20+ Netizens reported how their first paycheck brought back fond memories

Most people start work early and are unlikely to forget what they did with their first paycheck. From buying lots of goodies at the supermarket to helping the family, each of us will always have a unique memory of that day.

And, as we love a good story, the awesome.club went to get reports from our followers about this remarkable moment. And what we found brings together lessons in kindness, gratitude and a little humor too! Check out.

When I had a formal job, I saved for three months, went to the ophthalmologist and got glasses. I had never seen straight, because I was nearsighted. Think of a good feeling putting on your glasses and seeing everything. My parents couldn’t afford it. © Giselda Lesniki / Facebook

I donated half of the first salary of my current job, because I had made a purpose to donate if I passed the contest and I passed. © Daniela Siqueira / Facebook

My salary was for me, as I never needed to help around the house. But I only invested in studies and buying and selling motorcycles, which at the time was a good deal. But on my first paycheck, my father said: “Now you go to the flower shop and buy your mother a bouquet of roses”. And so I did. © Julio Cesar / Facebook

At the time, my mother dreamed of having a television with a color image, and as it was close to Carnival, I bought a TV and a shelf. I remember that the television was silver and how happy my mother was, in fact it was the first fashion show she saw in color. © Valeria Coutinho / Facebook

I’ve been working since I was 16… And I remember how today, with my first salary, I bought my mother a washing machine, she cried when she received it… Because that was the end of the suffering of washing by hand for years. © Paula Leonardo / Facebook

With half of my first salary, in 1974, I bought gifts for 8 siblings and my parents. My father cried like a child. And I just gave him a box of cocada. © Ieda Maria Rezende / Facebook

With my first salary, I fulfilled the promise I made to my brother when he was 7 years old. I spent it all on toys for him… I just couldn’t keep my promise to give him a real dinosaur… But, thank God, he forgot! © Márcia Olimapi / Facebook

With my first salary I took my grandmother to Casas Bahia, and bought a stove of her choice. And I started paying for the phone so I could calmly use dial-up internet on weekends and early mornings. © Anderson Anacleto / Facebook

When I started working my mother was pregnant, I bought a 2 liter pot of ice cream and we ate it straight out of the pot, just like I saw in the movies. We went through a lot of difficulty and that was really ostentatious for the time. © Andrea Souza / Facebook

I shopped at the supermarket without a list and without a calculator. With my father’s salary, everything counted and, when I started working, I was able to help a little more. © Mariluci Dornelas / Facebook

With my first salary I bought a DVD player and a shirt with the Chaves design for my nephew. And I ordered my first birthday cake — it was white and green. © Marcia Sousa / Facebook

I remember it like it was yesterday… I worked five days and received 75 reais… My God, back then it was a lot of money! I bought a 5 kilo package of rice for my mother and with the rest I bought a pair of shoes that I really needed. © Marcos Kleina / Facebook

When I was a teenager, I went to cut sugar cane and on the weekend I received 5 cruzeiros. I bought my first pads, shampoo, conditioner and soap. These were luxury items that I had never used around the house. It was in 1986. © Cida Lacerda / Facebook

With my first salary, I took my parents, my brother and his family out for pizza and I paid the first installment for my mother’s glasses, which she chose the way she wanted without worrying about the price. © Laura Luiza / Facebook

On my first paycheck, I bought my mom a new fridge and a Gradiente stereo for me — record player, cassette player, drawer for 7 CDs. Think of happiness! And that’s when I started the Casas Bahia credit card… © Jaque Silva / Facebook

My first salary, in 1973, was so much money that I didn’t know what to do. I got home, called father and mother and showed them. I almost “got it”, because they thought I had stolen it. Once clarified, it was just joy. This memory is so good! © Vanei Antônio Ferreira / Facebook

The first salary I spent on chocolate, yogurt and vinyl records. But the others always bought clothes, materials, toys for my younger sister and things for my mother too. © Cristina Feliciano / Facebook

With my first salary, I went to a shop where my father owed an amount he had borrowed to buy medicine and I paid off the bill. I got home and gave him the promissory note and told him what I had done. We cried with happiness because we didn’t know how we were going to pay that debt. © Keli Jaqueline Wiebbelling / Facebook

Exciting, funny stories, with hints of innocence and lots of love, right? If you did something very different or unusual with your first salary, tell us and take the opportunity to tag a friend on social media who will enjoy seeing these reports!