Comment by pc86

So what?

That sounds dismissive, and maybe it is, but I'm being serious here. What is the point of coming here and saying "when I was 12, my parents had less money than yours did when you were 12?" Privilege is relative, "common" is relative, and constantly being dragged into oppression Olympics of who has or had things slightly worse is exhausting and not conducive to conversation.

Better keep in mind that someone here almost certainly had it even worse than you when they were in elementary school, lest you go a few seconds without acknowledging your privileged upbringing, for some reason, in a conversation where it bears absolutely no relation to anything.