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Deep State Witch

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7. My Parents Were Born During the Depression
Sat Nov 26, 2022, 04:13 PM
Nov 2022

My parents were born during the Depression. Although my mom's family had enough to eat because my GF was a baker, I know that it impacted her outlook on life. Both her and her older sister (born in 1928) were very materialistic. They also died relatively early. Aunt Betty was an alcoholic and smoker. Mom was a former smoker, but had heart damage from having rheumatic fever as a child. Both of them died in their 70's. My mom's younger sister, however, was born in 1941. She went to college, moved out of town and escaped a lot of the family trauma, and is going strong at age 83.

Not sure about my dad's family during the Depression, but I know that he was the youngest brother. I think my paternal GF worked during the Depression, but I'm not sure.

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