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[–] escape 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

Being poor. Though it motivated me to not be poor as an adult. So I guess I got that going for me.

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[–] cool_and_froody 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Probably all those shitty plastic toys and games that looked so amazing on TV, but which were brittle useless half broken pieces of un-fun shit in real life. That crap cost my parents so much money just to disappoint me

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[–] Fizzywigs 0 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago 

Finding out that my dad wouldn't let me go fishing with him because he was actually cheating on my mom instead @-@

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[–] BrazilianRider 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

At least now you know it wasn't because your dad didn't love you?

Seriously though, that sucks.

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[–] Nitrous 1 point 6 points (+7|-1) ago 

Haha he was fishing all right. Just a different kind of fish. Pink snapper.

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[–] Fizzywigs ago 

xD Good one m8 Idk why the downvoat. I'm not sensitive.

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[–] paradigmx 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I was always told I could be anything I wanted. Growing up I had to learn the hard way that I couldn't be everything that I wanted.

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[–] the_gamer_rises 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

my parents cooking. i didnt know it at the time but my parents were awful, awful cooks. we were really poor which didnt help. when i got a job and started buying my own food i was shocked at how delicious food could be.

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[–] GoAskErin ago 

On the flip side, was it exciting to suddenly realize that food could taste amazing and you had a whole new world to explore?

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[–] ReanLu 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Same for me! Heart disease is strong on my mom's side so she put an outright embargo on salt in our household. I guess she decided to be cautious because she didn't use ANY other spices either. No garlic, no pepper, nothing. Fast forward to starting university and having a roommate with Thai parentage. A whole new world of flavour was opened up to me.

I remember telling her "I thought only restaurants could make food taste like this"

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[–] the_gamer_rises 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

it was junk food for me. we only had take out a few times a year, when it was someones birthday. when i was older i ate fast food for about 2 years straight.

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[–] UnicornMuffin 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Wally World wasn't an Amusement Park.

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[–] ReanLu 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

For no apparent reason whatsoever, my mom chose to call Walmart "WallyWorld" ...

I had never seen the move and hated shopping so I'd often complain about having to go to to Wallyworld on the weekends. A classmate of mine who had seen Vacation a few times begged me to take her with us, so we arranged to pick her up on the way...I'm sure my mom thought that an odd request, but anyways.... The look of disappoint on her face when we pulled in at the mall and not an amusement park was so real, I wonder if someday I'll bump into her in one of these threads.

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[–] UnicornMuffin ago 

This is why I have trust issues.

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[–] ttyy ago 

That is amazing :)

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[–] TheBrokenWorld 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Coming to the realization that not everyone was a good person.

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[–] Wedhro 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

God not answering to my prayers. It's not what made me an atheist, but for sure it hurt.

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[–] kjelle 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

God has been working on his receiver for awhile now. It should be working properly soon™.

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[–] Wedhro 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

I would laugh but I still remember the existential crysis I experienced back then because God was ignoring me, something a 10 years old kid shouldn't be burdened with.

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