>Did you never get cash for birthdays or Christmas?
Nope, never. I never had cash, ever. Not ever a dollar until I started worked at 16. Actually, that's not true, a couple times I went on a field trip to a big city and I got $20 to spend there. My grandparents gave me savings bonds once in a while on birthdays which I still have, but I never cashed them in. The rest of my relatives were much poorer than us. A couple had their power shut off. They certainly weren't giving me money.
Even if I did have money, I don't know how I would have the ability to ever spend it. My parents hardly even went out shopping unless they were going out for something specific they needed. When kids have cash do they just get taken to the store once in a while to browse or something? Do people just go to the store aimlessly to look for things to buy? Do kids so "I want X" and get taken to the store?
Nope, never. I never had cash, ever. Not ever a dollar until I started worked at 16. Actually, that's not true, a couple times I went on a field trip to a big city and I got $20 to spend there. My grandparents gave me savings bonds once in a while on birthdays which I still have, but I never cashed them in. The rest of my relatives were much poorer than us. A couple had their power shut off. They certainly weren't giving me money.
Even if I did have money, I don't know how I would have the ability to ever spend it. My parents hardly even went out shopping unless they were going out for something specific they needed. When kids have cash do they just get taken to the store once in a while to browse or something? Do people just go to the store aimlessly to look for things to buy? Do kids so "I want X" and get taken to the store?