my parents were both uber responsible, and we didn't get this every pay day,
maybe every other one... my medical bills i realize now played a part in
this, but blessedly i never even knew there were bills until i was an adult.

Lee
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>> ok i have a funny for you, not sure if i told it here or not... when i
>> was a kid my mom always froze the bread ends, and every once in a while
>> she would make tuna/peas and cream of mushroom soup... it was always a
>> special treat for us, we all loved it... and my mom never was hungry
>> during those meals, only as an adult did it occur to me, that three cans
>> of each were always back of the cereal boxes not where the other canned
>> goods were, and we always ate this on wed or thurs... my father got paid
>> every other thursday and mom picked up his check on thurs or friday... so
>> what was a wonderful treat for us was the "end of the money" meal... Lee
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> I don't recall what we had at end of pay. Probably because all our meals
> were budget style, lol. My dad was unfortunately a gambler who gambled his
> entire pay every week before he got home. I just remember tears one night
> a week. My mum always had menial low paying jobs but we actually survived
> them. I remember eating steak the first time when I was 15 and had lunch
> at my first husband's house for the first time. I looked forward to
> Saturday lunches, lol.
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> Meals at home were usually centred around sausages and ground meat,
> mackerel fish cakes, potato and peas. Mac n cheese was a big deal! I am
> sure it was made with canned tomato soup. Sunday nights were canned tomato
> soup with bread in it and hot jam tarts in a bowl of cold milk as the once
> a week dessert, yummo
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