Poor guy things: Carefully scraping library stickers and tape off used books because you can’t afford new.
But this is an upgrade!
Poverty guy things: I wish I could afford books.
And
Destitute guy things: I wish I could afford food.
We’ve come a long way, @MrsBrometheus.
For a little context, here’s a thing I wrote about my childhood in poverty: http://www.brianniemeier.com/2017/02/learning-to-be-hero.html …