If I put it in perspective, the supermarket was only ten minutes across the park from our home. We didn't do it all the time, such as If it was pelting down rain. I remember my cousins visiting one time And my mum made a spectacle of the shopping trip and made sure we walked home with everything and they helped in attempt to put them on a guilt trip for being more well off than us. I always lost it when they visited. Why do you plead poverty all the time? I would question out loud so my uncle could hear.
If I am honest there are millions in my country who were FAR far worse off than us. Single parents who make sacrifices like skipping meals to feed their kids or taking two or even three part time jobs to give them what their peers had.
My sibling and I were so lucky we had our grandparents. And David was 21 when my mum fell pregnant. I understood his frustration and Fred was completely wrong to suggest I misplaced my feelings of resentment onto him from my dad. His job wasn't great pay twenty five years ago. The wages got better. He would say that the reason he stayed around was for Gary AND me.