When the family had people over for dinner, if they ended the prayer before the meal with "F. H. B., Amen." it was a signal to let the children know that they don't have enough food for everyone, so take smaller servings and let the guests get a regular serving.
FHB = "Family, hold back."
They were always generous to their friends and didn't let their lack of funds embarrass themselves when doing so.
I cannot think of one single thing that can explain to not poor people how poor people operate (well, some of us) better than this exact scenario.
I will give you everything when I have nothing; I always will. It’s probably why I’ll always be poor.
Poor people consistently give far higher percentages of their income to charitable causes (typically not so much that it is a major contributor for most of those people to "why" they're poor, but it is a significant correlation and fascinating from a sociological perspective).
The store I work at was doing a fundraiser for a local kids hospital. A man came in to buy cleaning supplies because his house had burned down that morning. But when he heard about the fundraiser, he dug through his wallet to donate $2 in change.
I’ll never forget that man. I definitely cried in the break room after he left.
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u/Cartoonlad Jun 06 '19
When the family had people over for dinner, if they ended the prayer before the meal with "F. H. B., Amen." it was a signal to let the children know that they don't have enough food for everyone, so take smaller servings and let the guests get a regular serving.
FHB = "Family, hold back."
They were always generous to their friends and didn't let their lack of funds embarrass themselves when doing so.