Your culture is marked by rapid growth, development and expansion. New ideas and technologies are being discovered and exploited. But access to power resides in the hands of a few powerful nobles or warlords your culture is experiencing a golden age.
Poor: very low income. compared to many. He usually does not or cannot own property. His home is usually of lesser quality, sometimes due to uncaring landlords who may also be the Poor person's employer.
Divorce: During your adolescence your parents split up and you were forced to chose which parent to live with (Work with your DM to detirmine the details)
You find yourself in love with another, wither it is a fling or something more serious is up to you. (work with your DM to detirmine if it is ongoing or terminated)