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People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I am the "rich kid".

Had the ephiphany of how good I had it after I went to college.

I literally didn't even know my family was rich. Like I knew we had money but I didn't see what everyone else saw. We lived in a 7,400 square foot house while the rest of my friends had 2-3,000 square foot homes. I didn't see the difference. I just thought "They have a house, and I have a house. Seems fair". I got a brand new Audi on my 17th birthday and the rest of my friends drove pontiacs and toyotas. I thought "They have a car, and I have a car". It just literally never clicked in my head. So I guess my rich kid syndrome is jaded ignorance.

How misguided I was.

czarcasticjew , Expect Best Report

Final score:

232points

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Eva the Egg 3 years ago

Its good that you realised it!

157points

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) My personal favorite was in college - kid down the hall from me bought a brand new Fender Stratocaster and played with it for a day and got bored and sold it to me case and all for $20. I still have it and play it fifteen years later. It's a great guitar.

maklershed , Mitch Report

Final score:

229points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

For $20 that is a steal!

74points

Entrepreneur Wolf revealed what a good socioeconomic status means in practice. "What this looks like in reality is that if a kid from an upper-middle-class or wealthier part of town gets in trouble, the district attorney, officer, and or judge is going to take into consideration who the child's parents are and that child's prospects in life in general," he said that Lady Justice isn't always blind.

Unfortunately, kids with less well-off parents often don't have the same luxury of influential community members supporting them. "When you compare this to what a child who is a minority whose parents do not come from a place of abundance and especially if that child's parents has a criminal history of any kind, then they are simply going to be more susceptible and vulnerable to the consequences the law would provide." The advantages of being rich don't stop there. While wealthier families may be able to afford a private attorney, poorer ones have to use a public defender and are at a disadvantage.

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) My ex wife used to drive a 1998 Honda Accord. She treated it badly and so one day I got into it to drive somewhere and I noticed that it was falling apart.

I had two options; junkyard or sell it, and so I put it on Craigslist for $250. I thought it could go to a low income family that had someone with some know how who could semi restore it, but when I meet the buyer he was not who I expected. He pulled up in a brand new Escalade and told me that he that his son was spoiled. His son had crashed a BMW, Mercedes, and an Audi and so he was done buying him nice cars. Turns out, this guy purchased my car as a way of torturing his son.

Andykbrown , InSapphoWeTrust Report

Final score:

193points

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Kristal 3 years ago

Ouch

55points

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Worked with this kid who was a good kid, but completely disconnected from financial reality for most people. He’d just moved out west from another state and was trying to get on like a “normal” adult.

He went to buy a new car and was shocked that they couldn’t just bill his dad for it, since they didn’t know him.

He ordered a bottle of wine at a restaurant and the sommelier said “certainly, sir.” Then the sommelier whispered “just for your knowledge, sir, the bottle is $700.”

He looked straight at him and asked “is that a lot?”

gaqua , cottonbro Report

Final score:

192points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

Wow...

63points

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I dated this girl, and she loved KFC. She ended up getting her dad to buy the franchise off the one across the road, and relocate it to the same side of the road as her apartment was on so she didn't have to cross the road...

howifarmwood , bob walker Report

Final score:

188points

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nanashi 3 years ago

and now I will always think about this whenever a store/franchise got relocated ever

80points

However, this kind of safety net doesn't translate well into developing strong virtues that lead to success. "By giving that rich kid a soft place to land, you robbed him or her of the experience of taking full responsibility for their actions and sent the message that just because you have money you are different and don't have to adhere by the same set of rules as other children. This is the worst thing you can do to that kid and you're setting the child up for a life of entitlement," Wolf told Bored Panda.

Being spoiled in our childhoods by wealthy family members, however, isn't the end of the tale. There's still room to bounce back, Wolf says. This requires actually coming face-to-face with real struggles, though. "This is a nature versus nurture type of situation. even if a child is somewhat spoiled, and very well taken care of they can still turn out to be a good person that has empathy, love, and tolerance for another person. This all has to do with that child's life experience. It is impossible for a rich kid to ever really understand the struggle that a poor person goes through because that simply isn't their experience, thus it could only ever be hypothetical until they experience real struggle in their own life."

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) A girl in my school was "surprised" by her parents in the school's parking lot with a new BMW. A freaking BMW. Everyone who is out is basically watching this go down and she starts crying. At first we are all thinking its because she's so happy but then she runs back into the school. Apparently they were supposed to show up earlier (I'm assuming when there would be more students to witness the surprise).

I felt bad for the Dad because he looked totally embarrassed and sad about it. You know in his head he's like, "I created this monster".

PazzaCiccio , Simon_sees Report

Final score:

173points

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nanashi 3 years ago

I blame MTV's Super Sweet 16 for giving me the impression that ALL teens are spoiled

66points

SpiritualAmbassador , Asad Photo Maldives Report

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Ex-girlfriend's friend said to me, "Can you believe there are people who have never been on a private jet??"

"Uhh, yeah, I'm one of them..."

Final score:

165points

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nanashi 3 years ago

what's the difference between private jet and 'normal' air travel? the service? the leg room?

33points

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I used to work for a restaurant that celebrated free pancake day. On free pancake day I had a most interesting encounter. This college kid comes in and takes an entire 4 person table all to himself. Sets up a Mac book brings out a Mac air puts on headphones connected to his iPhone. He wont take off his headphones to order and wont look at me. Just wants the free pancakes and water. He stays for over two hours during our busiest day. Finally we are getting ready to end the event and are collecting donations for the local children's hospital. I stop by his table and let him know. He puts up one finger and makes a big show of shutting is laptop. Pausing his music and finally takes his headphones off. Turns to me and says "I don't think people should get free stuff." Then setups everything back up and makes this shoe gesture at me.

I thank god every day I don't wake up being that a-hole.

JJengland , Eduardo Dutra Report

Final score:

160points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

"just wants the free pancakes and water", "I don't think people should get free stuff." Ok then why did you?

112points

Wolf opened up that the "only thing" he's seen that really works that helps rich kids stay grounded is when their parents "manufacture situations, rules, and ideologies that would simulate the same kind of experiences and struggles that a child who comes from less abundance would have to endure."

One example of this would be a kid having to earn the things they want instead of getting them just because their parents have money. "So if that rich kid wants a new bike, then dad has to explain that the bike cost money and even if he is willing to pay for some of it, the child is going to need to go out and earn the rest of it doing chores, mowing lawns, asking if the neighbors will hire them to do odd jobs, etc. to raise the funds. By taking the simple action, you are teaching the child that you have to work for anything in life that you want."

#10

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I was that poor kid who ended up getting a scholarship to a ridiculous private school.

The one thing that stood out massively for me was probably how much people cared about what everyone else parents did. Like your parents achievements counted for yourself.

"My daddy just brought a new plane" (Yes a literal statement)

"So what does your dad do?"

When I replied "F*** all" they laughed and thought I was being cool about it.

Shelldonix , Lau Svensson Report

Final score:

145points

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Gin. No tonic 3 years ago

Literal private school conversation between two 10-year-olds: A: I don't care! My dad's the mayor! B: Well, my grandpa's the prime minister! *end of conversation* *A is speechless* I'm pretty sure B's grandpa was not a part of any government, but he knew how to play that game.

58points

#11

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Moved states in the summer before high school started and the family was basically living out of suitcases for two months as we were transitioning, finding a house, scheduling movers, etc. The second week of freshman year I walk into a class and sit down.

"Eww!"

I look up at a girl across the table. She looks disgusted.

"What?"

She points at my shirt and I immediately look for spilled something.

"Didn't you wear that last week?!"

Confused, "Yeah, it's my shirt..."

"I never wear the same thing twice."

Turns out, she wasn't the only one at that school like that, but they were the minority by far.

Galgareth , Sixyfifty Report

Final score:

134points

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Giulia 3 years ago

"yall are so rich but have never heard of a washing machine?" is the appropriate response

25points

#12

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) A Saudi guy in the UK got in a crash, with light damage to one side of brand new Mercedes. He called for one of his assistants to come get him, even though the car was fully driveable. My friend rolled up on call with his tow truck and asked the guy where he wanted the MErc towed. The guy gave him the keys and said "Keep it; I don't want it.'

Aiku , crash71100 Report

Final score:

131points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

Well win for the friend!

84points

Wolf explained that this lesson of earning things by the sweat of your brow will "continue to pay dividends" because they'll understand the real value of money. What's more, they'll appreciate the bike or whatever else they wanted to get far, far more because of everything they had to do to earn it. "You can extrapolate those types of manufactured situations well into the teenage years of the child to help them stay grounded and give them as much real-world experience as you possibly can while still helping them and being a good supportive parent."

For entrepreneur Wolf, there can be no understanding of the true value of money without learning how it works. "Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is just cut their kids off financially give them the gift of struggling to have to figure life out for themselves. Personally, with my own kids I like to think of it as preparing them for the world," he opened up about his own parenting style, adding that he's afraid that if his children are handed everything, they'll be soft and unprepared for how tough real-life can be.

#13

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) This one is kinda mild I guess, but goes to show how clueless wealthy kids can be, completely unaware of the disparity between them and average income people.

Anyways he picked me up in a new $85,000 sportscar one day. The newest Corvette special edition model fresh off the line. I said wow dude your car is incredible. He said he wished everyone knew he had to work a full month with his Grandfather and earned it himself.

weighter , crash71100 Report

Final score:

123points

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nanashi 3 years ago

...at least he earned it with his own effort. that's something to be proud of.

50points

#14

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) a kid from my school was driving drunk and killed his two passengers. he got no jail time, no probation. his parents bought him out of it and he was still able to have his license. he was 14.

18_bee , JESHOOTS Report

Final score:

115points

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nanashi 3 years ago

one part of me thinks "well he was a kid, why punish him for life?", and the other part is "how is THAT a dismissible offense to obtain a license?"

94points

charliebear_904 , Isabella Mendes Report

#15

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Humble rich kid, I was a club at my college town and my roommates new friend who drove a raptor was at the bar. I started shooting stuff and we were getting along so I offered to buy a Y-Bomb (Vodka-RedBull Shot).

Being as wealthy as he is he said “you don’t have to do that man save your money. Round will be on me.”

I explained to him it didn’t bother I was having a good time and insisted I buy the shot.

Immediately after that, he pulls out a black Amex and purchases the nicest VIP booth in the club around 3k. Then ask what drink packages they have and ask if he could buy 2 bottles on top of Max package. Looks at me and goes “tit for tat”.

Safe to say I don’t recall much after that.

Final score:

114points

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Gandalf the Pink 3 years ago

I honestly get pretty mad about people flaunting their money at me like that. Like in this scenario I'd have a certain sense of pride over my hard earned money that I could for a night buy my friend some shots. For them then to go all out and buy a 3k VIP booth would make me feel real small.

42points

PracticalSpinach , Cristofer Jeschke Report

"In order for them to be prepared, they need to be strong, which means that they need to experience struggle, hunger, want, jealousy, and all the range of emotions that any kid from a poor family would have to go through. I want them to really have a deep empathy for the struggles that other human beings need to go through in order to survive on a daily basis and I truly believe that this can be done in a controlled environment where we are not neglecting our kids while giving them the most competitive edge in life spiritually, physically, mentally, and financially," Wolf said.

Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, told New York Magazine that well-off kids can stay inside their comfortable bubbles practically forever. “For rich children, it’d be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family’s wealth,” he said.

#16

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I was in a theology class where we were talking about compromises.

teacher: What are some compromises your parents have made?

very rich girl: My mom wanted to go to Hawaii and my dad wanted to go to Mexico so we went to the Bahamas instead.

Final score:

113points

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Antonia 3 years ago

that ís a compromise... lol

59points

#17

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) One of my friends had a roommate his freshman year of college who, their first night in their apartment, was in the kitchen and said something to the effect of "so, how exactly do you make a sandwich?" He was a decent person, but he'd had a nanny and maids who did every little thing for him in the house, so pretty much had to start from scratch learning how to do basic household tasks.

anonymous , cottonbro Report

Final score:

111points

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N G 3 years ago

Asked the question, and assuming he wanted to learn and did indeed make the sandwich himself, good for him.

149points

#18

Gf family is wealthy, she’s working her way to it. But, she was waiting to get a chance for a promotion and the words “I cannot believe anyone would make somebody work for almost a year to get a promotion” came out of her mouth. And I laughed.

steve-the-sloth Report

Final score:

109points

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Yvette Desmarais 3 years ago

Try never getting a promo.

42points

Nathaniel66 , Polina Tankilevitch Report

Johnson continued: “That, honestly, is I think what you see in my film more than anything else. That’s where those feelings of entitlement come from, that’s where you get the snobbery, that’s why those characters seem, at times, offensive.”

Harvard psychiatrist George Vaillant, a specialist in adult resilience and coping, argued in 1981 that childhood capacity for work is one of the best predictors of adult mental health and the capacity to love.

#19

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) There was this rich kid in our class who was literally disgusted by us- buying used stuff (like computer parts) on ebay. Once during conversation i said i bought on ebay memory module for my pc and said to me that i should have a little dignity, and if i buy used stuff i should keep it to myself.

Final score:

105points

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Rick 3 years ago

Keep it to yourself? You should have told them to try that with their unwanted opinion.

102points

#20

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I went to a private school with a gigantic discount because my father has taught there for nearly 20 years at this point. Oh the stories I could tell. One kid flew to Florida for a dentist appointment. One kid bought a jeep with a credit card. At one point we had an ATM on campus for some reason. Someone found a receipt for a withdrawal from a checking account which still had $900,000 in it. I went on a field trip where we stayed in a hotel for a few nights and my roommate couldn't understand why I didn't want to go to a different hotel where we would both pay $100 per night when I only had $100 to last the entire week. I could go on.

alistofthingsIhate , Ono Kosuki Report

Final score:

98points

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Dark_flame 3 years ago

In Sweden the account balance is on the receipt, that used to be the only reason I'd opt for printing a receipt when I was younger. I don't even remember when I went to an ATM last tho, must have been years

3points

#21

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) a friend of mine is paying her abusive, cheating, heinous boyfriends school fees from her parents bank account, she claims they do not notice.

it costs £40,000 per year.

nickoukguy , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

97points

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Eva the Egg 3 years ago

Why is she even paying him??!!

60points

party_atthemoontower Report

Vaillant found that those who had a strong work ethic in their teenage years ended up doing very well for themselves later on in life and had very warm relations with their partners and community members.

On the flip side, those who had the poorest ratings in their capacity to work when they were 14 were far more likely to be unemployed, to have bad relationships, and to have shorter life spans. Intelligence did little to mitigate this.

#22

Dad bought his college aged daughter a house in a VERY nice neighborhood so that she and her friends could live rent free while they attended university. He remodeled the entire house. In all he probably spent close to $2 million. Two weeks after moving in, they left a candle burning while they went to the store to get snacks for a football game. Came home and the house was on fire. A month later, it was good a new for them to move back in.

Final score:

95points

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Harrison Miller 3 years ago

ummmmmm.... WHAT?!

32points

#23

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Not exactly "rich kid syndrome," but there was this family that had two children who attended the elementary school that was connected to my middle school. Every day the two parents would leave the house and drive separately to pick up their two kids before returning home.

I should mention at this point that they each drove a Lamborghini, one black and one orange, back-to-back in the pick up line to get their kids from elementary school.

At first I thought they were just being showy, but then I realized that they were two seaters, so this was really the only way to do it.

RhapsodicRaven , João Paulo Report

Final score:

91points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

If they are so rich why not just buy a 4-seater car?

68points

#24

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) When I was at summer camp one year we were waking up one morning and rich kid goes “man these mattresses suck, I’m gunna have to call my chiropractor when I get home.” The looks he got made him realize that most 12 year olds don’t have a chiropractor on call.

thtsndygyfrmspdrmn2 , Lukas Report

Final score:

88points

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Eva the Egg 3 years ago

What even is a chiropractor

30points

Matt Hollis 3 years ago

someone you pay to put you in more pain than you were previously

28points

Rick 3 years ago

A back cracker

10points

Kat Rob 3 years ago

Like an osteopath but focused on the spine and manipulating it.

8points

Paul Davis 3 years ago

Some chiropractors actually are good and help people with joint problems, but many others are criminals who sell fake and sometimes even dangerous health cures.

3points

Lisa Shaw 3 years ago

A chiropractor is a health care professional focused on the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders, with an emphasis on treatment through manual adjustment and/or manipulation of the spine.

2points

magnadar 3 years ago

It's an Alan Harper guy.

2points

Olly 3 years ago

A back doctor

1point

DangaTank 3 years ago

yeah

1point

Caroline 3 years ago

Search it on Youtube and listen to those wonderful cracks! ^^

1point

WallO'Fire 2 years ago

A really clever psychopath

0points

Mike Perry 3 years ago

A snake oil saleman. It's not a proper medical field and can do more harm than good.

0points

MAX THOMPSON 3 years ago

0points

PrincessTheSiameseKat 3 years ago

basically they give you massages to help your back

0points

names and books 3 years ago

lol my grandpa's a chiropractor so I have a free chiropractor on call

3points

Kristof De Smet 3 years ago

I'm 41 years old, and I don't have one on call (and I have back issues)

3points

sylvantic 3 years ago

bruh. summer camp matresses are terrible, that's the whole point. you go home and sleep on your standard ikea mattress and it feels like a cloud.

2points

Bizianka 3 years ago

Maybe he had some health issues

2points

StormsTempest 3 years ago

I have a chiropractor but that's because I've got scoliosis and it was that, surgery or a back brace for who knows how long

2points

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 3 years ago

What 12 year old has a chiropractor? How about, what 12 year old even has back problems?? I mean, I'm sure there are a few. I was diagnosed with scoliosis and kyphosis around that age. But my back didn't start giving me trouble until years later. Shoot, I WISH I had the back NOW, that I had at 12 LOL!!

1point

Somebody Here 3 years ago

:0 "12 year olds"

1point

Mrs.Hobbit 3 years ago

yay i know the place this picture was taken at!

0points

Jeff Striks 3 years ago

I had a chiro at 12 lol. My family wasn't rich or anything either. They just thought it would help with ear infections (it didn't).

0points

Renita McAfee 3 years ago

???? Disabled and injured children see chiropractors for years. Many don't look like they've had problems due to the hard work of physical therapists. Kid might just have had nerve damage or scoliosis early in life and still saw a chiropractor sometimes

0points

I’m pretty sure that we’ve all (no matter our class or background) had run-ins with extremely spoiled kids before. Without revealing too many details, I can tell you that some of the worst cases that I’ve personally witnessed included a person who kept moving to a new country with all of their things every few months while proclaiming that they finally found themselves each and every time. Only to realize that no, they didn’t, and move again.

Some other similar cases of seeing spoiled rich kids in my life include them buying food and drinks for everyone so they like them, ordering cabs instead of walking a couple of blocks, as well as complaining about not getting enough presents in the most Dudley Dursley-ish fashion I’ve ever seen.

#25

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) In college there was this girl sort of in our friend group that came from a wealthy family. When discussing plans for the summer there were some people planning a trip together and she overheard someone say they wish they could go, but they couldn't afford it. Her response was, "I don't understand, why don't you just have your parents pay for it?" She had always had her parents pay for everything and she genuinely thought it was the same for everyone.

-eDgAR- , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

85points

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Rick 3 years ago

I’d have replied “Why don’t you just have YOUR parents pay for me?”

46points

#26

Met this guy off of tinder hooked up a couple times and while hanging out one day it came out that he was rich. But not just normal rich, rich to the extent that his family had staff who's only job it was to polish the silverware.

While I was reeling from that news he proceeded to preach to me that he knew that those staff members had such wonderful fulfilling lives, because they were helping to keep 'the house' afloat and running smoothly.

Did not see him again after that.

Gergyolas Report

Final score:

84points

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Little Ms. Quirky 3 years ago

he should switch roles with one of the staff members...

42points

#27

Girl I went to high school with got a Mercedes for her 16th birthday. Complained and moaned about the fact that she didn't get a Lexus, because her name was Lexi and she thought it would be "sooooo cool!" for Lexi to drive a Lexus with a custom license plate saying "Lexi".

Her parents did cave and buy her a Lexus for her 17th birthday.

Final score:

78points

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Matt Hollis 3 years ago

Yeah but without the number plate i imagine it was as rubbish as having a merc

24points

ACrossEyedSnipr , Anne-Lise Heinrichs Report

Though redditor Martinkarolev’s thread was posted 2 years ago, the topic is still as relevant now as it was back then. I’d argue even more so because the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted just how different life can be when you’re rich and how double standards still apply to the wealthy and the influential. The thread got over 66.9k upvotes and really got people talking, with over 23.6k comments. It looks like when the topic’s all about money, almost everyone has something to say.

#28

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Had a kid that lived across the hall from me my freshman year of college from Honduras. During one of the ice breakers after freshman move in he leaned to me to ask if I knew when the maids came to make his bed/clean. I guess his family was very well off in his home country and the entire semester was an eye opener for him in actually taking care of himself.

Final score:

78points

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Crazy Dog Lady 3 years ago

My husband grew up all over south and Central America and it was common to have maids. His father worked for a nonprofit so not like it was a luxury. I always joke that if he hadn't been a marine he would be insufferable.

3points

#29

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Girl in college kept putting her clothes on the floor and then would knock on the RAs door and tell her the clothes were piling up. Our RA was a foreign exchange student but such a sweetheart and she was actually washing the clothes to be nice for like 2 months.

The floor told the RA to stop and scolded the girl to do her own laundry. She was absolutely insulted that she had to do laundry to the point where she ended up re-wearing clothes or throwing them out and just buying new ones

clem82 , barnimages Report

Final score:

78points

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Yeah, you heard 3 years ago

Might be helpful if you said what RA means.

26points

#30

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) My friends mom owns a very big oil company and they make close to 3 mil a year and he says he’s middle class

anonymous , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

71points

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Wyn Williams 3 years ago

Middle to upper middle class anyway and 3 mil is on the real real low side for an owner of a big oil company

20points

bubbaklutch , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

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What about you, dear Pandas? What are the worst cases of rich kid syndrome that you’ve ever seen in life? Why do you think rich kids tend to act like this? Do you think they’re more or less likely to be successful later on in life? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

#31

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) One time a college dorm mate next door was stressing his dad hadn’t yet given him money for the month, and $1000 wasn’t going to last him for the week.

Meanwhile I’m having to donate plasma to afford my next meal. Life just be like that.

Final score:

37points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Spoiling children like this clearly does not do them any favours.

17points

ReddishWedding2018 Report

#32

My first teaching job was at a private middle school in one of the wealthiest enclaves in the United States. I taught a kid who told me he didn't finish his homework because his helicopter had stalled over the weekend so he couldn't leave his family's island. He was telling the truth.

Final score:

36points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

More original that the dog ate it

12points

#33

We had a Chinese foreign exchange student living with us. My wife at that time was working two part time PSW jobs, while I worked a full time IT job that wasn't quite cutting it. We had some debts, but we were mostly getting by.

He asks her why she was working two jobs?

"Because we have bills to pay."

"why don't you get your parents to pay for it?"

"Because this is how the real world works."

headpool182 Report

Final score:

34points

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Samtheperson 3 years ago

Get wrecked

2points

#34

Twins in high school.

Birthday, I think it was 17, they get matching pickup trucks. Like the suped up larger than life cool looking black ones.

Twin A is the brat, and smashes his in some remarkable timeframe, I want to say same day. It was crazy though.

Parents decide not to get him another one (though I'm sure insurance probably covered it even if it was his fault) but regardless he is going to learn a lesson.

The lesson?

Take Twin B's truck (he's the responsible one) and crash it ON PURPOSE.

If he can't have one, neither can his brother.

So much recklessness, spite, and down right illegal in what he did.

billbapapa Report

Final score:

33points

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Kristal 3 years ago

That is so messed up

19points

#35

"It's not illegal for me to park in handicap spaces. It just costs $250 if I get caught. I'd rather not deal with the rain today."

Said completely honestly. That is what we call "F*** you" money.

AlphaTangoFoxtrt Report

Final score:

32points

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FurryManiac 3 years ago

“Illegal for a small fine” just means “free for the rich”

22points

#36

I worked at a Starbucks and we hired a new guy, who I was training. At one point, I had to show him how to clean the restrooms. I grab the bleach, and hand him a pair of gloves and he looks at me in disgust and says, 'We don't have a maid to clean the bathrooms??'

He quit the next day lol.

sholbyy Report

Final score:

31points

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Sally Appleton 3 years ago

The maid is you, my dude

38points

#37

A 14 year old in full volume cursing meltdown ("WHERE THE F*** IS HE!!???") because the pilot of the private helicopter that had brought him there had gone off to get a cup of coffee. The kid was done skiing for the day and found it totally unacceptable that he had to wait 10 minutes before he got flown home.

picksandchooses Report

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30points

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Gata Nick 3 years ago

Little p.o.s.

3points

#38

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) My college roommate's mom gave him $1400 "for the weekend" just randomly. He blew through the whole thing by Saturday asked his mom for more money and was screaming at her because "she promised $1400 for the weekend" and he spent most of what she gave him on Friday which isn't a part of the weekend.

chuteboxhero , Alexander Mils Report

Final score:

29points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

What did he even spend that on!??

12points

#39

when I was 12, rich kids mom lived in my dad's town home association. His dad was new money rich and drove around in a Ferrari and had a new trophy wife.

Kid would be entitled about everything, and throw a conniption when someone else got something he wanted. His first go to was always "my dad is rich." His dad was obnoxious too. Super sweet mom though.

Tragically, Rich kid wound up murdering a guy with a baseball bat (hit him in the head from behind). He is now serving a life sentence.

agpc Report

Final score:

29points

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Shelli Aderman 3 years ago

That escalated quickly...

23points

SoLittleAnswers18 , Hugh Llewelyn Report

#40

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) My ex was told if he graduated high school on time he’d get a brand new mustang. He didn’t. Still got it. He didn’t like that it wasn’t a GT, so the next year they upgraded it.

Final score:

29points

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Amalie Plougmann 3 years ago

...

4points

#41

Sitting in a group discussion in college, and having one kid whine that his parents were so disadvantaged that they only brought home $500k a year (20 years ago). I sat there and kept quiet, because my family only had $30k a year. I was only there because of scholarships and financial aid.

The worse thing is all of the sympathy this kid got from the other people in the class. The school was so proud of their racial diversity, but 95% of the students came from families in the top 1% of income.

swampjedi Report

Final score:

28points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Poor little rich kid

12points

#42

Went to school with a crazy rich kid, his parents divorced and each decided to buy his love. Mommy owned a real estate agency, so she got him a license and spoon fed him enough sales for a 6 figure income. The dad then BOUGHT HIM A MAGAZINE. Yes, the dad bought a magazine for his 24 year old coke head son to "run". Worked about as well as you'd imagine.

Nouseriously Report

Final score:

28points

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Doc Thissen 3 years ago

For some reason, Colin Farrell in Horrible Bosses comes to mind...

1point

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#43

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Girl at work told me she hated her Dad. I asked why. She said he keeps asking for money since she used his credit card for a Euro trip and left him an 80 grand bill from last year.

meta_uprising , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

27points

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Antonia 3 years ago

you reap what you sow

11points

#44

First day as a librarian in a private school. Help a 7 year old with the printer. He offers to tip me.

humanextintion Report

Final score:

27points

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Kristal 3 years ago

Okay but this is kind of cute. Kid recognizes he is receiving a service and wants to acknowledge it. I could see how it could be rude if an adult did that but kids tend to simplify things.

57points

#45

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I went to college with a guy who totaled five Mustangs in a year. I don't think he was sober enough to remember any of them.

anonymous , Antti Report

Final score:

27points

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#46

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) My roommate freshman year of college bought a brand new 4k TV with his stepdad's credit card without his permission, and his stepdad was completely okay with it when he found out

Wajirock , Nicolas J Leclercq Report

Final score:

27points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago (edited)

And it was his stepdad.

6points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#47

In middle school we were asked to draw our homes for some assignment and hand it in at the end of class. A popular, extremely wealthy kid that sat behind me raised his hand and smugly asked the teacher for another sheet of paper because he couldn’t draw it all on one page. His friends just snickered but I was cringing. Even at 12 I remember thinking it was such a snobby thing to say.

dominus83 Report

Final score:

27points

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Everything AGR 3 years ago

how big is that kid drawing tho?? like couldn't he just.... draw smaller???? like scale it down a bit and this rlly wouldnt be a problem

15points

#48

Kid's dad owns all the Little Ceasars in town. Getting free pizza whenever we wanted was nice.

Fast forward to prom dinner. I don't have a date, but I like Red Lobster so I tag along for that before going home to play WoW. Good number of us, some of us share entrees because they're pretty darn big.

Kid wants mozza sticks. He orders a chicken burger with mozza sticks instead of fries. The dinner goes normally, and everything is being cleared. There's no bite out of his burger.

"Do you want me to pack it up?"

"No just throw it out."

I ended up getting the burger and the waitress ended up getting a 300% tip since his dad gave him a fifty and Kid has no concept of money.

alcaste19 Report

Final score:

26points

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Kristal 3 years ago

For Azeroth!

8points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#49

I lived with 5 guys and I was the only one whose parents weren’t millionaires, not close at all. They never cleaned. About once a month I would deep clean the house but two days later there was garbage and food on the floor. I found out they all told their parents the poor kid made all the messes when one of their moms came by to scream at me.

clevermine2tine Report

Final score:

26points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

That is awful how they took advantage of you, how did this end?

18points

#50

There’s a lot of rich kids in my particular business program in university.

I met this one girl a few months ago at a social. We were chatting a bit about our program and she proudly told me about how she threatens to sue the school whenever things don’t go her way. She also said said something to the effect of: “they have to take the threat seriously because they know I actually have the means to follow through haha”.

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

Final score:

25points

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N G 3 years ago

And this is the reason there are so many "lawyers are bloodsucking leeches" jokes. If lawyers had ANY scruples and turned DOWN cases like these the spoiled little rich kids would stop getting things their own way to the extreme detriment of everyone else in the world. But no, throw enough money at the problem and it goes away with no consequences. That's why, if you want someone famous to actually face jail/justice, you have to make them poor first.

19points

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#51

"I really want a classic Jaguar E-type convertible but annoyingly you can only get secondhand ones..."

DarthLemur Report

Final score:

25points

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Giulia 3 years ago

awwwww :(((((((

13points

#52

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) A family on my brothers high school baseball team referred to their brand new Subaru as their “poor persons’ car.”

cb789789 , crash71100 Report

Final score:

25points

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Eva the Egg 3 years ago

••• He should see my car

15points

#53

A rich girl I knew was driving her brand new sports car with her friend in the front seat and friend's boyfriend in the back. She's doing 80 in a 30, so of course she loses control. She goes flying out the window. Girl in the passenger seat is buckled in so she's okay. Boyfriend goes flying out the back and cracks his skull open. His brain is exposed and he's babbling incoherently. The rich girl is crying about her car as this is happening.

The boyfriend nearly dies, but somehow recovers with various titanium plates in his skull. Rich girl [screws] up her back, but refuses to wear a back brace because they're ugly. Her parents buy her a brand new sports car a week later. When boyfriend starts the process to sue their asses for hospital bills, they leave the country to live in their villa somewhere. Italy, I think.

fwooby_pwow Report

Final score:

25points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

That is absolutely horrible

23points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#54

A guy looked at my $2,000 beater car in college and commented that it must've been really cheap and guessed $15,000.

Final score:

23points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

There's one born every minute. I'd have offered to sell it to him for $12,000.

6points

#55

I go to a school in the Middle East, so y'know rich RICH people. One of my friends was chewing gum while holding a bowl from the cafeteria. Instead of throwing out her gum like a normal person she stuck it on the bottom of the bowl because "someone else will eventually clean it up."

hershey_lover2 Report

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22points

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Raksha swami 3 years ago

Ewww

5points

#56

As a kid, I was piss poor. Like we had no money, and barely kept the lights on. My mother did an awesome job, and even worked 2 different jobs AND went to night school at one point to make a better future for us. I grew up without a lot of things, but It taught me a lot about what you really "need" in life, which is a roof over your head and food in your belly. Everything after that is a plus really.

I had a lot of friends who where waaay better off than me, but one kid in particular had EVERYTHING. He was a Jehovas witness, so didn't do birthdays/christmas, but would often just get stuff to kind of make up for it. At times he would complain to his mother for buying him something that he thought was "bad" or wasn't the right model of something, despite getting loads of stuff which was awesome all the time. He was that kid that had all the games/consoles/toys in the world but would moan about it.

one of the last times I hung out with him, he was shouting at his mother because she had promised him that she would buy him a new guitar [he was learning] but the time of the day had gotten late and she wan't able to go. Like it was when all the stores were shut, so it was litterally impossible. But this kid just kept chewing her out because of it, and speaking to her like she was some kind of moron. It was painful to watch, and I was like 14 at the time.

I stopped hanging around with him after that. I later heard his mother cracked and had enough of him, then kicked him out of the house. He later ended up being a shoplifter and lived in the local YMCA for a bit.

In fairness I think he's back on track now, but as a kid he was a bit of a dick to his parents.

DonKiddic Report

Final score:

21points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Good he managed to turn himself around

15points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#57

My ex best friend. I remember that, when we were fourteen, she lost her Pandora bracelet, which was full of charms, at school (for a total of €500). So she called her mum and was like: "Mum, I need a new Pandora bracelet." and the mum just answered: "Okay, sweetie. We'll go buy one this afternoon alright?" and then she hung up.

This happened twice a year, for three years. I don't talk to her much anymore, so I don't know if she has lost any more bracelets or not. I wouldn't even want to know tbh. I feel like I could choke.

Oh, she also broke something like...every phone she ever bought after only a year? And they weren't cheap ones either.

elativeg02 Report

Final score:

21points

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Premislaus de Colo 3 years ago

There's this idea that if people get something for free, they tend to treat it as if it is of no value...

21points

#58

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) I met a guy at a party (my friend knew him, all of us straight guys). He was about 27 and I was about 20. He said as a conversation starter, "What does your dad do?" It was completely out of left field--his dad owned a construction company and for that city, they were very wealthy. His identity was his father's son. He thought mine was also.

BFdog , Kuncheek Report

Final score:

21points

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EQXL 3 years ago

Ah yes this takes me back to this kid in high school who introduced himself as Ruben, my dad's a surgeon and my mom's an eyedoctor 🤦

1point

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#59

We live in NYC, UES, teensy studio. my granddaughter says her peers did not understand that she did not have a doorman. They asked who opened the door. It is Paradise here.

free112701 Report

Final score:

21points

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#60

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) Some kids at my private high school would throw change away on purpose because it wasn't ever enough to matter to them and an annoyance to carry around.

BroKing , Steve Johnson Report

Final score:

21points

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turtledove 3 years ago

i can agree that change can be annoying to carry, but if you have to get rid of if than tip the store or give it to a friend

3points

#61

My friend is a commercial pilot and works for a large company that has a 'flight department' consisting of several jets and turboprop airplanes. The owner's kids, and a group of their friends, were granted permission to take one of the jets from the central part of the US to the Bahamas. Upon arriving in the Bahamas they were meeting other friends and getting on a very, very large yacht for a week. They realized the yacht was equipped with fine dining food, not the type of food they liked (junk food). They ordered the pilots to fly back through US Customs and to their hometown in the Midwest. Once there, they had to pick up multiple sides of BBQ ribs, burgers, hot dogs, soda, beer, and piles of other junk food and fly back to the Bahamas — and do so within a timeframe that still allowed them to leave with the yacht on time. It costs roughly $5,000 an hour to operate the jet they were using. And it never even struck the owners as something extreme.

SevenPointLeaf Report

Final score:

20points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

How the other half lives, terribly wasteful all round

7points

#62

My fraternity brother's monthly allowance of $2000 was canceled from his parents because he made a Few F's. He then called his aunt for a separate allowance.

NotBen_2 Report

Final score:

20points

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Raksha swami 3 years ago

Sale him at discount by telling it's vintage lol

2points

#63

When I was in college a friend that was heavy in the frat life told me about a freshman that got kicked out for having a servant flown to town to do the hazing chores he was supposed to do.

tuscabam Report

Final score:

19points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Oh dear! that truly is dreadful

6points

#64

I use to have a friend who would constantly say "I love when my dad gives me money." and "If I ask for a certain amount of money my parents always give me $50 extra.". This girl then bought a apartment boasting about it on Facebook and how proud she was of herself how at 23 she was able to afford a home at such a young age all on her own. Still makes me want to face plant into a pile of jagged rocks.

StiffyStephy Report

Final score:

19points

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Random Person 3 years ago

me too

6points

#65

I had to drive a girl home in her 2009 Tahoe. She asked me to crash it because it didn't have a touchscreen and that it wasn't fair her sister has a new one.

Jamal_Adams_ Report

Final score:

19points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Can't stand mean and spiteful acts

12points

#66

My rich cousin contends that the reason people are poor is because they're fat and lazy. If they took better care of their appearance, they too could be rich in a society based on first impressions and looking the part.

laterdude Report

Final score:

18points

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Kristal 3 years ago

Partially true, unfortunately. Good looking people do tend to get more and/or better opportunities in life and tend to be forgiven easily or has lenient punishments. Granted, if it just took LOOKING the part to be wealthy, I bet there would be many more instagrammers

12points

#67

An 18 year old kid threw his rolex against a wall when he got refused at the door of a club

Iamglennn Report

Final score:

18points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

temper temper! what did the poor Rolex do to deserve that

14points

#68

I knew a kid named Thor growing up. He treated everyone like trash.

He lived the giant obnoxious post-modern house in an otherwise normal neighborhood. I'm talking gravel lawn decorated with random spheres of differing colors. The house itself was an aluminum-clad cube with curved yellow rooms jutting out. One year for his birthday, Thor got a 25 foot glass bird-watching bridge, which was affixed to the top floor.

I don't know that they had all that much money. I suspect they just wanted to feel like the big fish in a small pond.

UncleTrustworthy Report

Final score:

17points

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Aunt Messy 3 years ago

These grapes are sour.

5points

#69

People Are Sharing The Craziest And Most Confusing "Rich Kid" Encounters They've Had (30 Stories) On graduation day this kid's dad shows him his brand new BMW parked out front. He proceeds to pull up next to his buddy at the traffic light by the school. He floors it on green, fishtails immediately and smashes a parked car. It lasted all of 10 minutes.

Flyinghogfish , Pete Jelliffe Report

Final score:

17points

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Somebody Here 3 years ago

That was b r a n d n e w...

5points

#70

Good friend of mine: “my dad bought me a house and now I can’t buy a house of my own.”

Final score:

16points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Wish I had that problem

15points

#71

My 18 yr old spoiled friend was given a brand new lexus and after about 8 months when the brake pads needed replacing, he just called it a piece of garbage and said it was broken, so his parents bought him a BMW m3 instead...

BmoreCouncil Report

Final score:

16points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Spoiled brat indeed

4points

doublechocolatecooky Report

#72

One of my friends from university was always lamenting about how her “rich dad doesn’t love her”.

One day she came to school upset and angry because her father bought her a brand new silver Mercedes. She wanted the black one. (We are Chinese and some older folks don’t like the color black due to superstition)

Final score:

16points

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Dark_flame 3 years ago

Love and buying things isn't the same thing tho

11points

showmeyour__kitties Report

#73

I was a senior in high school (2012). A girl who was turning 16 got a new car. Her parents brought it up to the school to surprise her. It was a 2011 BMW and it was very nice. She threw a fit in front of everyone because they got her the 2011 instead of the 2012. I was shocked because the car I was driving was a 2003 Chevy Malibu and I would’ve killed to have a car like that!

Final score:

16points

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EQXL 3 years ago (edited)

Nobody takes presents to school to surprise somebody (unless when your brother is the gift that returned from overseas), only reason to do something like this is to gloat or because your kid wants to gloat....making it not a surprise

6points

#74

I knew a chick in high school who threw a tantrum that the SUV her parents (NEW btw) wasn't the right color.

Final score:

15points

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Random Person 3 years ago

yikes

4points

#75

A girl had me go in and buy her 6 cartons of cigarettes cause she didn't want to get out of the car cause she didnt want her nails broken. Said I could buy whatever I wanted. Easily what I made a week after taxes gone in seconds.

zappyzulu Report

Final score:

15points

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Kiki 3 years ago

you should use HER money next time

0points

#76

Went to a private university with a girl who’s father was an executive for Tommy Hilfiger. She got homesick while at school and instead of getting a care package with cookies and other little things from home she got a Porsche Carrera GT.

freshout8 Report

Final score:

15points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

How to rouse resentment, I sent my daughter my daughter those towers of goodies you can get in the USA, can't remember the name of the company, they make delicious cookies and also do fruit baskets.

7points

#77

My friend literally throws away his change because he hates holding coins. Doesn't matter if its 99 cents he'll throw it away. That stuff adds up.

Lemuria_666 Report

Final score:

15points

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juice 3 years ago

you should say "hey, i collect coins, you can just give them to me"

14points

#78

Guy in college chimed in on a conversation between my group of friends about how working multiple nights a week was taxing. He told us he was frustrated with his parents because they were only willing to help him out financially to a certain point. They were paying for his education, rent, car, and food but he couldn't believe how unreasonable they were being because they wouldn't also pay for his reading week vacation.

blumberg49 Report

Final score:

13points

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Samantha Power 3 years ago

Why do children feel so entitled I wonder

3points

#79

This is when I was in my late teens or 20-21. I have this bratty spoiled cousin and her dad has $$$. So, her older brother was supposed to pick her up from somewhere. He was like 15 min late. She cried and made a scene about it when they got back.

Her dad happened to be visiting that day, saw this, took her out. Less than 1 hr later they came back with a nice car he bought for her.. This may not be rich rich for many people, but me and my buddy back then were like “woow, can you get me a car too?”

Final score:

13points

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#80

My condo building and the kids that have Maclarens or other expensive cars. They drive around like they own the building.

mykalh78 Report

Final score:

5points

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Storytelling, journalism, and art are a core part of who I am. I've been writing and drawing ever since I could walk—there is nothing else I'd rather do. My formal education, however, is focused on politics, philosophy, and economics because I've always been curious about the gap between the ideal and the real. At work, I'm a Senior Writer and I cover a broad range of topics that I'm passionate about: from psychology and changes in work culture to healthy living, relationships, and design. In my spare time, I'm an avid hiker and reader, enjoy writing short stories, and love to doodle. I thrive when I'm outdoors, going on small adventures in nature. However, you can also find me enjoying a big mug of coffee with a good book (or ten) and entertaining friends with fantasy tabletop games and sci-fi movies.

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Ileana Sky Aviles 3 years ago

I dated a guy that was quite wealthy but tried his absolute best to be "normal". He visited my condo while I was waking up moaning about needed my coffee as I jumped into the shower. I got out to an empty living room and random shrieks and noises coming from the kitchen. The coffee pot had clear water with beans on the bottom but a mug with 4 packs of 3 in one coffee inside because he knew i liked it black. Turns out none of his "servants" answered his calls and was clueless on how long it took to "boil the beans". I couldn't get mad!

24points

LesAnimaux 3 years ago

He gets major props for trying!

17points

Helen Haley 3 years ago

Explains so much about how the rich view everyone else. Especially the inherited wealthy.

14points

BananaJo 3 years ago (edited)

I'm just gonna say one of my stories here. In my old school a girl in our class was the rich(est. There was another one) kid. Me and her went to the same kindergarden and we were best friends. But the we got to this new school. It was her family's school. Grandparents were the principals, aunt was the owner. Chaos. She just acted like she owned the place. I told my teachers, sometimes she was sent to the priniciples/grandpas office. She would put on fake tears, sayin it wasn't true, and then when she came back she would just give me that look like "You can't do anything" hated her, and still do

11points

Marina 3 years ago

giving kids this much power destroys their personality... they don't have the discernment to judge what's right and wrong. the adults in her life did her a huge disservice

5points

Luthor 3 years ago (edited)

My daughter was a 'gifted' child and was offered two scholarships going into high school (Australia). One was for a very rich school and one was for a public school that was out of her zone (in Australia a public school is the government school) . You bet we took the public school! I had rich family members who went to the rich, private school and they were nightmares... nightmares. Also, I hated the fact that the rich schools were basically headhunting from the poor schools to make their results look better. ALSO I would never have been able to afford the extra-curriculars... trips to the snowfields etc. I have no regrets. My daughter graduated with honors in Neuro-science three years ago and I couldn't be prouder. Rich does NOT mean successful or kind.

8points

Something 3 years ago

Being rich is not an excuse to neglect your child. Money is not a substitute for love or for basic knowledge and life skills.

8points

Marina 3 years ago

this, a million times. don't have kids if you don't have time for them, it's common sense...

1point

Pervinca 3 years ago (edited)

The best things you can give your children are good education, the possibility to be really self sufficient and first of all Respect, respect for others, for the planet and for themselves . Without, as we have seen on this post, you are hurting and spoiling them. Maybe most of these parents searched to protect their children, but the result is creating garbage, selfish, spoiled brats.

7points

Mimi 3 years ago

I went to a private school when my parents were on sabbatical. My parents are upper middle class, so since the school was only for a year, with some savings and bonus money from the university they worked at, they were able to afford it. There was this one girl in my class who, when I told her that I went to public school most of the time went “ew, isn’t that where poor people go?”. She also talked about “her dad takes a private jet because it’s safer that way,” and insisted that she wasn’t wealthy, she just, “went to her private beach sometimes”. Ah, memories.

6points

CharChar Binx 3 years ago

I grew up going to school with kids like these. I have my own version of so many of these stories. Because they were all super super wealthy (even had the kid of a Saudi oil honcho—he was truly one of the worst human beings I’ve ever met) I always grew up thinking we were middle class. Got to college, realized for most people I was the 1% rich kid. But then I read stories like this and realize how modestly we live and it really shows just how vast wealth inequality is.

5points

Giulia 3 years ago

what's up with rich ppl and cars? lmao if had the money i would use it for something else

4points

BG 3 years ago

That's the point. They've already bought all of that other stuff. The Lamborghini is an afterthought.

3points

Jordan Smith 3 years ago (edited)

I actually have a story like this. This happened last week at my school. So there's this one girl that gets picked up every day in a really expensive car. She gets picked up in a g wagon every day, occasionally a lambo. None of us (me and my friends at the pickup line) really care too much that she gets picked up in a g wagon. Then last week, Corvette shows up. Not the g wagon girl, so, someone else. Mind you, I've never seen Corvette girl in the pickup line before. And after she gets in, her and her dad (probably idk) look out at all of us in the pickup line, and then he revs the engine super loud with a look that said I'm better than you. Like, okay? Your flexing on people who cant even legally drive? To me it screams I peaked in high school and think expensive car = popular. She hasn't been picked up since. Tl:Dr Girl gets picked up in Corvette and nobody cares.

3points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

when i was first married to my now ex, he took me to meet his parents in the east. my new mother in law wanted a new fur jacket so off we went to the furrier. while she was trying on different styles i wandered around the shop, looking and trying on a couple. i am the product of a military family so while i wasn't raised 'poor' such luxuries as fur coats were not something we bought. i tried on one jacket and my new father in law strolls by and comments that it looks good. then he went to the counter pay for his wife's selection. as we walk out he hands me a box/bag with the coat i had tried. i tried to refuse but he said no and just walked away. he was such a generous man throughout the time i was married (30+yrs).

3points

ejfs 3 years ago

I remember a girl from my high school (this is in Europe btw) and her mother flying to New York for a weekend of designer shopping. They had to buy seven extra suitcases to bring it all back home. Meanwhile, my parents are saving my "child allowance" just so we can eat out for my birthday....

3points

Eshaa Venkatesh 3 years ago

I am the some what "rich kid" here. The lessons I have learnt after moving out of my home...😄 When you're a kid growing up, you literally don't get it, that your parents are rich. I started to understand the value of their wealth after going to college. Thankful to say I managed to make my way in the world and now earn enough to not depend on anyone.

2points

btaglln 3 years ago

In my country, everybody goes to the same Universities so I went with some pretty rich guy. The mother of one of my roomate just gave him 1600€ for a week because she was going on vacation. This was added to his regular allowance so it was just extra money to spend. The same guy in Val Thorens (high end ski station in France) bought 2 Crystal champagne bottle at 2500€ each because "It was too crowded and he wanted to go to the VIP booth" We also did the birthday of another roomate only on Dom Perignon and some high end restaurant, drunk, after parties that he negociated to be left open.

2points

Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago

I remember an experiment that I saw in a YouTube video: A guy covered his whole sweater with 1 dollar bills and a sign in his hand saying "Take as much as you need!" A homeless man came by and after a long hesitation took away $ 2 and politely thanked him. Then an office guy came on his cell phone, and without waiting he plucked one note after the other and then just left. THAT IS SOOO RUDE!

2points

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

For the life of me I can not fathom how someone...anyone didn't explain to these kids that going off to college they'd have to take care of themselves. My Gawd.

2points

Bre 3 years ago

Grew up outside DC. Lots of kids from my school had parents in powerful positions and lots of money. One girl I knew had a dad that was high up in the military and they were pretty well off. She was down to earth and super nice. Her sister was a nightmare and purposely ran her car head on into a light pole, totaling it because she wanted a new one and Daddy said no.

2points

El Dee 3 years ago

We were poor when I was very small but things improved later. But I still would've felt bad even thinking of asking for expensive things. Occasionally something like brand name jeans would be a Christmas gift but otherwise I wouldn't ask. My parents were good to me and I never wanted for anything. There's SUCH a difference between that and those kids who's parents are trying to buy their love..

2points

Sasha Kuleshov 3 years ago

Rich people I know are so out-of-touch with reality that the one time we had to take a bus to go somewhere my rich friend told the driver the address as If he was a cab driver (:

1point

Saint Thomas 3 years ago

Not as extreme as some of those stories, but when I was 18 I spend one year in Sweden as an exchange student in the 90's. A girl from my school asked me if I could help her with her french (I'm french speaking). I said okay and she gave me an adress which, I presumed, was her parent's house. Turns out she lived in a 2 bedrooms appartment they had bought for her near the schoo. She said it was more practical, because she didn't have to take the 30 minutes ride between their house and the school. She was not bragging about it, but it still blew my mind. (I also realised too late that she was hitting on me and that the lessons where just a pretext... gosh was I naive at that time...)

1point

Maria 3 years ago

Well this just makes me feel grumpy and poor.

1point

Daphne Williams 3 years ago

This makes me want to buy a guillotine.

4points

Craig Reynolds 3 years ago

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0points

Roxanne D'souza 3 years ago

My sister was hanging out at her rich friend's place and he made pasta for 6, like he made the entire portion instead of portioning it out and making it for two. So there were tons of leftovers and my sister offered to pack them in dishes/storage containers and asked him where they were kept. He had no idea so he went to wake up his cook at 2am. The cook enters with sleepy eyes and friend tells my sister the cook will finish up everything. My sister asked him why he had to wake the cook for something so small which they could have managed themselves. Friend says "but thats his job"

0points

VulcansAreSexy 3 years ago

I read all of these on Buzzfeed two days ago.

0points

turtledove 3 years ago

So not really a rich kid story but i had a teacher in elementary school, was a good teacher just not very nice. One day he was talking with a kid and asked him if he was going to a private school next year. Kid answered yes, and teache said " I thought so. All the smart kids go to private school" . Maybe 2 kids were going to private school and the teacher was just kinda rude.

0points

tangy chip 3 years ago

why do rich people reproduce

0points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

So that someone can "carry on the family legacy" or some other BS.

2points

Thomas HIette 3 years ago

0points

kjorn 3 years ago (edited)

2 words: Bad Parenting. you can be rich and act like a human being.

0points

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Ileana Sky Aviles 3 years ago

24points

LesAnimaux 3 years ago

He gets major props for trying!

17points

Helen Haley 3 years ago

Explains so much about how the rich view everyone else. Especially the inherited wealthy.

14points

BananaJo 3 years ago (edited)

11points

Marina 3 years ago

giving kids this much power destroys their personality... they don't have the discernment to judge what's right and wrong. the adults in her life did her a huge disservice

5points

Luthor 3 years ago (edited)

8points

Something 3 years ago

Being rich is not an excuse to neglect your child. Money is not a substitute for love or for basic knowledge and life skills.

8points

Marina 3 years ago

this, a million times. don't have kids if you don't have time for them, it's common sense...

1point

Pervinca 3 years ago (edited)

7points

Mimi 3 years ago

6points

CharChar Binx 3 years ago

5points

Giulia 3 years ago

what's up with rich ppl and cars? lmao if had the money i would use it for something else

4points

BG 3 years ago

That's the point. They've already bought all of that other stuff. The Lamborghini is an afterthought.

3points