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Christian Kelly @ Silicon Canals · today 16:30 EDT

8 home “rules” lower-middle-class households grow up with that rich people can’t relate to

From saving twist ties in kitchen drawers to never missing work despite illness, these unspoken survival strategies shaped millions of us in ways our wealthier peers could never imagine—and still influence our choices decades later.

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