I don't know man. I never drink much because I don't want to turn into my drunk-ass mom.

Yes. This.

I think you are confusing big city rich (vacations, private academies, set for life with a trust fund and will never have to work) with country rich (your dad earns 70k and your mom stays home). I'm pretty sure from other contextual clues that the rich kids this poster is talking about are country-rich, not city-rich.…

I was just going to post the same idea. Thank you! You need to use every resource you can. It's hard to figure out how the system works sometimes, but there are good vocational training programs out there. There are a lot of unwritten social rules and expectations in the workplace, but a decent program can help you…

Okay, the original poster is *really* starting to lose my sympathy. But you do have to admit that finding entry-level jobs was easier in the Ohio of the 80s and 90s. The jobs sucked, but they were there. I have family members in Ohio now who are experienced and hardworking and willing to take any job at all, from…

Obvious plant! This is some commie from one of them commie countries trying to spread lies about how the poor can't get ahead in the greatest nation on earth!

I hear you. Being poor sucks. If you talk about the shit that comes with being poor, 20-odd assholes on the internet will pop up to tell you that you are wrong, delusional, or lying, and that your problems don't exist or can be solved using this cool solution they thought up as they were typing.

That could be very unwise, depending on the situation. The person could always react by trying to take your phone, and then things have escalated into a physical confrontation. Always listen to your instincts.

Umm.... They do get away with that. All the time. Openly. It's more-or-less-legal to withhold life-saving medical treatment from your children for religious reasons in most of the US. A middle-school friend of mine died that way. Her nut-job parents rejected surgery for a bowel obstruction. It took her almost a month…

Saying, "I can't afford that," isn't embarrassing at first, but my rich friends will *make* it embarrassing. They do not understand that, "I don't have the money," means "I literally don't have the money." Trying to get them to understand them becomes so humiliating. It's easier just to lie. Typical sample dialogue: