When I was growing up my parents didn’t have any money.
My dad worked out on a farm and my mom stayed condo to take care of my four brothers and I because my buddy and I were a handful to say the least.
I wish my buddy and I would have been easier on my mom growing up, but my buddy and I were just young and rowdy men that were always getting into trouble. Since my dad wasn’t bringing in truly much money laboring on the farm, my buddy and I honestly had to cut corners where my buddy and I could. My mom tried her best to feed us all on a tiny budget, but feeding five men is no easy task. She would also make us share clothes because my buddy and I were all so close in size; Another way they would cut corners to save money was to not have an HVAC system. In fact, most families in our part didn’t have HVAC systems either. It was a pretty typical thing for our part because everyone was pretty poor. In the winter when it was honestly chilly outside my buddy and I would make a fire to sizzling up the house. The fire would honestly only sizzling up the family room and it was taxing to fall asleep in our dining room without any heat to keep us warm. It was just as bad in the summer time when the heat would keep us up at night because my buddy and I would be sweaty and soaking wet through our clothes. It was tough not having an HVAC system in the summer time and winter.