After: NO GIFS. MUST NOT GO OVER MY DATA LIMIT (P.S. Vodafone, I will have my revenge)
2. Before: "After work drinks?" "Hmm I really shouldn't, but yolo" *one hour later, 3 cocktails down* HOW MUCH HAVE I SPENT? I'm going to hell.
After: "Bottle of wine at mine? Is it cool if we split the cost...?"
3. Before: "Seek assistance". Tut, stupid oyster. Lalala, not a care in the world.
After: "Seek assistance". hdgfvducneifbd is it time to top up my travelcard again already? (Also a painful reminder that another week of poverty has passed, and another one will follow. And another)
4. Before: Never again will I subject myself to smart price food. Hello, beautiful, fresh and healthy produce. I might even go organic. Ah go on, treat yourself, Sofie
After: ALL OF THE PASTA/JACKET POTATOES. And besides, egg on toast for dinner three days in a row is perfectly acceptable.
5. Before: Feel peckish. *Go to pret and grab a cheeky bag of popcorn to tide me over before dinner*
After: FEEL THE PAIN. EMBRACE THE RUMBLES. ONE HOUR UNTIL YOU'RE HOME. YOU CAN DO IT.
6. Before: Browse Topshop "just because". Put some items in "save for later" basket. Just in case. But... It's so pretty. And it has cats/bows on it. IT MUST BE MINE *buys* *feels awesome*
After: Avoid shops and retailer instagrams like the plague. If you ignore it, it's not there. Amirite?
7. Before: Lunch with friends during a sightseeing day in our beautiful British capital
After: Make pack lunch to save money. Open manky, squashed sandwich as friends tuck into delicious lunch and want to pummel sandwich into head.
8. Before: I'm a SOCIAL BUTTERFLY
After: Freeview is my new best friend.
9. Before: Jeez, I should really watch my portion sizes. And stop eating out so much...
After: "Oooh, you've lost weight!" "Thanks! It's the 'I'm too poor to eat but I'm paying a fortune for monthly gym membership (bloody 6 month contract) so I'm at gym classes every night' diet
10. Before: "Y'know, as soon as we start earning good money in a few years, we can start saving for a mortgage. Isn't that crazy?"
After: *fills lonely, empty purse up with poor-person tears*
11. Before: "Let me buy you a drink", "No, let ME buy you a drink", "Rounds?" "Sure!"
After: "Let me buy you a drink", "Are you sure?" "Yes..." "OH MY GOD YES PLEASE I LOVE YOU"
12. Before: Everything is meh
After: Why is everything so beautiful/Why does everything look so delicious/Why can't I have that/If you don't want it, I'll have it
13. Before: Wine just gets me.
After: Water is really underrated. And important, y'know? For hydration. Yeah.
It's a cruel life.
*the title was originally "13 ways that being poor changes you", but I changed this due to being told that my circumstances don't make me "poor", they make me "broke", which is a more temporary circumstance
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