'The richer you are, the more free stuff you get.'
People Who Grew Up Poor And Are Now Rich Are Sharing The Most Shocking Things They Learned About The RichThings that happen in our childhoods obviously affect us as adults, including how we grew up — poor, middle class, or rich. A Redditor recently,"Redditors who grew up in poverty and are now rich, what's the biggest shock about rich people you learned?" the answers really surprised me.
"I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination, and it might not shock others — but going on vacation. When I was a kid, we just stayed home every summer. I never went anywhere and generally stayed within the same 200km radius of where I live. We didn't have a lot of money. Now, I go on vacation twice a year, and I've been all over the world. 17-year-old me would be in awe."
"Now, as adults with more money than my parents could have imagined, we not only have substantial personal savings but also know many people who could help us if things got bad. If worst came to worst, we have multiple friends with vacation properties that they barely use that we could move into. Not that I think it will ever come to that, but life is dramatically different, never having to worry financially about a job loss, illness, or unexpected car expenses.
"I grew up pretty poor, and my wife is insanely rich. In my house, if your car breaks down, you fix it or take it to a mechanic. In her house, they would buy a new car. This dawned on me when our washing machine broke. I ordered the part on Amazon and an hour later saw she had ordered a new washer from Lowe’s. She’s gotten better, but her first impulse is just to buy a new one of whatever is broken.
"My husband grew up extremely poor. I grew up upper middle class and helped him upgrade to that lifestyle. The biggest shock for him is food. Diets are completely different."
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