# Question - did your parents throw alot of personal guilt trips at you?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 21, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-did-your-parents-throw-alot-of-personal-guilt-trips-at-you/766542 "2016-09-21T22:59:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-did-your-parents-throw-alot-of-personal-guilt-trips-at-you/766542/21 "2016-09-26T13:41:04Z")

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The whole ‘I grew up under more trying economic circumstances’ (and variants - e.g. ‘first world problem’) is a time-tested and proven technique to invalidate the legitimacy of others aspirations and/or opinions.

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