyriarchy
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