Middle Class rags to riches stories: Tell us how poor you were growing up in 80s and 90s

childhood was ok , i did fairly well and my needs were less. Then dad's job became bit unstable(nothing too serious ) and all hell broke loose on me an mum(since my dad has too much insecurities) huge cuts everywhere wanna buy a chips packet? Money doesn't grow on trees! A video game? No way! Why the fu*k do you even talk about what your friends have? Why do you need pocket money?! and what for?! you need anything tell me and take money for that Never went on a vacation anywhere, never went to the movies Then came 10th std and all hopes on me , not hopes but huge pressure and i didn't do well Hell broke loose on me again, started blaming me that i will spoil my dad's retirement and waste there savings(dad did 90% of the blaming and shaming every time) Then came 12th , same shit again .. i wanted a scooter, dad wanted me to use his old scooter whenever he is not using that(which was sundays) but it was very old scooter and friends made fun of it He promised me a new scooter if i get 80% in 12th .. i got 82 and he backtracked and said i spend enough on your studies i can't afford your luxuries I then went to college with strict gyan from dad which indirectly meant don't spend his money on anything that may seem as a luxury like even having a tea samosa at canteen started working , my studies suffered a bit my college life suffered a lot , now dad was sure i will be sitting at home eating away is retirement savings so i got a daily dose of yelling , blaming , shaming and "sharmaji ka beta" gyan plus almost daily dose of bhagbaan(fk that movie's director) I sleep till a bit late i got yelled at, i was watching tv for a while i get yelled at, i was working and not studying i got yelled at Towards the end of college dad started suggesting i should move out and explore opportunities

then i somehow managed to make it big , i tripled my dad's savings in one go and gave him a significant amount of money hoping now i can live my life in peace finally and dad+mom will also be happy but

WRONG! Now that i made it big dad don't want me to move anywhere and he somehow managed to brainwash mom too, if i talk about moving out dad is again back to mera bhudapa kharab karega, they keep throwing emotional shit at me like hamara kya hoga?! They keep telling me to get married but haven't spend even one hour finding a suitable match till now. life is still shit for me , money or no money

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