A life of hardships.

[lemon_says]

Sometimes when my kids complain about things, I remind them of the hardships I suffered as a child. I'm not talking about those troubles that we all suffered: no DVR, no handheld electronics, no Google. I'm talking about those things that everyone else had

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[dcart]

We had a "party line" phone until I was like nine.

[travellight]

Omigod. I was dying for a party line. Instead, I had to go all the way up to my cousins to listen in on Miss Ditha Mackey.

[travellight]

I'm with your dad on frenetic TV. It gives me the jangles now to watch it, and my brain is fully developed (so I'm told). I would have had to smuggle in Q-tips, though.

I never had my own room.

[blakdove]

I grew up with periods of no running water and indoor plumbing. Cry me a river.