Things We Don't Realise Only Rich People Do

If you have space for a bathtub over a stall, you're living in the lap of luxury.

"Showing my age but having a shower in your house. Back in the day only people with money had showers, we all only had baths."

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Imagine if he heard that people even have dedicated soup spoons. So many little things one doesn't think of.

"Knowing what a duvet cover is and owning one. I remember when my wife and I were newlyweds and she was telling me how we needed a duvet cover for our bed. I had no clue what a duvet cover was prior as I always thought people just purchase sheets and/or the big ass blankets with the lion/tiger prints. Suffice to say, my mind was blown away."

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Impulse buys? In this economy?

"Having food delivered. $5-$10 mark up?? Are you kidding?

For that matter, just going OUT to eat was a luxury."

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Some of us still wearing the same shirts our older siblings wore out.

"Eating out. Birthday presents and Christmas presents that's not clothes or school supply. New clothes that's not hand me downs. And haircuts at a hair dresser."

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Summer camp meant staying home and helping out.

"Kids that went to summer camp. I got sent to long distant family and worked on family farm."

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The biggest myth is that eating healthy is cheap

"Fresh fruit and vegetables. Anything we ever got was frozen or from a can. Frozen and canned last longer too.

People that openly had fruit bowls on their tables was the epitome of lavish for me as a kid."

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Because for some, every thing needed to be accounted for, or the kids wouldn't have breakfast left.

"Being allowed to go in the fridge and get something to drink or eat without having to ask or worry about being yelled at."

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Waiting for things to get royally bad before heading to the doctor because the isnurance was too expensive.

"Not having to worry about food or bills. Paying out of pocket at the dentist"

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Why spend the money when you can pop a third sweater on?

"Have the heating on in the winter"

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Having everything within eyesight got boring really quick.

"Stairs. I've always lived in an apartment, so for me, I really hope that I'll one day have a house with stairs.
Also well-balanced meals, three meals a day."

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The ultimate poverty meal

"Paying all your bills without eating Ramen noodles."

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When there's so much to worry about, the fights keep happening.

"Parents that didn’t fight. Mine and my other poor friends’ parents were always fighting. Most of the time my parents fought it was over money. You could tell that they were just scared whether or not we were going to make it and that’s how it manifested. You just never really saw that same type of fighting at the friend's parents who were comfortable.

Like obviously there’s more factors but there’s a unique chaotic tension in poor households that is hard to describe."

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You stuck to the mains and grabbed the deal if there was one.

"Getting an appetizer and/or dessert at a restaurant in addition to an entree."

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Privacy is often the privilege of the rich.

"Everyone having their own room. We all slept in a single room."

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You either did the work yourself or waited for things to become irreparable.

"Hiring people to either cook, clean, mow the grass or do snow removal in the winter.

Showing my age but rich people didn't need layaway to afford back to school or Christmas shopping

I don't remember ever having name brand items, food or clothing. It was all generic Kmart. I bought my son a pair of Nike shoes and thought I felt rich for doing so."

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Some of us had to go to thrift stores...and not for the aesthetic.

"Going to a store to pick out furniture. Like, actually buying NEW stuff, not just taking whatever you can find at thrift stores or garage sales. That seems so luxurious!"

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You just trained your body to adjust around the lumps.

"A new mattress."

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Only ever seen it in the movies

"Parents buying a car for your 16th birthday"

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Ever done the math between whether you could get BOTH milk and eggs this week?

"Not knowing EXACTLY how much money you have at any given time."

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That's this whole paycheck gone then.

"Not having to panic if your car breaks down"

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That's just straight royalty

"Those fridges with the water dispenser on it"

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Doctors were for emergencies only.

"Regular doctor's office visits or seeing a dentist at all for anything other than an emergency."

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On the bright side, you don't smile much when you're dirt poor.

"Having nice teeth that don't cause constant, debilitating pain"

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Replacing something without a second thought

"Indifference. I realized what real wealth meant in high school when we cleaned up trash from a creek and the rich kids wore their Polo shirts, Guess jeans, and Jordan's because if they were trashed they simply would get new. The poor kids wore their grubby clothes they do labour in.

Wealth is shown most acutely by indifference, nothing matters because money will fix it and there is plenty enough to fill black holes."

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Doing mental gymnastics to convince yourself you're worth it.

"Being able to buy something you need without having to ask yourself how badly you need it"

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Moving was a group effort

"Hiring moving men. Especially if they're the ones who pack all your s**t for you, too.
So many times, I would borrow a friend's pickup (and buy my friend's help with offers of pizza and beer) to move from one s**tty place to another.
For my most recent move, my wife and I packed everything but hired professionals to load and unload it. I felt like a king."

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Therapy is for the rich

"Having enough money to go to a psychologist for mental health."

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And actually staying at a hotel *gasp*

"Vacations that weren't visiting family."

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Having faith in the tank to give us one more day as it hovers over that E

"There's a line from Nick in new girl that describes being well off as 'filling your gas tank up all the way rich.' That was the rich I wanted to be. Comfortable. Also not having to do math in the grocery store to see what food you can buy."

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We don't deserve moms.

"Eating pizza because you want to not because it's $2. That and mom eating along with us normally instead of pretending that the crust is her favourite part and that's why she'd eat the crust we leave."

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