People Share Their ‘Young and Needed The Money’ Stories

3. Living On A Farm

A Reddit user by the name of Grn_blt_primo said, “I grew up on a small hobby farm. One year, my dad decided that we were going to raise a few heads of sheep. To do so, I would need to fence off many acres of pasture for them. I spent two whole weeks pounding in posts and digging holes for corner posts. We ended up with five lambs. After they were butchered, a few months later, my dad decided we didn’t need sheep anymore. We never used that pasture for animals again. I was so angry after all the work I did to make that pasture a perfect place for animals.

“I guess my dad thought the animals were too much work. They then continued, “I enjoyed having the sheep, and at that age, I couldn’t understand why they were butchered. I would have enjoyed having more animals, but my dad wouldn’t let me even bring it up. It wasn’t until years later that he told me it was because it cost more money to buy and feed them than he thought it would and didn’t get a very good return on them when they were butchered.” Being around animals and working on a farm are good life lessons. This Reddit user never mentions how much he made, but it was a memory he will hold forever.