Unfortunately, not all people can call their childhood cloudless. Some of them had problems with their families, others — with their peers or with money. And even if their parents’ financial difficulties were short-lived, the memory of these times stays with many people forever.

We at Bright Side tried to figure out which habits, conscious or not, reveal that a person grew up in a poor family. And it turns out that we also have some of these habits.

Worrying about food

I can’t not eat everything I have on my plate. And if there are a lot of leftovers, I’ll end up eating the same thing for lunch for the next 4 days until it either goes bad or is gone. We never had much food growing up and now, I find it impossible to waste food.

Saving delicious parts of food for later. Even if they’re on the same plate, the least delicious ingredients are eaten first, and the tastiest ones are saved to prolong the pleasure. An empty plate with only beef goulash on it, for example, is common. I don’t even notice how it happens.

Working for a penny

Doing everything yourself

I dilute the rest of the shampoo and shower gel with water until nothing but water remains in the bottle. I just can’t bring myself to throw away the shampoo when there is something at the bottom.

Wasting time instead of money

Panicking at the checkout

Paying in installments

Not going to the doctor

Feeling fear

I hate receiving gifts because, as a child, I didn’t have the opportunity to give something of equal value in return, and I felt terrible because of this. My sisters and I still haven’t grown out of it, so we pretend birthdays and the New Year just don’t exist.

Tell us, by what signs do you unmistakably understand that a person has been through difficult times?