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My encounters with white trash

posted 13 years ago by jimmyberluti1
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My wifes best friend from grade school, who was raised in a good lower middle class family, married what I would describe as a redneck when she was 18. Meanwhile my future wife went to college and I attended technical school.
The “friend” with her new husband moved to a small town out town outside of St.Louis called Winfield. They quickly started pumping out babys.
Years later she calls my wife asking for money, then I find out about some of her history.
After the babys came her husband quickly became a drunk and started beating her. After about 15 yrs he kicked her out of his trailer and moved in a new girl friend who was younger and still had plenty of teeth then he started pumping babys out of her.
Meanwhile Joanne (her name) is on welfare, foodstamps and living in a government apartment and then her oldest girl (16) gets knocked up from a older married man. Of course the married man has no money either.
And now her 2nd daughter is knocked up too. And she is asking my wife for money, I happen to know for a fact that her brothers and sisters have regular lives with jobs. Why is she coming to us? Proberly because she has gone to her family numerious times for money and they are tired of it and are saying no.
Long story short, did my wife say no? Of course not. She gave her $500.Oh poor Joanne she’s had such a tough life, well its one of her making.

[–] RedruM65 13 years ago

And what does your messed up family life have to do with The Wild and Wonderful Whites?? Nobody CARES about your personal life this is a message board for discussion ABOUT the documentary.

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[–] samma_grace 13 years ago

well its not really HIS messed up family life since hes clearly talking about an old acquaintance... and it states in the title that the thread is about MY ENCOUNTERS WITH WHITE TRASH... you obviously clicked on it anyway.

OP is more than welcome to discuss anything he thinks is relevant... and considering this documentary was about white trash, i dont see the problem.

go police another message board and please stop being a bully.

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[–] Hitman84 13 years ago

No offense to the poster but you need to write this out so we know what your saying and keep track...its like saying my sisters cousins neices nephew knocked up my neighbors brothers uncles wifes sisters neighbors cousins nephews niece and now they want to borrow money or some *beep*

[–] jandm-10 12 years ago

Well said Samma.

[–] jimmyberluti1 11 years ago

RedruM732 has been reported to IMDB moderators.

[–] joshuayeary 12 years ago

You know, life isn't as easy for some as it is for others. You make a couple bad choices early on, and the system around us makes sure you pay the rest of your life for it. It's easy to hit a downward spiral, and there is little true assistance to help get you out.

You don't have to always give people money, especially if they just keep coming to you for it and become dependant on your handouts, because then you aren't helping them, just enabling them. But if a little money might help them out of a tight spot, it's not a wrong thing to do. And it's always better to be compassionate, rather then resort to belittling and name-calling.

[–] jimmyberluti1 11 years ago

Thank you.

[–] Terrapin2212 11 years ago

Its even worse in the ghetto and with illegals but its not PC for Hollywood to feature them that way.

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