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35 Spoiled Folks Online Share Their Moments Of Realizing How Different The Real World Really Is
People grow up in all kinds of families, with different views and a bunch of contrasting opinions. Your whole personality gets influenced by what goes on behind the closed doors of your home, whether your folks are genuinely good humans or not. No one can run away from adopting their parents' character traits – it's just a matter of time, and it all depends on the person's future independent life.
Some are brought up in entitled and affluent families, where basic human values are overshadowed by cash and comfortability. They live in their magical world of lavishness while turning a blind eye to reality – though there are instances when ignoring the actual world is completely and utterly impossible.
An online user decided to take it to one of Reddit's communities and ask formerly entitled folks to reveal what specific encounter managed to change their spoiled outlook on life. The post received over 20K upvotes and 7.6K comments worth of gripping and, at times, emotional stories.
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#1
I was a spoiled rotten child and also into my teen years. My parents bought me a brand new red convertible for my 16th birthday. I threw a fit over it because what I actually wanted was my brother's old car (that we still had) which was dark blue in colour. I was so shallow and a horrible person back then..
So what really turned me around? That next summer I took a job as a camp counselor at a local day camp. I did not have to work but I was bored and sounded like something easy to do. God, I was so wrong. This day camp was specifically geared to the lower classes who could not afford child care during the summer. We served them breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. For a lot of the camp kids this was all they would eat that day and on Friday's they would beg for extra food/snacks to take home for themselves and/or their siblings because they may not get to eat again until Monday. This really hit me hard but the part that got me the most..
This one kid (around 5-6) would refuse to take their shoes and socks off, even if we were going to the public pool that day. I couldn't understand why until one day he came in limping, like his feet were causing him so much pain. I convinced him to let me help him get his shoes and socks so I could see what might be bothering him. Once I did, it took everything in me not to break down right there. His socks were covered in blood. His poor tiny little feet were covered in sores and his toes seemed to curl under a bit. He was in so much pain from the state of his feet. As it turns out, he had been wearing shoes about 3 sizes too small. His family couldn't afford new shoes. I took my lunch break and went out to buy him new socks and a few pairs of shoes.
This broke me..which I definitely needed. It changed my way of thinking forever.
James016 3 years ago
Good for you for changing your ways and opening your eyes. Some people don’t and never will
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I'm so sorry that your parents allowed you to grow up so ignorant and entitled. But kudos to you for being able to look honestly at yourself and find compassion for others.
cybermerlin2000 3 years ago
I'm glad you helped that poor kid. People will say "But it's one kid! What good will that do?" Well, it's one kid that is happier now and knows he can talk to others for help. It's one kid who knows there are good people out there. It's one kid that knows that treating people with kindness is better than turning to crime. Who knows, maybe it's one kid that makes a difference in the future when it comes to helping families in poverty
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
He will aways remember him aways. When ever someone dose that for a kid they never forget.
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Bobby 3 years ago
Honestly, some people need to see, and I mean in person not on a screen, things like this to appreciate what they have. I wouldn't say I'm rich or spoiled, but compared to someone with nothing I sure am
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
This is so very true. But even people that see it in person and think their butt don't stink are rude to poor people I'm telling you some people almost need to live like that for awhile or something cause they don't understand it not like they want to be in the shape they are. People look down there nose at people until they are the person getting looked at down the nose to sad sometimes sad. Agreed with u
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ShadowStalker36 3 years ago
you doing this for a kid, that you barely knew, shows you're WAY better a person than so many others
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#2
Sorry about the length.
I was a school bus driver in the 70s. During height of court ordered busing, so I ferried poor kids to the rich side of town, then rich kids the other way. Lots of entitled brats but one stands out. Super entitled kid, constantly defying rules. Eventually I caught him (with too many witnesses) attempting to set a bus seat on fire with his lighter. School officials were called.
Hearing with officials and rich dad -- and he's banned from all buses rest of semester. Dad offers to pay for the damage and quietly accepts the punishment. Then comes the surprise.
Next morning when I arrive at 6:00 am to clean my bus (regular task every morning), rich kid and Dad are standing there. Dad introduces me to my "new personal bus cleaner" for the rest of the year. He brings kid every morning and forces him to wash and clean the floors on my bus before taking him on to his school. By end of year, entitled kid is actually working hard, and being friendly. We're getting along pretty well and I help him out sometimes so he can get on to school. Kid turns out OK when all is over.
Good move by his Dad.
Chicken Nugget 3 years ago
Aw! Parents should be like this, instead of just yelling at their kids. Kids aren't evil, but they don't fully get the severity of what they do.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
Parents make all the difference between decent human beings and spoiled brats.
Louloubelle 3 years ago
And mentally healthy people, or damaged human beings. People need to be careful in so many ways with their kids.
Load More Replies... MJ 3 years ago
People perceived as “rich” are almost always perceived as “spoiled” as well, mainly because the “spoiled rich kid who gets away with everything” is the story that we always hear about. Here we see a “wealthy” parent teaching his child how to be a decent human being.
Louloubelle 3 years ago
My husband is a plumber, and had a job working for a company that did work in rather wealthy areas. One time he's doing a small job at the home of "old money" sorts. They had an 8 year son, who had his friends over, and they were discussing their trust funds, and how they were invested. My husband said it was amazing they knowledge they had. The father told my husband that this was his responsibility to learn, just as he had to learn it when he was a kid. The kids were incredibly polite to my husband. So, not all rich people are asses.
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
I appreciate any parent that uses "punishment" as a teaching moment when a mistake is made . Dad could have just ground him but he gave up his own time every day to allow his son to grow.
#3
At 20, when I started dating my now husband. He was raised by a single mom who worked three jobs and they still barely got by, while my mom was a SAHM and my dad was/is successful in his line of work.
Husband and I went to high school together. At the beginning of every school year my parents would easily drop $15k on me and my sister for school clothes; my husband would go with our HS secretary to get clothes that were paid for by the school district. I didn't even know that was a thing....
Yes, I am aware and I agree that this is a stupid amount of money to spend on clothing. To clarify, a large portion of that amount was spent on designer items/accessories.
I have no idea why we went to the same school, I wasn't in charge of creating the imaginary dividing lines of our city.
My husband and I have known each other for years and were always friends. We got together a couple years after high school for a drunken night complaining about exes, and discovered we share a lot of the same ideals about relationships in general. We moved in together three weeks later lol.
Yes, he makes decent money now, and yes, he's handsome as f**k. Sometimes I just stare at him and I'm just like, "how?"
Also, my parents are wealthy, I am not. We live modestly, and have verrrrrry little wiggle room every month, but I truly and honestly don't give a s**t because we are really f**king happy!
Otter 3 years ago
Not just that, but every adult is better off for discovering what they can live without.
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Laurel Smith 3 years ago
Both my husband and I grew up in wealthy families. Twelve years into our child free marriage (I was unable to hold a pregnancy longer than 12 weeks), my husband had just received a large bonus at work. He asked me if we should adopt. We had been planning to move to a much larger house, but instead we decided to adopt. First from Korea, except they would not let us adopt 2 children at the same time unless they were twins. Plus, no adoptions to parents over 42. I was 41 1/2 at the time. We chose Russia. We sent our 3" thick dossier to Russia (via our adoption agency; Adoption Associates in Michigan). On Valentine's Day, 2004, we got a call telling us our papers went to a region few children came from: Kaliningrad. It's cut off from the rest of Russia, surrounded by Poland, Lithuania & the Baltic Sea. In late September we got to meet our 7 month old son & our 4 days from 2 years old daughter. They are both kids with invisible disabilities. They are our lives. We live very, very modestly.
John Dilligaf 3 years ago
I doubt my parents spent $15K *total* on my clothes for all 12 yrs of school
Eagle Lover 3 years ago
I grew up with 5 siblings. Money was always tight but my Mom could always make it work somehow. I never felt like we were poor but close. I hadn't had any exposure to anyone wealthy until high school. I made a friend that was from money. One day we went to see her Dad at the Cadillac dealership he owned. He gave her his credit card and we went school clothes shopping. She was allowed to buy several outfits all at once plus shoes. I was utterly astounded.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
I will not wear or carry a free advertisement for a multimillion dollar company!
#4
I grew up living in a huge hotel. Kind of like your Suite Life of Zack and Cody thing except that I was a spoiled young kid. When I was 7, I'd have a nanny put on my socks, wear my school uniform everyday etc. I had four nannies before that and they all left. I made one cry once because I yelled at her for not helping me with my math homework. I slapped another one. She left 3 months later.
It hit me hard a year or two later when my dad had to travel overseas to work so I was stuck with that one particular nanny named Tina. My dad didn't really send a lot of money back to us and so we had to live in a cramped apartment since we needed to move out of that particular hotel. I hated my nanny at the beginning because she was just so damn strict. Turns out that she was doing this because she wanted us to change, and we did.
Because my dad didn't send enough money and didn't want to (stingy guy), we had to ration our food on some days and I couldn't go to many school activities because we didn't have a car like we used to. And we didn't have enough money. This was hard on my brother and I because we went to a private international school so it was really hard not trying to show others our personal struggle. It was even harder on me as I was a prefect at that school, and so not attending school activities/extracurricular stuff was the worst.
During that period, I learnt so much and begun to empathize properly. I learnt to socialize with my neighbours, be independent, and this made me enjoy my childhood living in that apartment more than I ever did living in a hotel. I owe it all to my nanny to be honest. I consider her my surrogate mom now regardless of the rough beginning and I honest to god, would not have changed one single bit if it wasn't for her.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
What happened with the Dad? I am glad you had someone who truly cared for you.
Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
What a miserable childhood when the only person that cares for you is someone that is being paid to do so. No wonder this child acted up so much.
Lynda Vel 3 years ago
Yes. My friend is a nanny. She is babysitting for this rich family. So rich Kanye West has been to the parents' house. She is a nanny to one kid and the sibling has another nanny. She was struggling because the parents don't care about their kids. In her previous jobs the parents would ask for a recap of their kids day. She said this parents pretty much shut her down every time she started giving the kid's recap...could care less what their kids did...
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Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Sounds like his dad was raised as a rich kid and turned out not so good. Or that he was so busy he never had time. Either way be thankful cause that nanny didn't have to stay either. It was because she cared she had a heart. And because of that you grew up and became this
Christina Rosetti 3 years ago
Is it me, or does it sound like their mom wasn't a part of their lives?
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
I dressed myself when I was able combed my own hair- got my own breakfast - walked to school in any and all weather. Saturdays I had chores then if I was good I was given enough money to go to the show and get some goodies. Sometimes even a Quarter! I nearly pooped my knickers when I heard our future king has his shoelaces Ironed every morning!
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago (edited)
I dont think the point of waiting was to be a better parent, it was so that there wouldn't be as much of a financial strain.
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When I was working at a public library, we had a few local celebrities come in from time to time. Most of them were nice, but one had a real stick up his a**e. He would b***h about having to stand in line, and about late fees, and about everything else. We would just say "sorry, those are the rules" or "thank you for being patient" even though he wasn't.
One day, he and I were apparently both having a bad day, and when I told him there was a limit on how many DVDs or video games he could check out at a time, he slammed his hands on the desk and raged, "Do you know who I am?!" This is a grown-a** man, mind, I was a little college student who barely looked old enough to drive. I was sick of his low-key bullying, so I just looked at him and said, "Yes, I do, Mr. X, and the rules still apply to you. Which of these would you like me to put back?"
He was stunned. I don't think anyone had ever actually told him that the rules for everyone else did in fact apply to him as well. He was a little nicer after that. Not a lot nicer, but still.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Money and fame do not buy respect! So people never learn!
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totally a german 3 years ago
"yes, i know, but do you know i work here? i am in control. not you, you never were." ~somebody in a movie, probably.
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Marcellus II 3 years ago
If you're that much of a big deal, you can afford to buy your disks. If not, shut up. Next!
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Some do, as well as dvds, manga, comics and some are even attached to toy libraries, depending on where you are
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Daniel LaDue 3 years ago
That's the classy way to handle it. I'd probably say, "No, I don't" just to play on his fragile ego.
Shelly Graham 3 years ago
Believe it or not I had to inform an Alaskan State Trooper that very thing! He came storming into our offices, in uniform, visibly angry. He'd received our final settlement letter detailing what was and wasn't covered (based on his choices), along with a check for what was covered. He demanded we cover all repairs and pay him for items unable to be repaired. I reminded him that he'd declined to pay for the additional coverage on his items while in transit and storage. Had he done so everything he was asking for would have been covered. He truly believed we should just ignore that fact. I finally asked him, "Why do you feel you should be exempt from following the rules?". I truly thought his head was going to explode. He ended up getting into trouble for his behavior, in uniform, wearing a gun. It's considered threatening, I don't know who complained, it wasn't me.
#6
I was spoiled, a slight egomaniac, and raised in a upper middle class private school setting. I was the oldest grandson of a large Catholic family; and my mom would argue with my teachers in my defense even if I was caught cheating.
My reality check was a cancer diagnosis at 16. Having to truly suffer and watch other children suffer altered my perspective forever. I am eternally grateful for my cancer diagnosis for preventing me from becoming a terrible adult.
Chich 3 years ago
TBH I have often learned the most when I have scewed up the worst.
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Pamela Blue 3 years ago
I'm very glad that your cancer diagnosis didn't prevent you from becoming an adult, period.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
So cancer as a soiled child equals a better adult! It's too bad all the childern don't make it to become better adults! Lucky you!
#7
I grew up in an upper middle class family near Chicago, IL in the 1970's-80's. In 1981 I was 8 years old and my family went to Mexico for vacation. We were in Mexico City and had just had a fabulous dinner where they even cooked part of our meal right next to our table on a cart. On the way out, I grabbed a lollipop from the candy bowl. We were walking back to our hotel, when we came upon a mother and daughter who were destitute and begging. I locked eyes with this little girl who was just about my age, and she was dirty and her clothes were in bad shape. I gave her the only thing I had which was the lollipop, and she smiled. This was the first time I had ever encountered someone who was truly poor. This experience left a very strong impression on me and it is something I will never forget.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
This is the kind of addiction you never need a cure for!
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Becky Samuel 3 years ago
I think she was lucky that the mother didn't throw the lollipop back in her face. I had a very similar experience in Egypt, where I gave candy to a kid and the father was absolutely outraged that it wasn't cash money.
May 3 years ago
This was a child giving candy to another child - completely different scenario
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Kelly Jo Andrews 3 years ago (edited)
The smiles are one of the best payments for good deeds as such. I personally am partial to hearing a little kid laugh and play with excitement. Ever walk in to a poor family's home with some soft throw blankets to give to the 3 kids all 6 years old or younger? Imagination is their most valuable use of play time. Hours upon hours of playing with just a blanket. Then they fell asleep keeping warm while squeezing it with their fingers so it can't get away.
Julie C Rose 3 years ago (edited)
OP didn’t have any control over that. Not every story has a fairy tale ending.
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Fat Harry 3 years ago
"I gave her the only thing I had which was the lollipop"
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My dad owns a bar, and one night there was this rich kid with his friends, boat shoes without socks, the whole thing. He was giving one of the bar tenders a tough time because he was on the shorter side. This kid was bothering the bar tender for about half an hour until finally he got my dad to come out. My dad basically yelled at the kid about how the bar tender enlisted in the military and fought in Afghanistan and how ashamed he should be to make fun of an honest, hardworking veteran for his height. The kid left the bar nearly crying, and I hope that experience helped him change for the better.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
I do believe the little rich b***h should have been escorted out by the owners foot!
LivingTheDream 3 years ago
Boat shoes without socks... uh.. That's how you are supposed to wear them. Same with Vans slip-ons.
#9
I was raised by my great grandmother. She was well to do, active well into her 80's and her world revolved around me. Ballet, gymnastics, all the music classes I could fit in my schedule. I had a menagerie of pets. Christmases were obscene. She catered to my every whim as a child.
Now that I'm an adult and my wonderful Gram has passed, I've learned that what I had was really unique. The world does not wait on me, I'm not special to everyone. I struggle with entitlement and narcissistic tendencies. It's isolating at times and I miss her.
Flopsy 3 years ago
Who can blame a great grandma for spoiling her great granddaughter. This is so sweet, I hope you are doing well now!
Yort 3 years ago
They literally say they’re struggling with entitlement and narcissistic tendencies and that it’s isolating.
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RoseTheMad 3 years ago
Whilst no, the world does not wait on you, and it is not good to be entitled/narcissistic, you ARE special to someone, even if you haven't found them yet, and it sounds like you are trying hard to break the habit of entitlement (which many others don't even try to) and I hope you do well. :)
MJ 3 years ago
The fact that you own the uniqueness of your childhood and the resulting entitlement issues automatically makes you a better person. Now to rise above it.
Autumn Artemis 3 years ago
Hey, the fact that you realize these things means that you’re making progress. It’s hard to be an adult in a completely different environment than what you were raised in.
Georgia Hebert 3 years ago
I was coming here to say this. The first step to fixing her ways is admitting the problem. Hopefully now she can do whatever it takes to make her situation better.
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Money and privilege when young and it disappears later is a very hard road to hoe. I hope you do it well!
kjorn 3 years ago (edited)
omg... in the 80's... people talk like it's so far away... OMG it's like 40 years ago!!! i'm so old!
Marco Conti 3 years ago
Just the fact that you realize your shortcomings is a good sign. People that are truly narcissistic and entitled usually don't think there is anything wrong with them. There can't be. By definition they are god's gift to humanity. Work on your empathy and curb that narcissism. Maybe read the story of Narcysus, the mythological Greek character. There is a lesson there.
#10
I grew up in Indonesia, a 3rd world country where you'd definitely have maids if you're posting on reddit. I grew up thinking it's common to have multiple maids.
Moved to Singapore, a 1st world country where people still have maids, but it's more of an upper-middle class & above thing. Got assigned to sweep the floors by the teachers, and that was my first time holding a broom.
Swept it back and forth like in cartoons, and everyone was looking at me going, "Er, what the f**k are you doing?"
Turns out I was just creating a dust cloud around me. You have to sweep in one direction and gather all the dust into the dust pan.
Mind blown.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
Wealthy parents think they are giving their kids the best by having everything done for them. The opposite is true.
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 3 years ago
Yeah this is true, I did a kids party in Perth a few years back, and the house was insanely huge, just mega mega rich. So I’m painting the birthday girls face and I say, ‘you have a lovely home, it’s much bigger than the sea caves I sleep in!’ Expecting the generic kids response of cuteness and imagination etc. instead this 6 year olds replies with “ I like the other house better. I had the whole top floor to myself instead of one stupid room” the tone she used and the attitude was so snotty and advanced for the age (well I assume on the latter). - said family also ripped me off cos why not 😂
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago (edited)
Years ago, my SO had two spoiled rotten kids. He was very well off, and his children wanted for nothing. They were really pretty terrible people... rude to everyone, condescending to any one who didn't meet or exceed their economic status, and greedy little narcissists to boot. I didn't meet his children until we'd been seeing each other for a while, and meeting these monsters completely changed my opinion of him... how could he let his children get that way? We argued in a restaurant because the oldest boy was being incredibly rude to the service staff... when I called him on it, BF got mad and made excuses for the kid. I just walked out. My parting words to him were something like "you are doing your children no favors ..." Fast forward a few years... the same boy had been arrested for assaulting a girl. It wasn't his first time, but this time, Daddy couldn't help. All I could think was "here is a guy who never ever learned what the word NO means".
Fabio Pasquale Permana 3 years ago
Born and grew up in the same country, also got maids and well off as a family but my parents insisted in learning basic skills like cleaning and cooking. Now i live alone with no maids and i am really lucky to have learned those skills and thankful for my parents for not making me spoiled and entitled.
Angelar 3 years ago
This made me think of a street beggar I encountered in Bombay and I was told he had two servants at home himself.
Gautham Surya Ramanathan 3 years ago
He might be a con man or you must be really drinking that cool aid.. 😂
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Elleana Sky Lopez 3 years ago
I lived and grew up in Singapore, had two nannies, two maids. My mother told me this was her biggest regret because we learned absolutely nothing. I can't cook, so I eat out every meal. I can't operate washing machines or any home cleaning devices, appliances. Nothing. Truly lacking in life skills. It sucks 😪
Kay blue 3 years ago
Parents really need to teach their children how to survive in the outside world and be fully functioning adults. They might not always be rich, an economic crash or a failed business could be just around the corner.
Petra Pan 3 years ago
This is so true and it hurts that they so t care enough to do so.
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My 14 yr old kid knew how to sweep by age 10. She also knows how to use a landline on a rotary phone and a phonebook. She still doesn't have her own cellphone by choice. She doesn't want to become like her peers.
Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
Age 10? That seems to be a pretty late age to learn how to sweep. We learn by 6 or 7 to at least do an okay job of it. Other than that, the "not wanting to become like her peers" thing sounds like my sister, who's about the same age. Same level of snot and attitude XD.
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My parents owned a bookstore near the CBD of a major city.
One day a entitled brat drove into traffic, from a side street, without a care in the world. The car he cut in front of beeped their horn to which the entitled brat actually stuck his hand out the window and gave the car behind him the finger.
Lights starting flashing as the car that was cut in front of was an undercover police car; and it happened right in front of us all :)
#12
Up until I was 12, I got everything I wanted. Everything I pointed out in shops I got, everything I found online I got. I was ridiculously spoiled and I doubt I would have been able to even slightly take care of myself.
When I was around 10, my mother was diagnosed with cancer. I still treated both of my parents like c**p and demanded everything from them. Eventually she was cleared but another tumour was found when I was 12. It was terminal, and she passed away two months later.
Going from having parents obeying my every whim to only having one seriously depressed parent who barely had enough money to cover basic needs was a huge shock to the system.
Everyday I regret the way I treated my mother because I was an absolute brat and she was an excellent mum who deserved better. Obviously after this I woke the f**k up and realised how spoiled I really was.
Autumn Artemis 3 years ago
Agreeing with Da Milla. You were just a kid, twelve years old is still young. Don’t be too hard on yourself, especially now that you’re able to look back and realize.
I Do Matter 3 years ago
I will not insult your intelligence by saying "I understand", because I don't & few do. What I can tell you is, that your mother knew & knows you loved her & you were a product of the environment. Don't beat yourself up over the past, I guarantee your mother spoiled you, because she loved you enough & had the means too do so. If your father is still around, I recommend a serious unfiltered blunt conversation between the two of you. Say exactly how you truly felt then & how you feel now. You will break down in tears, but the liberation of this burden cannot be overstated & you'll feel closer than ever to both of them. Your mother doesn't need to physically be here for you to fix things & be close. I hope that helps. BTW I'm 45 & a guy, in my case it's my dad that's passed & I found out I had lived a lie. He never told me he was proud of me, criticized everything I did & I spent 45 years trying to measure up to Mr. Perfect only to learn he was a complete f*ck up himself.
Ramona Jackson 3 years ago
You were a child and your mother understood that. I'm sorry for your loss.
#13
My brother was the only one of us who was spoiled. He never had to do chores at home, that was for us girls to do. He went to college and called to complain about how expensive doing the laundry was. My parents could not figure out what could be so expensive about it, until he explained:
He was sorting the whites and the colors like my Mom had told him. It was very expensive to wash the reds, then the yellows, then the black clothes, then the blue clothes.... AND it was taking forever! We still laugh at this.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I can't think of anything to laugh about, that the spoiled brother had everything handed to him on the plate at the expense of the girls.
Catlady6000 3 years ago
Because, in reality, he was the one hurt by it. Unable to even fully understand how to separate laundry
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Abby Harrison 3 years ago
sounds like conservative BS where the men don't do anything. and the woman do home maker crap "because its their place"
Stephanie IV 3 years ago (edited)
He made an honest mistake, trying to be thorough. He spent time and money. Nobody had instructed him. He had the good idea not to ruin his clothes by putting everything together. I have no idea how struggling to learn how to organize chores is his fault.
Misty Ball 3 years ago (edited)
Be cause if hed have taken the initiative to help his sister's once in awhile other than being waited on then he would have known better. Or even just paid any kind of attention possibly because I'm sorry I have a brother like that always has been spoiled I was one that did the housework and chores cuz my mom said it was my place not his and even that dumb ass knows how to separate laundry I mean he didn't have to do laundry to know cuz of just seeing us doing it and know how to do it so that one must have been really f*****g checked out
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"I only have 2 orange shirts, and it takes me 40 minutes to get them done!". Lol.
buttonpusher 3 years ago
Not rich but didn't have chores growing up. Never crossed my mind either tbh. Got the hang of things pretty quick when I moved out but I f****d up so many clothes. 😁
Connor Kristiansen 3 years ago
This is hilarious. Its also impressive how fast he became independent after being spoiled.
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
Once you have washed them a few times most colours don't run if you was cool.
#14
From the subcontinent, things went downhill after i got into an engineering university. Mom had to sell her wedding jewelry to get me through the semester.
Now here i am, thinking i should get her some gold jewelry because now i can. MOM, I LOVE YOU!
Patti Vance 3 years ago
grew up struggling. finally got through college, paid off debt, and finances loosened up. i bought an emerald and diamond necklace for her. at first she wouldn't wear it because 'i don't want to lose it'. told her that she needed to wear it and if she lost it, so be it...enjoy it! she eventually lost a stone and it got put in a box that i found after she passed.,
Monkey Spunk 3 years ago
She'll shout at you. Every time I buy my mum something expensive she shouts at me. She won't accept that she looked after me as a child and now I'm returning the favour (I should point out that I don't just buy her things I do her DIY and tech for her, going over tomorrow lunchtime to fix her shower door, fit a new loft hatch and give her some frozen laksa, smoked haddock risotto and Bolognese I cooked).
Danielle Keller 3 years ago
Yeah Mom, you're absolutely amazing! And thanks for succeeding OP :)
ButterflyMcQueen 3 years ago
This is what we do as mothers. My boy is successful and happy and I am proud of him.. I love him unconditionally and yours does too💖
#15
I grew up very privileged. When I look back on it, I never even appreciated it. When I was 17 I came out and went from privileged to getting kicked out and living on the street.
That was some years ago now and I've made a pretty amazing life for myself. In fact, I'm almost 100% positive that I'm better off than if I kept on my previous track. In every way.
MJ 3 years ago
It’s tragic that any person would be dumped on the streets by their own family; there is absolutely no situation on the planet that would make that ok.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Yes there are situations where family has no other choice than to kick someone out and they are absolutely 100% right in doing that. Examples from my experience: Daughter who decided that selling drugs to her younger siblings was a sound business plan. Son with a gambling addiction who sold his father's car to some criminals to pay for his gambling debts. Father with a drinking problem and an unhealthy "love" for his teenage daughter. Sometimes families are not as healthy as they are always portrayed on TV.
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Cass Malone 3 years ago
I'm happy you were able to make the best of the situation. Some people aren't so lucky 😔
Chicken Nugget 3 years ago
...Based on the flag, I'm assuming the reason you were kicked out was because you came out?
#16
When I joined the Army. Guy who had the Infantry tattooed on him didn’t even last 2 weeks in basic training. He cried and yelled “I shouldn’t have to get yelled at to do something”
Jo Choto 3 years ago
I actually agree with him. The whole model of "breaking" recruits so they are mindless automatons who do whatever they're told is really horrible. It's all part of the macho idea that you can only be a "man" if you are tough and without feelings. No surprise, I have real problems with the military as institutions (though I appreciate the individuals who feel drawn to serve).
Itstheoneandonlydave 3 years ago
Fair point but they MUST instil discipline as of someone questions a decision other people die on that situation
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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
I went through boot a jillion years ago. It didn't break us but it forced about 90 very diverse strangers to work together and get along. I wouldn't want to do it again but I'm glad I did it. Once was enough though.
Kevin Smith 3 years ago
It's funny reading these comments from people that never served. They don't understand, think, it is wrong, etc... Well there are multiple reasons training is done the way it is. If a person can't even take the stress of someone yelling how are they going to do when people are yelling at them in combat. So if someone yelling at you in a controlled environment is something you can't take then maybe just maybe you shouldn't be serving because when the crap hit the fans you most likely would break down and get others killed. It's mental discipline to learn to deal with simple things like stress, environment, basically things out of your control and to be able to keep moving forward. That is the point. It isn't really breaking someone down, it is teaching them to deal with stressors the average civilian doesn't have to deal with on daily basis which a solider most likely will.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
it is understandable if you understand the concept of "othering", that is, regarding other persons as inherent enemies because of trivial differences like language or colour.
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David Muth 3 years ago
It's very difficult to get kicked out of Basic Training. What they usually do is take the person out of the class and put them into a holding company that does hard manual labor until the end of the training schedule. The person is offered a 2nd chance to do basic, and if they refuse, they exit with a Dishonorable Discharge which screws them for life.
Nyx Carvello 3 years ago
Dang, that's rough, but rightfully so. What branch? In the coast guard, it's wicked easy to get kicked out of boot camp, but the Coast Guard has to be more selective because we don't have any jobs for mindless drones. That and we don't have the budget to endlessly recruit people 🥲
Load More Replies... Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
My mother, the wife of a man who's been in the military for almost 20 years: "I sincerely pray that none of you ever feel the need to enlist". And to be quite frank, I agree with her. It's caused such a huge rift between my father and I, because he not only goes on deployments SOMEHOW EXACTLY WHEN IMPORTANT THINGS HAPPEN IN MY LIFE but he's so out of touch with how our family works that he continuously and stubbornly tries to do things his way instead of how we do it. And I am someone who can't stand to have routines broken.
Sally Barry 3 years ago
Unless you have coupons or they're running a 'special', McDonalds and that kind are NOT cheap. I took a disabled man there and he ordered the works, supers-sized, and an extra sandwich, and it was well over $20 a couple of years ago. Probably more today. For $20 we could have gone to a diner and bought more, better food.
Shelly Graham 3 years ago
If he can't take the pressure from a superior yelling at him, how do you think he'd handle being in a firefight? I'm pretty sure the parties firing their weapons at him will completely understand and stop! NOT! There's a reason they're yelling and screaming at recruits, to toughen them up and prepare them for defending our country! I personally have problems with people who have problems with a group, speak disdainfully about them. But they have no problem reaping the benefits this group provides! My dad was a USMC in the Pacific Theater during WWII, he was in every major skirmish including Tarawa, one the USMC's bloodiest battles! He volunteered to serve his country, as did all my uncle's. The stories I've heard from them regarding their DI's go from shocking to hysterical. Their job was to make men out of boy's, any way necessary! They did their job! I'm proudly married to a Retired USAF Disabled Veteran.
#17
When I found out that people on my basketball team considered going to McDonald's "a once a year special treat." From that point, I began to appreciate my gifted financial circumstances and always try to accommodate ideas for those with less money when going out with friends.
Marion Goyau 3 years ago
Yeah it's the same feeling i had, but in reverse, when i realised a very privileged friend of mine truly, honestly didn't understand me when i told him i couldn't joint him for drinks because i couldn't even afford the tube.
Bobby 3 years ago
My nephew brought a friend from school to my families 4th of july party. The kid was floored that we had corn on the cob. He told us they only get that on special occasions. And he never had seen a potluck style dinner, was amazed at the selection/amount of food. We aren't rich, but we never have to worry about food. We sent him home with all the leftovers
SoozeeQ 3 years ago
That's kind of you. I'm sure that he and his family were very grateful.
Load More Replies... GoddessOdd 3 years ago
My niece had the same experience when she was a kid. She went with her class on a field trip and they stopped for lunch at a fast food place. Many of the kids in her class had never eaten in a restaurant, even a very inexpensive one. She realized she had it pretty good.
Charlie Taube 3 years ago
It’s disconcerting but not totally surprising that there are people so poor that they can’t even afford McDonald’s
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Been to McDonald's lately? Their as expensive as a reg restaurant now. A cheaper restaurant but still
Load More Replies... Abby Harrison 3 years ago
I consider mc ds a once in a while treat. mainly its kinda gross, and fatning.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Same. It used to be our treat on our way to the caravan our grandparents owned for holiday. Now I choose not to eat it unless there is nothing else.
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Ellen Tannenbaum 3 years ago
We lived in a small town in a highly populated state, so there were several large cities less than an hour away. I chaperoned a high school band trip once and watched as these high school kids were in awe that such places existed - they had never traveled outside their small town.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
A lot of times when I was in school I never got to eat out with the kids had to eat a school lunch but hey I was thankful to have something to eat never the less
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
It's a very different experience with school lunches in Australia. The majority of students bring lunch from home most days regardless of circumstances, and then those that can afford it will get something from the canteen as extra, or for their main lunch once a week. I never really thought about what everyone else had for lunch, there wasn't a big sense of a divide. I chose not to get stuff from the canteen at all because it felt like a waste spending my pocket money on something when I had lunch anyway.
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Paul Wilczynski Jr. 3 years ago (edited)
McDonald's should be less often than that. And I wouldn't exactly call it cheap.
#18
As a teen, one day I was being a little s**t as usual and dad got pretty upset, he blew up and said "you're never thankful for anything I do for you, are you? I never get any thanks for the things I do around here." After that I was sure to try and express my gratitude for his hard work keeping a roof over our heads. Tell someone you love "thank you" because they need to be appreciated.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
One must be as respectful to a king and give the same level of respect to the janitor!
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Linda Riebel 3 years ago
Wow, it only took one reprimand to wake you up? Faster than a lot of people...
AW 3 years ago
reading these stories I can't help thinking it is mainly parents' fault not setting boundaries to their children and teaching them the value of material things, hard work and appreciating services. It's nice to read some people have enough self awareness to better themselves over time but as a parent to reap what you sow
Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
Given that I hear this mainly when I'm talking about past issues and mental health problems, I would just dig my heels in and keep going. I know what you've been through, yeah. I know what you've had to sacrifice, and I know the kind of stress you're under. That doesn't give you an excuse to blatantly ignore me when I'm calling out to you for help, FATHER.
#19
Military bootcamp. Wanted to eat an orange, didn't know how to peel one. Slyly waited for someone else to start peeling before emulating him. End up with a badly squashed, untidily peeled orange ball that tasted like sour reality. BOOM. Evolved.
This was Basic Military Training in Singapore. During training, boy was I hungry like a vampire at a bloodbank. And the fruit of the day was oranges. Whole, unpeeled orangey balls of untouchable glory. The trick was to eat my food relatively slow enough (which is still pretty damned fast considering mealtime was borderline 10 minutes) so that I didn't finish my food too early and end up staring at my orange as if it's an alien's testicle.
And I can peel oranges by hand with relative ease now.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
It's depressing that someone could get to adulthood with no clue how to peel an orange when my single-digit kids can manage it just fine
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Marco Conti 3 years ago
You can also cut the oranges in slices and eat them that way. I actually prefer that sometimes. But it is pretty funny. When I was an army officer, I saw all sort of things like that, some very sad, like the kids that didn't know how to use eating utensils so they got yelled at for eating pasta with their hands or the kid that suddenly disappeared and went AWOL, turning the barracks into a hive of frantic activity, only to discover he was sleeping under his cot (bed) because he had never slept on a mattress in his whole life.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I was banned from eating oranges as a kid because mum would cut them into wedges and I would just suck the juice out because I didn't like the texture or getting bits in my teeth and she said it was a waste of food lol. Then I had to stop eating some other fruit due to dietary problems. I mentioned oranges to mum and she peeled one for me. I was 27 and didn't know you could do that! Now I eat them more often, even though peeling them can give me a rash lol.
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#20
I grew up in Japan/Hong Kong and always have maids to take care of my stuff. When I went to boarding school in the UK, I realised I don't know how to change my bed sheet , and have no idea how to use the toaster.
L.A. Trefry 3 years ago
Luckily, those life skills are easy to learn and the OP no doubt picked them up while still in their teens.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Hopefully, OP found someone to teach her, or learned these skills thru trial and error. I've always felt that a class called BASIC LIFE SKILLS should be offered on every high school and college campus; students could learn basic cooking and cleaning, personal finance, etc.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
It should! I have heard of some community centres running them though, and having appliances to borrow as well, which is another great idea.
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Curry on... 3 years ago
A friend's son went to a rich kids' school in NY, and he was shocked at how little they knew about taking care of themselves. They couldn't clean, do their laundry or make a simple meal. These are just a few of the basics of living. Parents cripple their children by not teaching AND having them do these things on a regular basis.
#21
Spending $50 on food a day is not normal. College girl got cut off from her parents (drinking and not going to class) and had to get a job. She put on Facebook about how she’s gonna go hungry and needs money. People offered her food and to make her dinner. She said “that’s okay I just need about $40 to get through the day I don’t like to grocery shop”.
if you’re wondering how she went through that much a day she always ate out at a restaurant and had Starbucks twice a day. Add in snacks and alcohol and there’s $40 in one day.
Steffen Rehm 3 years ago
If i would refuse to cook, or going to the grocery shop for basics, i personally would spend roughly like a max of 4-5 dollars per day. A big Kebab cost that much and would fit for the whole day. Wonder where you can spend 50 Dollar a day on food and not explode soon after. O.o
Rose the Cook 3 years ago
Where can you spend $50 a day on food? Anywhere if you eat at the most expensive places in town. In China you can eat really well on less than $10 a day or you can spend $700 for dinner for two if you are wealthy.
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Vasana Phong 3 years ago
If you’re really hungry you’ll take what ever is offered, sounds more like a choosey beggar to me, will not learn if someone keeps helping
Wesley Lucas 3 years ago
What an entitled little s**t. A lot of us have that as our weekly food budget 😒
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
If anyone helped this moron besides giving her a job head their head read!
#22
When my rich mother lost her high-end job and my father had to go into rehab. Suddenly I went from being totally set and carefree to having to start working while studying. Eventually I dropped out of college because the I couldn't handle the never ending school-work-sleep cycle, with literally zero free time and zero money (everything I earned covered just the most basic life expanses and tuition). I matured a lot during that year.
Jo Choto 3 years ago
Ironic, since most of the people I know in full time education live that school-work-(study)-sleep cycle for all the years that they are in college/uni, because there's no other way for them to achieve it.
Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Stop being a prig to someone who is talking about being humbled. I can’t stand how nasty and snotty people on this site are over every offhand detail in posts.
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Random Anon 3 years ago
I did the school-work-sleep cycle for a long time. It's doable. But it's definitely not healthy and all kosher. Sometimes you do need to tell a lie here and there to buy time. Sometimes take some jobs that are on the gray side of things. C'est la vie.
#23
My friend will tell you (He's the son of a multimillionaire) it was when someone hit him in the face. Always on his best behavior after that stunt. He really thought just because he was the rich guy buying drinks, someone in the group wouldn't hit him from talking s**t
#24
I realized that some people really struggle with money. I thought people didn't buy things they need (cars, appliances, clothes, a nice house) because they were really frugal and saving up. It's not even that I didn't know about poverty but I thought it was a third-world thing and that everyone in the US is pretty comfortable.
This didn't sink in until college. I'm terrified for after-college.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
A lot of adulthood for me in my younger years, was being terrified of becoming homeless again. For most of the people I grew up with, losing a job, a car, a broken refrigerator or water heater were real crises and required real sacrifice.
Lea S. 3 years ago (edited)
I grew up on a farm, I babysat and had lots of daily chores - but there were no jobs in that tiny town. When I got my first real job in college getting there sometimes was dicey. I was saving up for a new car, mine was in the shop a lot. Thankfully - I had nice friends who helped me out. I'll never forget a coworker, 16 or 17, still in highschool, living with her parents. She looked at me with irritation (I don't know WHY, I was always on time so me begging rides had no affect on her) and said "Why don't you just get a new car right now!" I think I just shook my hand said something about how she could pay for it if she wanted to and avoided talking to her after that.
#25
Dad worked for someone and that someone promised to sell him the company. When the day actually came, he sold the company to someone else and my dad quit his job. We were broke and I could no longer ask for things. We almost went bankrupt and nearly sold the house. Dad started his own company and we're still in debt. Haven't had enough money for anything and I have to make do with 12 bucks for a week or even 2 sometimes. I'm in college now and it's still the same. We live in Malaysia btw. I remember when I was 12, my dad was broke and we sat in a small stall to eat. He didn't have enough money to eat but promised me that we would have a life that's secure. I'm in college today and pretty thankful for that despite the lack of money, I tend to make do here and there.
Gwyn 3 years ago
Don't really like this quote. For some people it is tough all the time and never gets better. They are stuck in poverty and can't get out no matter how hard they work.
Load More Replies... Jacob Rosenberg (Swedemire) 3 years ago
If dad had enough money to buy a company, why were you broke?
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
I can only imagine that they took out a loan or something, but the way it's written sounds weird.
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#26
When I lived on my own the first time. Cable, Internet, Utilities, Cell Phone, Health Insurance is $450 by itself. Throw in food, rent, haircuts, clothes, entertainment and you bankrupt. Forget having a car.
Naesil 3 years ago
This is the thing lot of people dont understand when they first move out, you dont magically have all the utilities, fridge doesnt fill it self up.. and everything is more expensive than you think if you never had to pay for them yourself.
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
They also seem to forget that cable is a luxury, internet is a luxury, a cell phone is a luxury... People say they "need" these things, but they really don't
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The danish woman 3 years ago
When my daughter was 14, I gave her the responsability of the household money. She had to do all our shopping and stretch the money to the entire month. We didn't have much money. Today she's 27 and very responsible about money.
Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
Fascinating. I have a brother in charge of the baking, my sisters, mother and I alternate with the cooking, and me and my favorite sister do the shopping sometimes (the only reason I don't go alone is because I have bad anxiety).
Load More Replies... Chich 3 years ago
I used to sit down with my son from time to time and go over the monthly bills. Started when he had to get braces as a pre teen and he made some comment that made me realise he had no concept of how much things cost and where money 'went'.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I distinctly remember the first time I looked at the water bill I was about 14 and we had had a leaking pipe during the month, so the cost spiked. Even though water in my area is always the cheapest of the bills I was shocked by the cost. After that I would often check the bills to see what the averages were. I think it made more much more understanding about the reason I needed to pay board from age 16 (when the parenting payment id cut off and you receive 'youth allowance' if eligible, or you did at that time anyway). I did remark to mum one day about hearing how much my best friend's parents paid in electricity, because they almost always had an air con on. I couldn't believe their family could afford it either, as they had 4 kids as well as foster kids!
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
I told my niece once that there were times when it would be a real splurge to buy shampoo and conditioner in the same shopping trip, and she couldn't fathom it.
Lea S. 3 years ago
An old DVD/VCR is super cheap, rent movies from the library. No cell, no internet (library), no health insurance, and no haircuts. That's how I got the first car.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I survived many years by borrowing dvds from the library!
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Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
The goal of parenting is to have them functioning as an adult by age 18. (there may be cases where this is not possible).
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Hard to live for regular ppl. Ugh why though why
Load More Replies... Cathy Hurd 3 years ago
$450 for all that? That's nothing, our health insurance alone is over $1500 a month.
Paul Wilczynski Jr. 3 years ago
Cable and health insurance? That's some high-on-the-hog livin'!
#27
I never had a job until the age of 19. Up until this age I assumed people started working when they felt like it. As in, you wake up one day and say 'hey, you know what? I feel like working now. I'll go sign up to this company of my choice, and I'm going to choose to work this amount of hours per week.' Fast forward 3 years and due to parental abandonment I have no car, no education, will soon have no place to live, no licence and no work skills. Because I never had to
Jo Choto 3 years ago
If you are now 22, you are an adult. There is no parental abandonment when you are an adult! If you have nothing, it's because you have chosen not to work or make any effort to take care of yourself.
Beth L 3 years ago
OTOH, three years isn't much time to learn all the life skills they should have picked up in the first 18. Parents hobbled this kid, then turned them out into the world.
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago (edited)
I think if you put your mind to it, you can probably find help with a lot of those problems by finding and keeping an entry level job for at least a year. You need no skills to get those, and they will probably be long hours and hard work, but if you're careful, you can learn all you need to know. You weren't abandoned, you became an adult at 18. It's a terrible thing your parents did to you, but you can't undo it, you can only work as hard as you can to change it.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Hey you can aways look it up on the internet or YouTube. Js it might help
Katinka Min 3 years ago
What did the person do in those years between high school and now? No work AND no school? Why?
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
I have been working a year after I got married at 17 I'm now 27. I never worked at the same place or I would a freaking manger probably but I've almost been one once even though the pay is higher I think I'll pass.
#28
Got to college and my roommate washed his plastic silverware for reuse.
He'd never held an actual metal fork. Plastic was cheaper.
Otter 3 years ago
Metal is cheaper in the long run. And that's why it's so expensive to be poor, you can't afford to buy the things that last. (Sam Vimes theory of economics!)
John Baker 3 years ago
My grandmother always said that poor people can't afford to buy cheap.
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Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
You can buy a set of basic silverware with four pieces at Walmart or the Dollar Tree for a dollar. You can get one piece at Goodwill for a quarter. This one doesn't make sense to me
Wesley Lucas 3 years ago
? I mean I get washing plastic but you can get 4 forks/spoons/knives for $1 at Walmart or Dollar Tree. Seems like a lot of people just don't know how or where to budget shop.
Ronald Morrison 3 years ago
Goodwill will get you a fork you can wash and not have to have to hunt for plastic ones.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Yeah I did that for the early years. You can make the plastic ones last but definitely won't outlast metal ones. I would also keep the ones you get from takeout in case the current ones broke.
Cathy Terrell 3 years ago
I use plastic at work all the time and rewash. I have access to regular silverware but plastics better. Lol. To me anyways.
#29
3rd grade I was being a little b***h to my mom and she, being the very Irish lady she is, lost her temper and started googling pictures of homeless kids from around the world to show me while screaming stuff like, "look at this girl, she sells bracelets to support her family!!!!". Not to say I became perfect overnight, but the realization that I was part of an upper-middle class family with happily married parents with no medical issues did start to sink in.
Chicken Nugget 3 years ago
I mean, you were like 8 years old at the time. Not justifying your behavior but it seems a pretty 8 year old thing to do.
Chich 3 years ago
Nipping it in the bud before it has a chance to fester.
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AmandaKay 3 years ago
I'm adopted & my mom used to scream similar things at me like "Be grateful we didn't leave you in the gutter" "Change that attitude missy or you'll end up like your whore mother" & my favorite "we should of let you be aborted". This is child abuse. It isn't tough love. It is abuse.
Megan Boomershine 3 years ago
I'm so sorry you were treated this disgusting way
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GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Yes, you should thank your lucky stars not just for your good fortune, but also for your incredibly smart Irish mom, who saw what you needed to learn, and taught it to you.
The Penguin Bandit 3 years ago
I'm impressed at your ability to start internalizing this at age 8. It's a very mature thing to be able to accept that your perspective is not the same as everyone else's, and it can be very humbling to walk a mile in another's shoes
Cheyanne Pavan 3 years ago
It kind of blows my mind to see "8 years old" and "Google" in the same sentence!
Ronald Morrison 3 years ago
That 3rs world country those people are homeless in the photo is OUR country. We are becoming the richest 3rd word country in the world.
#30
When the high school principals daughter who previously got away with all kinds of garbage behavior ( vandalism, dinking, major. bullying ) got caught vandalizing a lecture hall in uni she was unceremoniously dumped and banned. Parents whined for months on fb about their poor baby’s unfair treatment and the fact that her applications to other uni’s were being denied.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Well, the douche doesn’t fall far from the bag.
Load More Replies... Otter 3 years ago
There are people who will get genuinely outraged if you try to apply the rules to them. There's one law for the rich and another for the rest of us in most of the world, and telling a rich person that the rules apply to them (or their children) strikes at the heart of their self-image and world view.
P.A.B. 3 years ago
Gee, that sounds like someone, who shall remain nameless, who is no longer the 45th president of the US…🤫
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over it already 3 years ago
I know it's a typo, but "dinking" made me chuckle. Sounds almost fun!
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Same thing happened here only the kid was a judges daughter apparently learned it all from her parents - they left never heard about them again!
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Doesn't sound like anyone in that family 'changed' after being hit by reality, so not sure this fits here, unless it was OP who changed seeing the consequences of someone else's actions?
CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago
Okay, but where is the part when she turned around because of reality?
#31
When I was removed from my parents and put through a year of foster hell. Sadly, my brother didn't get the same rude awakening I did.
Spez: We were in the same foster house, it's just he didn't fully grasp that the world doesn't revolve around him, while I mostly have. I'm still trying to fight off some demons from both eras.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
In reality, the world revolves around you. You need to learn how to handle being the center of your life.
Bisexual Tiger 3 years ago
and learn how to handle you are NOT the center of somebody elses!
Load More Replies... Brian Bennett 3 years ago
Being fostered is hell unless you are really lucky! Hope your demons expire soon!
#32
When I was 18 and got arrested. I didn't get a ride back home. I went to jail.
Lea S. 3 years ago
It doesn't say his parents made this decision. The cops did. We don't know what happened after that.
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Mindi Kurtz 3 years ago
My son got arrested for DUI a block from home. He sat in jail until morning because he knew I wasn't going to bail him out. I love him, but he needed to grow up.
#33
First time I went a week living on beans and ramen because that's what was in the house and I didn't have any money I learned that in the real world, everything is not just handed to you.
I'm still a bit spoiled and I still have issues with prioritizing expenditures, but I'm much better than I was when I was 21.
Redspiderlily_622 3 years ago
This is a side thing, but don't eat instant food everyday. It's cheaper in the long run to get the basic ingredients for meals and to cook it yourself. This is a better alternative for a few reasons: you feel productive; you eat healthier; you save money in the long run; and you slowly start to master the basic task of cooking.
#34
When I was 30 and wanted a divorce and it didn't happen magically by writing a check to a lawyer.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago
They look a bit like the business could/would not pay for actual flags so went for word art placed on the window to mimic it
Paul Wilczynski Jr. 3 years ago
I just hear voices screaming plaintively as they fall down the bankruptcy/divorce/both black hole, complete with Doppler red shift.
Load More Replies... #35
My parents went bankrupt. Twice. Went from private school to having cars and the house repossessed. Yay.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Yes... my family lost everything when I was a kid, and we became homeless. The good news is that you can stage a comeback, but you have to want it, and work for it. No one will hand it to you.
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
We went bankrupt but made sure the house was not included. It was just like COVID!
#36
When I was talking to a friend about moving into one of the apartments my family owns, and we arrived at his house which was a tiny condo. I realized that not every family owns apartments, and that I was a bit of an entitled s**t. Now I absolutely despise richness and living anywhere fancy. My plan is to get a job that I enjoy and yes, to live in one of my apartments and just live simply and be kind and giving.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
I think this is an admirable plan. I suspect it may change a bit as you get older, because plans always do, but I think this is an admirable goal.
#37
I was so spoiled, I remember wanting a PS4 for the LEGO Avengers, and my grandma just got me one. I got whatever I wanted all my life, it hit me after she passed away. I work now and go to school, she never taught me, but I was never the bragging type. I was always thankful for what she did, I do not mind working for the things I want now.
To clear confusion, I was 17 at the time, which was last year. I was a senior in high school, and yes I wanted to play LEGO Avengers (Don't judge). I already had an Xbox One, but heard PS4 would get new packs and skins before Xbox.
Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
Guys, he is just 18, coming probably from a middle class family. Yeah, from a poor-family point of view, he is still spoiled, prioritizing some games. But now, he is working to have money, to get them. He did his first step... and step by step he'll learn the skills for an adult-life.
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#38
Parents threw me into a new country and culture straight after high school. No friends, no family. People around me also weren''t the type to put up with your petty c**p. The fact that uni was the last chance I had fortunately enough to have my parents pay for freaking smarted me up.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
It is. The word was not censored on Reddit where BP got this content from.
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Rudy Gobert and his Coronavirus press conference ...three days before his positive test.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
In his defense, he changed his tune after he was tested positive. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nba-star-rudy-cobert-coronavirus-apology_n_5e6b928fc5b6bd8156f61bc2
#40
Ha. This is a good one. For me it was when my bratty spoiled step child found out she was pregnant. When you have a child your life stops and the child is all that matters. It hit too hard for her. I love my grandson but damn that was fun to watch.
Otter 3 years ago
You know what happens when a bratty girl who needs a wake-up call is stuck with the responsibility for a baby? The baby suffers, that's what.
MJ 3 years ago
Or, said “bratty girl” answers the wake-up call, realizes that her child is more important than anything else she could imagine, and busts her butt to finish school with the motivation of creating a good life for her child.
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emer the unreal 3 years ago (edited)
what a horrible person. i'm sorry for the step child that had to grow up with that.
Momma Dubb 3 years ago
Why, in any situation, would that be "fun" to watch? The child is being punished more than anyone else.
Heather Dailey 3 years ago
It's not funny how parents can laugh at that like it's not also their problem, and like the (child) can just raise a child TADA 🎉
Gaby Almodovar 3 years ago
More like someone who just witnessed karma in action...
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Dad took away my yacht. I realized life was hard
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Gwen Christensen 3 years ago
As a young wife and mother I worked a little part time to help out and of course get out in the world. One day a young girl of about 18, was have trouble not to cry. I took her aside and asked if I could help. She explained that this was her first job and her mom wanted her to pay rent and buy food. I put my arm around her and asked "if someone knocked on your door and said , I want to move in please pay for my clothes,food doctors bills etc and you said of course and did so for years wouldn't you want her to help out when she was able just to say thank you for all you've done. The next day she came to work with a big smile it turd out mom only wanted a small amount of money and the girl said it made her feel so grown up to be able to help her mother.
Eiram 3 years ago (edited)
Shr is lucky. My mom made me pay half my paychecks for a job I got so I could earn 2000 to pay for a missionary trip. I didn't belive I should ask others for missionary money (like most missionaries do). I was 16 and never was spoiled. Didn't preach either, just built a homless family a house and went home.
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Ace Girl 3 years ago
I remember the day my mom told me we were millionaires. I think I was in Middle School. We lived a normal middle-class life and my dad dresses like a slob so I was surprised. They've done a lot for me but not too much. I'm thankful they didn't rain money on me and my sister. I know when they pass away I'll probably get some of their money but honestly I hope they give most of it away. I'm doing fine on my own. Thanks Mom and Dad.
Don't Look 3 years ago
I'd learned about poverty from my early childhood all the way through my adult life. My father was paying alimony since before I was born. However, my younger brother and I went to a private school. We lived in a house - in mediocre condition - in a decent neighborhood. Did not have anything high end. We had what was affordable. But my dad was raised poor (end of WW2) and my mother was raised middle/upper middle class. I learned about poverty in stages. But I am reminded of it just often enough to know that I have never been well off and never been in poverty.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Never had the privilege to get what I want when I want. More often than not, it's how to last till dinner as a kid. Will it rain? Take the bus and skip lunch? How to get the expensive text book for photocopy? How to get to work today? How do I get home after at 11 PM? Ah those were the days.
Daniel Cadman 3 years ago
Used to work in a restaurant that belonged to my mom, learnt very early on that you need money to survive. Had two ladies come in one night and vandalized the bathroom stalls with nail polish and throwing whole rolls of tp in the toilet. One client saw them doing this and reported it to my mom. Long story short, my mom didnt lay charges but they were told to work everyday during their holiday at the restaurant, their father complied. They came in for the next 2 weeks everyday from open to close and learnt a lesson i think
Ivy Zhang 3 years ago
I go to one of the best private schools in my state for school, and its terrible. Some of the kids there are so entitled, getting starbucks every morning, casually buying designer brand clothing, wearing it once, and when it goes out of fashion just throwing it out. Complaining that their parents won't buy them new things, etc. My parents, yes, do earn a lot, but it all goes towards my brother's and my education. Yes, we can live comfortably, but only by being extremely frugal and saving as much as we can. In my school, probably somewhere around half the kids are there just because their parents are extremely rich, and pay their way in. The other half are actually smart and get in because they're smart. Very very rarely do we have someone who is rich, down-to-earth, and actually smart.
Gwen Christensen 3 years ago
As a young wife and mother I worked a little part time to help out and of course get out in the world. One day a young girl of about 18, was have trouble not to cry. I took her aside and asked if I could help. She explained that this was her first job and her mom wanted her to pay rent and buy food. I put my arm around her and asked "if someone knocked on your door and said , I want to move in please pay for my clothes,food doctors bills etc and you said of course and did so for years wouldn't you want her to help out when she was able just to say thank you for all you've done. The next day she came to work with a big smile it turd out mom only wanted a small amount of money and the girl said it made her feel so grown up to be able to help her mother.
Eiram 3 years ago (edited)
Shr is lucky. My mom made me pay half my paychecks for a job I got so I could earn 2000 to pay for a missionary trip. I didn't belive I should ask others for missionary money (like most missionaries do). I was 16 and never was spoiled. Didn't preach either, just built a homless family a house and went home.
Load More Replies... Ace Girl 3 years ago
I remember the day my mom told me we were millionaires. I think I was in Middle School. We lived a normal middle-class life and my dad dresses like a slob so I was surprised. They've done a lot for me but not too much. I'm thankful they didn't rain money on me and my sister. I know when they pass away I'll probably get some of their money but honestly I hope they give most of it away. I'm doing fine on my own. Thanks Mom and Dad.
Don't Look 3 years ago
I'd learned about poverty from my early childhood all the way through my adult life. My father was paying alimony since before I was born. However, my younger brother and I went to a private school. We lived in a house - in mediocre condition - in a decent neighborhood. Did not have anything high end. We had what was affordable. But my dad was raised poor (end of WW2) and my mother was raised middle/upper middle class. I learned about poverty in stages. But I am reminded of it just often enough to know that I have never been well off and never been in poverty.
Random Anon 3 years ago
Never had the privilege to get what I want when I want. More often than not, it's how to last till dinner as a kid. Will it rain? Take the bus and skip lunch? How to get the expensive text book for photocopy? How to get to work today? How do I get home after at 11 PM? Ah those were the days.
Daniel Cadman 3 years ago
Used to work in a restaurant that belonged to my mom, learnt very early on that you need money to survive. Had two ladies come in one night and vandalized the bathroom stalls with nail polish and throwing whole rolls of tp in the toilet. One client saw them doing this and reported it to my mom. Long story short, my mom didnt lay charges but they were told to work everyday during their holiday at the restaurant, their father complied. They came in for the next 2 weeks everyday from open to close and learnt a lesson i think
Ivy Zhang 3 years ago
I go to one of the best private schools in my state for school, and its terrible. Some of the kids there are so entitled, getting starbucks every morning, casually buying designer brand clothing, wearing it once, and when it goes out of fashion just throwing it out. Complaining that their parents won't buy them new things, etc. My parents, yes, do earn a lot, but it all goes towards my brother's and my education. Yes, we can live comfortably, but only by being extremely frugal and saving as much as we can. In my school, probably somewhere around half the kids are there just because their parents are extremely rich, and pay their way in. The other half are actually smart and get in because they're smart. Very very rarely do we have someone who is rich, down-to-earth, and actually smart.
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