An old friend and I were talking a few weeks ago and I smiled when he said &quot;We were so poor growing up we didn&#x27;t even realize we were poor.&quot; And we didn&#x27;t, we were so poor we couldn&#x27;t even pay attention. It&#x27;s was good tho. It&#x27;s still easy for me to live in a tiny apartment and exist on a steady diet of eggs&#x27;n&#x27;oatmeal, apples, and frozen chicken bought in bulk.