Yep. My parents fit into almost all of those categories, except of course the 6 months of savings. My single mother didn't eat many meals with my brothers and I growing up because there was nothing for her to eat. What rock do I live under? Well, under my rock I was raised in a dirt poor family with nothing. One where my mother demanded her sons get an education. A rock where I got an education, got a crappy job and worked my ass off until I was the head of that team. Switched departments and worked until I was the head of that team. Switched companies and now spend my days telling other people what to do. I haven't made it, but I came from actual poverty, not I know statistics about poverty, ***** hungry because we don't have food poverty, to upper middle class. This little guy can't get ahead BS is a sorry excuse.