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Honestly, I grew up extremely poor, so just about everyone else's family was rich to us. Our house didn't even have running water, so if someone could have a shower without heating the water up in a kettle on the stove first, they were rich to me. If their parents drove cars that weren't rusted out, they were rich to me. If they had any toys they liked, or got stuff they wanted for Christmas, or had disposable income, or went on a trip, or ever had any new clothes that weren't hand-me-downs or secondhand, they were rich to me. If they had actual cash for food, and not food stamps / a free lunch card, they were rich to me. If they had cable and / or the internet, they were rich to me.

My childhood was pretty sad now that I think about it.

My childhood was about the same as yours, except that nobody had cable at the time or internet. No indoor heating either except for a wood stove in the center of the house. Where I was raised (Minnesota) it gets really cold in the winter; so we didn't bathe unless we heated water and, if it became too cold, we didn't bathe until it was warm enough to do so. No indoor bathroom either; so if you wanted to go, you have to visit the outhouse outside. Our running water was one faucet in the kitchen with cold water most of the time. Nowadays those living conditions would be considered child abuse.