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Kids from well-off families have a huge head start against their peers. As serial entrepreneur, investor, and consultant Bernie Klinder put it, they are born on 3rd base, and making a home run is fairly easy.

Brand new BMWs for their sweet 16, fully-paid college degrees, and houses for wedding presents. Even if they fail at life, the bank of dad can bail them out, providing enough to get by.

On Friday, Reddit user u/TacticalTuna2 decided to find out more about the way wealthy parents raise their boys and girls, so they asked: "People who grew up rich, what's something you thought was normal?" And their call was answered.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged If I broke something, it was just a funny joke about how clumsy I am, and it got replaced immediately. I've had so many phones, computers, and cameras that I can't even count, so I only realized as an adult that people don't just throw away their broken or used stuff, but actually fix it.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Eating out every single day. My parents are super well off, but work a ton, and neither had time to cook. So at least one, if not both meals were delivered to the house every day, sometimes from really fancy restaurants. I always thought that home-cooked food and family dinners on TV were fake. I only realized it was abnormal when my friend came over. She said she liked the pasta at this local Italian restaurant, so I went on my phone and ordered her some on DoorDash (we were about 15 at the time), and she was in complete shock that I was allowed to do that.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My whole family was always working super hard but we almost never went out to a restaurant. They'd always find time to cook at home. I think it's because they don't trust the food outside of home 😅

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged By the time I was 23 I’d had 5 cars. When I got my second brand new car in about 18 months I learned that some people can never afford a brand new car in their life. I honestly had no idea. When a friend was saying she needed to get a credit card so she could buy a car I genuinely didn’t understand why. Credit scores weren’t a thing I was aware of. I’d been on my parents AmEx account since I was about 12 which gave me perfect credit right out of the gate. I realize that now, but even then I don’t think I really knew what a credit score was until I was in my 30’s.

When I was a teenager in the 90’s my mom would hand me $50’s & $100’s because I asked for money.

Having a passport & going to countries other than Canada or Mexico.

Having a Nordstrom card with my name on it when I was 11 because my mom hated school clothes shopping.

Nearly 40 and had never paid my own rent. Never bought my own car. Never paid my own insurance. Never even paid for my own gas.

I worked. Hard. Made good money. My parents paid for everything. I racked up tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt and my parents had to bail me out. Multiple times.

This is embarrassing…I have way to many of these. Even with all of that they did instill a good work ethic in me. So there’s that.

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Horatio Jay
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get this attitude. Obviously this person has had a very materially-priveleged life, but that doesn't make their feelings meaningless.

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Carmen Honacker
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So they distilled a good work ethic, but somehow did not instil how to be a responsible adult who manages their own money/budget?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I appreciate these people's honesty. I also know that parents who raise their kids like this really aren't doing them any favors.

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K. Anderson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I blame them. I had a friend in a similar situation. As her dad got older he didn’t have the money he used to as he wasn’t working. When she finally had to start working & supporting herself she was not prepared. Her dad still had to help pay her car insurance & phone, property taxes & some other bills. She went from using her dads credit card at Neumann Marcus, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom to barely being able to get new shoes every year

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gods, having great credit right out the gate because your parents added you to their credit card seems like such a cheat. How we haven’t already risen up and eaten the rich for their blatantly criminal entitlement is beyond me…

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not at all fair, but you don't have to be super rich for this to work, just have parents with decent middle class credit. My mom put me on one of her cards when I was a teen, for emergencies. When I went to open my own accounts my credit report showed a credit history older than I was. Logically it doesn't make sense, but it counts toward your credit score. It definitely puts people who don't have that kind of parental support at an unfair disadvantage.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine my surprise to find my response from the first time I ever use Reddit to show up on Bored Panda. This post was asking how naive were you growing up. Clearly I was naive. I grew up in a town where people had WAY more than my family. So for me to get out of that town & into the real world I had to learn some things. Yes. I have lived a very privileged life. No denying that. We are immigrants & my parents value different things. Travel. Education. Are the top two things they wanted for us. Material things are just that. Material. My father admitted that he was at fault for not talking to us about finances. How to save or invest. So. No. My parents aren't bad parents. They never had stipulations to money. They never held it over our heads. I'm guessing none of you would WILLINGLY move home at 38 to be with your mother who was alone & having health issues. Eight years later I’m still living with her. WILLINGLY.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad you're noticing more of the world and recognizing how different your experience has been from others'. I understand your inclination toward defensiveness, but you should know that travel and education ARE material things that many people can't afford. Also, most people would live with their parents if their parents needed help. In a lot of countries it's pretty normal to have multiple generations living together in one home.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If parent's don't teach their kids about credit and credit card debt then no one will. Just had to have my dad help me with my debt (currently on a payment plan to pay him off for it). He was shocked that I didn't learn about that in school. He even felt guilty that he didn't teach me himself. It's sad. EVERYONE needs to know about this stuff.

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Sarah Gilbert
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ignore the haters. Even if your shoes are hundreds of dollars more expensive to walk in then mine, I haven't walked in your shoes so cannot judge. None of us is perfect and starting off "ahead financially" doesn't always lead to successful and joyful existence.

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K. Anderson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

His parents set him up too. They didn’t teach him anything & always paid for everything. They are part of the problem

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Charlotte Leaver
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dont see the point of this thread, I grew up very poor and find most of these posts insulting.

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Sage Gusano
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's parental failure. I don't care how much you have. If you don't teach your kids its value and how the world works in the big picture, you have failed.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes you wonder how long after the parents are dead and gone all of their money will be gone too

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of a rich guy who wanted to go on a date. Sorry. Can't go now. I have no money for the train or food. Must wait til the end of the month. He thought I just made up an excuse. He could not believe it was true. Wear something fancy lol arrogant jerk. I said yeah I'll borrow something from my ex's wife to go out with you. Kept bragging about his money. Bought himself idiotic expensive clothes on the date and said: Don't you want a rich guy for a change? Neh. I'm more attracted to homeless guys. That's what you get when you only look at the pic. He looked good.

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Anna Simpson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dont mean to be disrespectful but I do find it a little sad that your parents never gave you the opportunity to learn how to take care of yourself.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To all daddy warbucks….life is oh so willing to slap your child upside the face. Please raise adults, not children. Please teach your young adults the true cost of the graces granted them. Rich ‘kids’ could end up on the street if not taught financial life long lessons. 🤦🏽‍♀️🙏🏼🤫😔😔

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did this person never watch TV or a movie? How could he not know that many people can't afford new cars?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I work hard too but I'm still poor. I've had to pay all of my rent and utilities since I was 17 years old, I've never had a credit card as I could never get one due to my credit score. I've never owned my own car (I currently drive my mum's as she's now got Alzheimer's and I'm her carer), I couldn't afford to get a passport until I was 40 years old and I was only able to afford that because I was made redundant and I had a decent pay out. That payout also allowed me to take my driving test as I couldn't afford to before then. During all this I was battling horrendous depression and anxiety and wasn't able to work a lot of the time. I'm able to work now but I still only make barely above minimum wage in the UK and we rarely get payrises as I work for the NHS and the government have kept us at the same rate for the last 15 years whilst inflation has rocketed.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also couldn't afford to replace any appliances in my home. I spent 12 months without a fridge because I couldn't afford it, I'd hang my milk etc out of my window in a bag in the colder months but couldn't have anything fresh in the warmer months. My washing machine broke and I had just enough money to buy a second hand one which didn't last long and I had to buy another second hand one. It's only the last few years I've been able to buy a brand new fridge, washing machine, tumble drying, bed and mattress (Second hand mattresses and beds since I left home).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i'm 34 and i've never paid rent, bought a car, or paid for my own insurance, because i live with my parents and my money goes into the household funds, and my mom takes care of the insurance and bills and everything. i have paid for my own gas, though, back when i could still work.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the way you were raised. How could you know anything different? No one chooses the situation they are born in, good or bad.

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Tabitha Harrison
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Growing up without one single extracurricular activity did make me feel at a disadvantage as an adult. My parents were not loving or doting and did not teach any skills to me or my siblings and they resented education overall. It's hard to not feel envy for people who experienced team sports, learned a second language or play an instrument. I did believe that extracurricular activities were reserved for the wealthy so I appreciate this post.

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Lauren A
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uh bruh if you were rich you wouldn’t get into credit card debt . What kind of bs story is this lol . And you said you made good money

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J Robertson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because ultimately it was my parents money. I was living like they were footing the bill. I may have made good money but when you're living beyond your means it doesn't matter how much you make.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do find some a bit weird, don't they teach dinner of these things at school? Or do they just skip "poor" people's life skills when you are in "rich" kids school?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rich people claiming they got rich through hard work. "Yes I worked hard to be born into money."

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J Robertson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never claimed to be rich. My parents have money and worked really f••king hard for everything and accomplished the "American Dream." That is and was my family dynamic. I was naive but my childhood was like so many others I grew up with. Just because someone comes from privilege does not automatically make them a lazy awful person.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well.. they are the ones that forgot to teach you finances.. so.. kinda makes sense they are responsible for the consequences of that..

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, you're right. I only worked 10-12 hour days 5, 6 and 7 days a week for years. I can milk a cow, design and produce a garment from scratch that is made from the wool of sheep I sheared. Pull a bicycle or motorcycle apart and put it back together. I've forgotten more about cars than you'll ever know. But can't all girls do that? No? Just me? Yeah. Thought so.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, embarrassing...Way 'too' many bailouts they meant went 'to' them? These bailout recipients get started young. And yet these types b*tch about liberals wanting to be charitable? FU

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J Robertson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not that you care but myself and my family are staunch liberals. We are not american. We are not greedy. I've been out protesting since I was a young teenager. I've fought for the environment. I've fought for social justice. I continue to fight for these things on a daily basis. You know what my privilege has afforded me the most? A VERY LOUD VOICE and I use it. Was I naive about things, yes. That's what the original question was asking. Just because you don't understand my family dynamic does not mean you get to judge me. I acknowledge my privileged up bringing. Those things do not make me who I am my integrity does.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is actually bad parenting and they did him a big disservice. what will happen when they'll be gone and there'll be nobody there to bail him out?

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J Robertson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. I'm not a dude. Clearly you missed the undertone of that was in the past.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How you can be so detached from reality baffles me. It's not like you'd never see poorer people around. I guess they live in ivory towers and ignore decent people.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was MY reality. Just because I knew people didn't have what I had doesn't mean I comprehended things like credit scores & car payments. I'm a bleeding heart that is always helping the homeless. I do coat drives to collect before the NW hits winter every year. Still doesn't mean I understood how finances worked. Being a naive young person doesn't mean I was a bad person.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would hide in depressed shame if anyone paid my bills. I guess this is normal for some.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have owned 2 cars and I bought both of them used. I moved out because my parents were always asking me for money and it was too expensive to keep helping them pay their bills. I have bought all my own clothes and personal items since I was 13, helped with the house payment since I was 14, finally cut my parents off when I was 19 and moved out for the 3rd and last time.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don't seem embarrassed. You seem to like talking about it given the extensive list.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm on my third car (well technically the fourth, as I still have the third) in 31 years of driving and 27 of car ownership. My current car is now 22 years old, and I've had it from new, and I had to work to buy it myself.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know if the OP could ever fully understand what a privilege it is to have "perfect" credit from the start. Having good credit is SO important; a lot of the things we wish to do - from buying or renting a home to getting a job - are affected by credit scores. Also, depending on where you are, utility companies can require a sometimes pretty hefty deposit from people with poor credit. If you are young, begin to establish credit now and maintain/improve it as you go. It will pay off later, believe me.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you. I 100% understand it now. I grew up in a smallish city. Everyone went to public school. The only private schools were Christian ones. So in that sense I didn't have anymore advantage over other suburban kids for education. They did not teach us anything about credit. I am in full support of changing curriculum to include in the last part of HS to include a life skills class. What credit is & how you build it. What happens with credit cards. How to buy a car. How to buy a home. The benefits of owning or renting depending on you circumstances at the time. Kids today have no idea how to write a check. I've never lived anywhere that rent wasn't paid with a check. In the end. This post asked the question that was basically how naive were you. I clearly was naive. But I've always been extremely generous. I've given the shoes of my feet and the coat of my back more times than I can remember because I knew I could just get more. So thank you for being kind as many were not.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had five “new to me” cars, it was because they all broke down because we could not afford to buy better ones. Builds character to walk 10 miles to a $5 an hour job..right? *oh I’m a character all right! 😳

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You gotta pump those numbers up...those are rookie numbers.....you're also a wanker.

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thats nothing. by the time I was 5 I had 23 cars. u poor trash

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I thought participating in multiple extracurricular activities was a normal thing. Now when I think about how much my parents spent on my swimming, piano, skating, ballet, soccer...wow

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My parents were not wealthy but I was in at least two activities at any given time

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Having a pool. Everyone always wanted to come over to use it. Doesn't everyone else have a pool? Oh...

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I always thought my family wasn't very well off because it seemed everyone else at my school had two houses (their primary residence plus a beach house or ski house) and we only had one.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged We had a maid. I didn't realize everyone else didn't.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well someone has to be that maid, and maids don't have maids as they would spend more time working to pay them than doing the cleaning work in their own homes themself. A bit of logic could quickly disprove that.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged 1. Being able to go to college/school without thinking about cost.

2. Being able to choose " Whatever " major I wanted, without thinking about if that major would lead to a paying career that would help support my parents and myself after I graduated.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Vacations, big time. Getting a new car every three to six years. Being unable to understand why people wanted to raise taxes. Country clubs and $50,000-plus weddings. Being able to afford maids, accountants, and being in contact with a lawyer constantly. Blindly accepting capitalism with fervent spirit

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I had a friend growing up that if there was something he wanted or felt that he needed to have he would call the store place the purchase and bill it to the family account or go online and buy it using his parents credit card he had and didn't need to ask permission or even tell them he did it and hey were okay with it. I thought he was kidding when he told me this or was lying until he proved it by buying us new $1500 matching dirt bikes.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Clothes, never wore them more than twice. Gave them to charity and just bought more. Shoes too, I had more shoes than I could ever need.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what a waste , yes you gave them to charity but fck me , more money than sense

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged having multiple types of cheese in the fridge at all times.

I was shocked at how expensive cheese was when I moved out lol.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is cultural. Where I am at, people regularly eat various cheeses that are considered a luxury and are quite expensive in some other parts of the world. It is the same all around. Some foods that are extravagant to us are part of a common diet in those 'far away' places they originate from.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged We had steak for dinner four or five days a week — so much that my brother and I got so sick of it. I didn’t understand the draw of steakhouses and only having steak on a special occasion.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I thought everyone owned a washing machine and was able to vacation every year.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess I'm living in a rich country, cuz basically everyone here owns a washing machine. But yeah, norway is rich so.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Vacations every year. Having more than one house. Buying whatever.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Getting a house when you're old enough, just because...

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my country, most people can't life alone or with a partner before 30. I'm not saying buying a house nor buying a small apartment, just not sharing one.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I didn't know that it wasn't normal to always take a stretch limo to the airport like my family did.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Fully expecting a car for 16th birthday (and getting one).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Purely an American thing since most of the world requires you to be 18 before you can drive.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I didn’t know there was anything smaller than those “big chairs” in a plane

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

never even be able to get in a plane. those who could afford that always looks priviledged for me

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I assumed that it was a middle-class thing to have multiple summer homes on different islands and huge homes in NYC, fancy vacations, and private schools, and and and. Us kids were alwayse reminded that having so many homes was very hard work, which I guess it was, and 'rich' people didn't have to work hard and therefore we looked down on 'rich' people for being kinda lazy and of questionable character.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged You don't have to pay your own student loan.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never known anyone with money who had a student loan. You paid for school outright or got a scholarship.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I thought a weekly allowance was something everyone got growing up. We were given $20 a week.

xxxspinxxx , Allef Vinicius Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pocket money or an allowance is something many non-rich people do get...it's just usually a small amount.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I thought all houses cost at least a million dollars. Where I come from, that's not a mansion — it's just the cost of a regular house. Or it was when I was a kid in the '90s; now everything's at least two million.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or you're just from Australia. Good luck finding a box on the street below a million dollars here.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged I thought almost all adults had graduate degrees

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yupp me too but then I got educated at school and found out it wasn't so...😅

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Ski Trips.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Norway, ski trips are not only for rich people (except if you go abroad to ski).

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Often having additions put on the house. My dad's ideology was that if he was going to stay in the house for the rest of his life, might as well make it bigger

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An actual rich person would just have bought a bigger home rather than suffer the works in progess in this franken-house.

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Having 2 fridges! I thought that was a thing everyone had

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Caroline
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have two, but we got the second one from my grandfather when he sold his house. We have it in the basement and it's only full of soda cans, hehe ^^' (edit: they last for months)

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29 Rich People Share What Things Were Normal To Them Until They Realized They Were So Privileged Having designs painted on your walls

ommyLolaT , Mika Baumeister Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not necessarily a rich thing, could also be a sign of an artist in the family.

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