I didn’t grow up with air conditioning

I didn’t grow up with air conditioning, and my friends used to make fun of me for it all of the time.

Looking back, they were really not my friends if they were making fun of me for something so silly.

It did hurt my feelings back then though. I didn’t understand why my parents didn’t use air conditioning. I liked air conditioning, and they talked as if they liked air conditioning as well. Anytime that we visited someone’s house who had air conditioning, my parents would comment on how nice and cool it was in their house. It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I realized that my parents couldn’t afford to use air conditioning, and that is why we never had air conditioning growing up. My mom was very sick her entire life, so my dad tried to work two jobs and take care of the house and kids. It was very hard on him. He did all that he could for us, but he didn’t make that much money, and it was all he could afford to put food on the table and pay the bills each month. I really appreciate all of his sacrifice for us. He never once complained about not having money or not having air conditioning. I learned from him not to complain about not having air conditioning. I actually didn’t think it was that bad not having air conditioning until my friends at school would mention it. Now that I have my own house and family, I actually don’t use air conditioning very often. It is not because of the money though. I am just so used to having air conditioning that I get cold quite easily.
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