I was the baby of the family. My three older siblings had already graduated from high school, were all working, and paying $100 room and board each month, which allowed my mother to splurge on lunch for me. When I graduated high school in 1965, and went to work full-time, I had to pay the same amount of room and board as my siblings.
“$100 room and board each month, which allowed my mother to splurge on lunch for me.“
I knew there had to be some explanation for that dollar. It hit my eye as extravagant.