Join the Fun!

Top_Confidence_9177 , Wassim Chouak Report

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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.

Final score:

214points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I love that I can fill my tank all the way up now, something I couldn't do just a few years ago. I constantly stressed about having enough gas to get to work.

58points

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Vacations that weren't visiting family.

lastcallface , Ibiza Ibiza Ibiza Report

Final score:

205points

POST

Otter 3 years ago

Or camping. Camping is cheap, once you've got a tent and a couple of sleeping bags from the army surplus store.

50points

Bored Panda reached out to the Redditor Awkward_Name5898 who said that “being able to buy something you need without having to ask yourself how badly you need it” is something they associate with being rich.

When asked what was the hardest part of growing up poor, the Redditor was honest to say that it was the “feeling like you’ve failed, you think you’ll always be poor and won’t be able to get yourself out of that situation.” They also added that “as a kid, I remember feeling like a burden and that was hard to deal with.”

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Having enough money to go to a psychologist for mental health.

Tofutofu12 , Nik Shuliahin Report

Final score:

195points

POST

Caro Caro 3 years ago

This is infuriating that people who need help don't recieve it because it's unaffordable.

93points

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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.

KhaoticMess , Robinson Greig Report

Final score:

193points

POST

ZAPanda 3 years ago

last time i did this the buggers stole a valuable collectors' item coin that had no monetary value in our country. really annoying.

21points

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Being able to buy something you need without having to ask yourself how badly you need it

Awkward_Name5898 , Pickawood Report

Final score:

191points

POST

Samantha PandaNotBored 3 years ago

Food. I was never fed . That’s poor !

31points

The Redditor shared that growing up on a tight budget made them learn some life hacks. “I did learn how to maximize my food purchases, if I was able to buy food I’d buy things that would have leftovers and be filling, Spaghetti noodles, instant mashed potatoes, hamburger helper or Mac n cheese if I had milk. I lived in a house that didn’t have AC, so in the spring/summer I’d get a towel, wet it, and then lay it over me to keep me cool, the house didn’t have blinds so I used foil to cover the windows to keep out the sun and help keep the room cooler,” they recounted.

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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 labor in.

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

Waxnpoetic , Alexander Mils Report

Final score:

177points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Same reason people throw stuff away instead of trying to fix it.

50points

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Having nice teeth that don't cause constant, debilitating pain

DeanCrimson Report

Final score:

168points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I do now. They're called dentures. Lol

42points

didnsignup4dis , Martha Dominguez de Gouveia Report

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Regular doctor's office visits or seeing a dentist at all for anything other than an emergency.

Final score:

163points

POST

MrLoufoque 3 years ago

Also called: living in Europe. :D

131points

“The rich assume money isn’t an issue for anyone simply because they have lots of it. They tend to think that poor people stay poor because they don’t invest their money as they do,” the Redditor said. For anyone who’s struggling to make their ends meet, Awkward_Name5898 urges not to feel ashamed to ask for help. “People are more kind and generous than you might think. Hold onto hope, things won’t always be this way,” they concluded.

#10

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Those fridges with the water dispenser on it

Siyuen_Tea , Francesca Tosolini Report

Final score:

160points

POST

MustardLemon 3 years ago

The only reason we had one was because it came with the house.

38points

#11

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Not having to panic if your car breaks down

momcitrus , Marc St Report

Final score:

154points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Oh, I know this one well. Not being able to afford roadside service.

20points

#12

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Not knowing EXACTLY how much money you have at any given time.

wrongstuff , Jp Valery Report

Final score:

149points

POST

Kanuli 3 years ago

I know exactly how much we have, how much we spent, and how much we most likely will spend in the next 6 months.

23points

#13

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Parents buying a car for your 16th birthday

ghosthues , Roland Denes Report

Final score:

146points

POST

Beta 3 years ago

Parents buying you a car at all

136points

#14

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) A new mattress.

OakNogg , Filmreal Studio Report

Final score:

139points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Nothing beats a good mattress. The one I have now is heaven.

19points

Nonsenseinabag , Anastase Maragos Report

#15

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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!

Final score:

134points

POST

Helenium 3 years ago

i have money not loaded but i still buy second hand stuff, especially furniture, new stuff is over priced and you get some real bargains

81points

thatstaceygirl , Boris Debusscher Report

#16

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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 lay away 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.

Final score:

132points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Going back to school was always embarrassing because the other kids had new supplies and we didn't. My mom did the best she could.Teachers would get onto us for not having things on the list and humiliate us in front of the other kids, and the other kids could be so mean. On the other hand, sometimes there would be a kind teacher who would discreetly hand me some things, or a fellow student who would share.

45points

#17

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Everyone having their own room. We all slept in a single room.

CostSoLow , Daria Shevtsova Report

Final score:

126points

POST

Adam C 3 years ago

privacy or just somewhere quiet to do your homework

32points

#18

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Getting an appetizer and/or dessert at a restaurant in addition to an entree.

Frankfluff , Kamil Kalbarczyk Report

Final score:

121points

POST

Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago

Why do Americans call the main course an "entree"? It literally means 'entry', as in the first part of the meal.

8points

Elegant_Extreme3268 , Priscilla Du Preez Report

#19

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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 friends 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.

Final score:

120points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Because the constant lack of money just never lets up. Add to that, the fact that partners will disagree how the money is spent. Something that is important to one is not important to the other.

34points

RadiantTangerine3920 , Fernando Andrade Report

#20

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Paying all your bills without eating Ramen noodles.

Final score:

118points

POST

Chris Freeman 3 years ago

Lol, brings back a sharp memory of mine from college. One week before a paycheck or national guard check arrives, no gas in the tank, and absolutely no food. Scrounge around car seats and couch and find $1.35. Free pop at work so I work extra shifts, and walk to grocery store and Ramen on sale for 12 for a dollar, (1990). That is what I did all week, walk to school and work, and ate Ramen at home. I now appreciate having $20 in my pocket and credit cards. Its a life changing experience to be THAT broke. It teaches you discipline when it comes to money.

5points

#21

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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.

Trikger Report

Final score:

106points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

After you fall down the stairs a couple of times ( particularly if you wear socks but no shoes) you will find they are overrated.

44points

#22

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Have the heating on in the winter

Pretzel_Lady , Julian Hochgesang Report

Final score:

106points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I can remember my mom turning on the oven and all the burners, and us huddling around, because we had no heater. We were kids; we didn't know how dangerous it was.

46points

Longjumping-Price-42 , Tara Clark Report

#23

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Not having to worry about food or bills. Paying out of pocket at the dentist

Final score:

99points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Most of my parent's fights seemed to be about money and bills. That's another thing poverty causes.

26points

#24

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Being allowed to go in the fridge and get something to drink or eat without having to ask or worry about being yelled at

StraightSho , nrd Report

Final score:

98points

POST

Holesalongthebottom 3 years ago

This was my entire childhood. A lot of “food” issues as a result of this.

24points

Just-Seaworthiness39 , Emily Powers Report

#25

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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.

Final score:

93points

POST

Dre Mosley 3 years ago

We only had that because we grew our own oranges, grapefruits, and peaches.

15points

#26

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Kids that went to summer camp. I got sent to long distant family and worked on family farm.

Jim105 , Artem Kniaz Report

Final score:

86points

POST

Otter 3 years ago

I got kept at home to scrub the floors and paint the exterior of the house, and we were NOT poor.

22points

#27

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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.

AbnormalSkittles , freestocks Report

Final score:

83points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

We almost never got new clothes. When we got new clothes as gifts, we got really excited. Even today, I buy used most of the time. You can get some great stuff at thrift stores.

27points

#28

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Having food delivered. $5-$10 mark up?? Are you kidding?

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

malaprop5 , Jon Tyson Report

Final score:

76points

POST

Kristal 3 years ago

Still is

23points

#29

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Knowing what a duvet cover is and owning one. I remember when my wife and I were newly weds 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 though people just purchase sheets and/or the big ass blankets with the lion/tiger prints. Suffice to say, my mind was blown away.

hominian , Ty Carlson Report

Final score:

74points

POST

Monday 3 years ago

Pretty sure that's just a sign of not being American. Buying a duvet and a duvet cover is usually cheaper than buying comforters or blankets.

29points

#30

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) 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.

Guru6676 , kevin Baquerizo Report

Final score:

73points

POST

Otter 3 years ago

Now the low-rent apartments have just shower stalls, and just the better places have bathtubs.

63points

Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium

Unlimited content

Ad-free browsing

Dark mode

#31

Being able to invest.

Wu-Kang Report

Final score:

36points

POST

Petra Pan 3 years ago

THIS.

7points

#32

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) College.

Despite the amount of financial aid some people in poverty can get, the debt, no matter how much smaller it may be, will still strangle you until there is nothing left.

Especially when you're already in a financial class that already struggles with paying for food. That is one of the reasons I never personally bothered going to college; because I knew there was no way I would be able to pay it off without killing myself in the process

Zeroraiser , Charles DeLoye Report

Final score:

35points

POST

ZAPanda 3 years ago

unless you're in germany or another civilised country where the state provides it.

21points

#33

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Having snacks in the house a week after grocery day.

fiftyonions , Denny Müller Report

Final score:

34points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I'll take all of the above. Diet, what diet?

3points

Junior_Cress2828 , Suad Kamardeen Report

#34

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Ordering whatever you want on a restaurant menu.

Final score:

34points

POST

Bobby 3 years ago

I make sure to only go to places I can do this. I feel like having to restrict my choice would ruin the meal.

4points

runningforpresident Report

#35

Having dinners that aren't 90% rice.

Final score:

33points

POST

Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago

Pasta in my house.

6points

#36

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Parents having time to show up in school events or parents throwing birthday parties in school for their kid.

UnderTheFishHook , Adi Goldstein Report

Final score:

32points

POST

Samantha PandaNotBored 3 years ago

My first birthday cake at 42

12points

#37

not knowing how to use public transport.

Deltexterity Report

Final score:

32points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

This could just be living out in the country too

11points

Unfair-Campaign257 , Obi Onyeador Report

#38

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) People who had marble counter islands in the kitchen

Final score:

31points

POST

Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Sad thing is, lots of these rich folks have a kitchen we would die for since we both love to cook that do not even cook

2points

#39

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Taking your kids to activities.

UncleBurns , Rachel Report

Final score:

31points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago (edited)

I dunno. Where I grew up churches used to host lots of free activities for kids ( and churches where where most of the non school activities happened anyway) and when I was in Girl Scouts girls from poor families could participate for free. And libraries frequently offer free children's programming

12points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

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

#40

Parents not working 7 days a week.

amarghir1234 Report

Final score:

30points

POST

Claire Stanfield 3 years ago

My parent was self employed and set a higher rate for Sundays - we'd still find people who would pay it. That's how it is. When you're working, you get paid. When you're not, you don't.

4points

#41

Box Tops for Education. When I was a kid, a whole bunch of food companies ran some sort of fundraising thing where you could cut a little coupon called a box top off of whatever name-brand product you bought and they would donate money to public schools. My elementary school always had prizes for kids who brought in box tops. I remember the lowest tier prize was a scratch and sniff sticker if you brought 5 box tops. The trouble was, at the time my parents had just divorced and my mom was having trouble making ends meet so we could never afford more than the generic versions. I was never able to save enough box tops to get a prize.

thatmeddlingkid7 Report

Final score:

28points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Public humiliation: something a child never forgets.

18points

#42

Having a kitchen big enough that your gas stove is on an island.

Also a decent bathtub. The kind you can actually soak in if you’re an adult.

kaimcdragonfist Report

Final score:

28points

POST

Claire Stanfield 3 years ago

...having an island in your kitchen.

9points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#43

Kids who showed up to the dress-up days at school with an actual store-bought costume rather than an old t-shirt their mother adapted. Kids who came to the school disco and not only had the money to get their ticket, but also extra for sweets. Kids who always had the best stories about their exciting holidays and the cool things they did there. Kids whose school uniforms were brand new and had those sewn-in name labels instead of bought from the school second hand store. Kids who had so much food in their lunch boxes that they actually left some because they were full, and they had a snack for morning break.

MerylSquirrel Report

Final score:

28points

POST

Claire Stanfield 3 years ago

Ngl we had some pretty creative Halloween costumes on a budget. I was a tin of McCormick brand ground nutmeg once, painted a cardboard box, wore a red outfit, and cut out holes to fit my head, arms and legs.

7points

#44

Choosing not to eat food you were given because you don't enjoy it.

ButterPoached Report

Final score:

28points

POST

John Smith 3 years ago

it is nice to not have to eat things just because its what you have. Even though it tastes nasty.

5points

#45

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Having proper buns with hot dogs or hamburgers instead of white bread was living high class to me.

reddit , Ball Park Brand Report

Final score:

27points

POST

Pungent Sauce 3 years ago

51 and bread still comes from the day-old shelf (unless I make it myself)

4points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

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

#46

Glassware designed for certain liquids (wine glasses, martini glasses, beer steins, etc.). I grew up with plastic cups and coffee mugs.

runningforpresident Report

Final score:

27points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

My mom still has a huge collection of McDonalds glassware

3points

#47

Eating meat that actually looks like meat: steak, chops etc. As opposed to sausages, meatloaf, pies etc.

notacanuckskibum Report

Final score:

27points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

Where I grew up it was common for families to go shoot a deer or two to get through the winter or have household hogs and do butchering so we always had meat that looked like meat, you just had to process it yourself. My dad butchering deer freaked me out horribly as a kid.

11points

#48

People Who Grew Up Poor Share The Subtle Signs That Show A Person Is Rich (30 Answers) Decorating a whole room at once

Nonsenseinabag , Bryn Pinzgauer Report

Final score:

26points

POST

El muerto 3 years ago

decorating at all, I would say

13points

#49

Eating dinner at a table.

Sock989 Report

Final score:

25points

POST

#50

Not having debt collectors coming round.

alanbastard Report

Final score:

25points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

Not having the utilities shut off.

4points

#51

a dishwasher machine, a trash disposal, air conditioning and hot weather

cpsbstmf Report

Final score:

25points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I grew up in Texas with no a/c. We had one box fan and it was on my dad.

6points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

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

#52

Vacation house

Cmdr_Toucon Report

Final score:

25points

POST

Ivana 3 years ago

Man, I would have settled for a house.

10points

#53

Having space. House is too damn small for all of us and my parents can be pretty toxic

healthyalmondip Report

Final score:

24points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I identify with this one. We lived in a single wide trailer for about 4 years. 7 people. I shared a tiny room (about the size of a bathroom) with 2 siblings. The bed took up most of the floor space.

6points

#54

Pistachios

Ezhash Report

Final score:

24points

POST

Lara Verne 3 years ago

Or cashew.

7points

#55

Having the crayons that have the sharpener built into the box.

dahopppa Report

Final score:

22points

POST

Rembrandt Q. Einstein 3 years ago (edited)

That there is TRUE LUXURY!

3points

#56

Garage fridge.

Tourist_Weekly Report

Final score:

22points

POST

Aeon Flux 3 years ago

I used to think mini fridges were so exotic!

1point

#57

An in-ground swimming pool

Ermaquillz Report

Final score:

22points

POST

You kidding me 3 years ago

A horse trough filled with water, and a fly swatter.

2points

#58

Automatic payments.

bear_sausage Report

Final score:

21points

POST

Aeon Flux 3 years ago

That just made me wince.

3points

NoneYa41 3 years ago

but you can't just not pay....

1point

Nikki Haines 3 years ago

Automatic payments give me anxiety.

0points

Mad_Haberdasheress 3 years ago

This is more frightening than spiders!

0points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Kevin Beard 3 years ago

I think they mean having enough money that you don't have to worry if you can afford to pay the bill on the due date, you can just let it auto withdraw because you know you have enough money.

4points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

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

#59

Going to Disneyland.

geegeeallin Report

Final score:

20points

POST

Lara Verne 3 years ago (edited)

Going to any amusement park. Nearest Disneyland is halfway across the continent, so even wealthy people can't go there very often.

2points

Expensive_Collection Report

#60

a) Throwing away leftovers and b) cooking the same quantity again next time.

Final score:

20points

POST

Kristal 3 years ago

That's just ridiculously wasteful

10points

#61

Throwing away the ketchup when it's "empty" instead of putting water in it so you can use what is left in the bottle.

Kollin66182 Report

Final score:

20points

POST

Zozo🤟 3 years ago

We do that with soaps😄

5points

#62

Playing games and going on rides at a carnival.

Kiyranti91 Report

Final score:

19points

POST

Valley Girl 3 years ago

That we could do. Just don't ask for anything to eat or drink. Put a water bottle in the freezer before you go and walk around with a purse full of $ store stuff

1point

#63

Hand towels for drying your hands in the washroom

MiraPoopie2012 Report

Final score:

19points

POST

Brian bell 3 years ago

Having paper towels!

0points

#64

Not having to use the oven to heat the house up during winter.

The_Good_Negro Report

Final score:

19points

POST

Remi Flynne 3 years ago

Isnt that an expensive way to heat a room? Also read that if it was a gas oven it could be dangerous unless you had a window open (making it a lot less effective).

5points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#65

Multiple game systems

Aquaman8894 Report

Final score:

17points

POST

BusLady 3 years ago

I'm old. In my childhood, a game system was a Monopoly set and a deck of cards. Lol

2points

#66

Buying icecream in the lunch line

cobstein1000 Report

Final score:

16points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

I don't remember ice cream even being an option. Only occasionally would we get that "vanilla ice cream" ( don't think it was legally ice cream) at school for some kind of event. The one that came with the wooden stick and tasted like stick.

10points

#67

Owning a newer car or holidays abroad.

zerbey Report

Final score:

16points

POST

setsuriseikou 3 years ago

How about owning a car at all?

2points

#68

Not making payments on a car, just buying it.

magusmccormick Report

Final score:

16points

POST

WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago

Not a sign of wealth. Lots of people buy cars without taking out loans. In the Netherlands most people think that you're a special kind of stupid to take out a loan for a car. That's why the average age of Dutch private cars (11 years) is one of the highest in Europe.

3points

#69

Basketball hoop in the driveway.

killkumquat Report

Final score:

13points

POST

El muerto 3 years ago

a driveway

6points

Unfair-Campaign257 Report

#70

Getting cold lunches (parents would pack them lunch that would have a ton of goodies in them)

Final score:

12points

POST

Nikki Haines 3 years ago

I never got cold lunch because school lunch was free. Definitely felt like it was just for the wealthy.

1point

#71

Not living in an apartment complex

ThisSorrowfulLife Report

Final score:

11points

POST

Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

Most poor people I knew lived in trailers or borderline derelict houses. Apartments are rare and expensive

7points

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

See Also on Bored Panda

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

#72

Buying food from the school canteen

10quidBJ Report

Final score:

11points

POST

Kat Rob 3 years ago

I'm assuming this is the same as the cafeteria? If so it was the opposite in my experience. I was on free lunch program and the rich kids brought packed lunches with nice food.

2points

#73

Silverware that isn’t plastic. Toaster oven. More than one frying pan

Emotional_gangsta Report

Final score:

11points

POST

Ivana 3 years ago

Wait, no. You can buy metal silverware for $10 or less. I know because I bought the set at Walmart and used it for 15 years and guess what, just checked on the Walmart website and the set that lasted me for 15 years is $7.48. So who on Earth is buying plastic silverware to save money?

1point

Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

Read less »

Kotryna is a Photo Editor at Bored Panda with a BA in Graphic Design. Before Bored Panda, she worked as a freelance graphic designer and illiustrator. When not editing, she enjoys working with clay, drawing, playing board games and drinking good tea.

Read less »

What do you think ?

POST

Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)

I once heard someone say "If you have to ask the price then you can't afford it" and for some things it's true but it sounds very arrogant.

20points

Aliquid 3 years ago

Many rich people are extreme penny pinchers... so I don't know if the saying is true or not. But I guess they don't HAVE to ask, they just choose to ask.

10points

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

Anxiety caused by growing up poor is also such a big thing. Not wanting to do something or buy something because you're scared you wouldn't have enough in case something happens. This still plagues me to this day and I can't take risks or invest because of it.

18points

Brian bell 3 years ago

This! The real damage is after growing up poor (we) continue to "think poor," and do things like settle for lower pay than we are worth, don't dare to spend money (the whole save it for a rainy day thing but it gets spent on fixing cars/ replacing appliances, so never ends up for fun)... Yeah, the poor thing is W A Y overrated, Highly NOT recommended!

15points

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

I am 58, and it has been many years since my desperately poor childhood. But those anxieties still reside in my personality. I can't stand it when anyone throws out food or leaves lights on when they leave the room or uses too much water for something, etc. It is definitely a neurosis.

10points

Tami 3 years ago

The world would be such a better place if everyone stopped such wasteful habits! Regarding food, about 40% of food in the US is wasted. With such disregard being so commonplace, we can imagine how much of our other resources are wasted as well.

7points

BusLady 3 years ago

I don't have much, but I appreciate what I do have. My background of growing up in poverty has helped me to see the big picture. It also taught me how to budget and stretch a dollar.

9points

Josy Bannon 3 years ago

Yes some usefull skills come along with it

4points

Chich 3 years ago

Remember being a student and finding $60 in an old jacket. Thought I had won the lottery!

8points

Stephanie Keith 3 years ago

All of these things, for most of them are actual necessities. Things all humans need equally. Crazy that we've been made to think needs are a luxury or you have to be rich to afford them.

6points

Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

Parents needing to feed you food that would fill you up versus healthy food. It's much cheaper and goes much further to buy a cake mix than to buy fresh fruit. It's expensive to eat healthy, not to mention embarrassing and stressful. Poverty trauma is real.

5points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Yes. It can lead to really screwed-up behaviors as a result: Controlling attitudes about money, food, possessions, and it's terrifying how it can manifest. Some people become downright abusive due to it. I know poverty led into my dad's abusive behaviors. (His childhood.)

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

Hmm most of these are accurate, and basically about 20% of our population can afford most of this stuff. We are the wealthiest country on the continent. HOWEVER that being said, it means the other 80% can't. Which is why we have the worst GINI globally.

4points

kjorn 3 years ago

not be stuck to a job you hate because you can't affort to not working for few weeks or days to looking for a new job

3points

Demi Zwaan 3 years ago

Which is why you look for a new job before you quit. Who quits before they have something new?

-1point

Lady Lava 3 years ago

I appreciate so much what I have now after my relatively poor childhood. Choosing the products I want in the supermarket, eating out whenever we feel like it, going on vacations to foreign countries, going to the hairdresser and decent clothing stores, buying new pieces of furniture, buy a house instead of lifelong renting. All things that were certainly not evident when I grew up. I know my parents have been struggling to make ends meet for a long time. Fortunately, healthcare was never a problem in my country. I feel lucky about that, it could have been worse. Now I'm definitely not literally rich, as in being a millionaire or so. But I do feel rich, just because of all those things I can do now, knowing I can afford them.

2points

Corinna S. 3 years ago

For me growing up I considered my friends rich if there was fresh cooking every day and because the kids had ballet and piano lessons...

2points

Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago

These examples remind me of the kind of modest life we lived as a family when I was a child/teenager. I find it interesting that some examples that could be considered part of a "rich lifestyle" holds no interest for me. If I ever win the lotto, no one will be able to tell from my lifestyle!

2points

Deborah B 3 years ago

Going to McDonalds as a child and getting a happymeal, not a single cheap item. We would get just a hamburger, or just small fries, and wouldn't even think of asking for a happymeal.

2points

Linda Lee 3 years ago

Single mom, here. When my son was young there were some cereal boxes had a coupon for one free item from the kids menu. That coupon, plus the change in my purse, was enough to feed my son dinner between paydays. I had a full time office job but still couldn't afford both rent And food; yet I made too much money for government assistance. I went hungry as a child and I went hungry as a young mother. Now I'm pushing 55, (too old to hire, too young to retire) and I'd really like to turn on the heat but, ya know.

0points

Peter Weir 3 years ago

lots of so called rich people or people with money are doing it for show...they dont have the money but spoil their kids to shut them up..they have massive dept. living within your means is hard but doable. keeping up with the jones is just foolishness. People with less are generally happier and love each other more.....

2points

KimB 3 years ago

Agree...if you have to use a credit card or take out a loan to buy it (other than a house of course) then you shouldn't be buying it. You're only paying twice as much anyway once you pay the interest. Shutting your kids up by spoiling them pretty much guarantees they won't appreciate anything and worse they will expect this treatment the rest of their lives...I don't know about you but I've had enough of spoiled, entitled, whiny adults who don't want to work but expect to collect a paycheck to last this and my next lifetime!

2points

Troux 3 years ago

For me it was having a car from the current decade. Doesn't matter if it was a small economy car; just the fact that it was less than 10 years old made it look like 'the cars on TV'. I even struggled to understand new car dealerships; I see them everywhere, but they felt completely inaccessible to mortals.

2points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

First time I bought something ina furniture store... it was 50% off b/c it was a return. I couldn't make myself buy actually-all-new.

2points

similarly 3 years ago

Here's one: Don't know how to jury-rig stuff back together. Don't know how to mend and repair. Don't know how to take something apart, see the problem, and fix it. Some little part gets broken, and the whole thing goes in the garbage!

1point

Sean Harrison 3 years ago

Being able to have real milk in your breakfast cereal, not powdered milk mixed with water.

1point

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Or being even richer and being able to shell out extra for the more responsibly sourced, sustainable milk. Regular dairy farmers get a raw deal when it comes to selling their milk, because the supermarkets want to sell it at a budget price.

0points

Clifford Heard 2 years ago

Sugar water.

0points

Melissa TO 3 years ago

I grew up in a tiny old house that we rented that was falling apart around us. The rent was cheap because it was not in great condition, an apartment would have been amazing! We had to avoid parts of the floor that were rotten. No air conditioning in south Florida, couldn't afford to use the heat in the winter but there was a fireplace and we'd sleep around it when it got cold, which wasn't a lot thank goodness! We could see our breath in some parts of the house when it got cold enough. My brother and I thought it was neat! My mom was great at figuring out cheap meals. She got chicken necks and boiled all the meat off and made casseroles and such. We had a retired neighbor who would bring us fresh fish from his fishing excursions. Hot dogs can go a long way sometimes. I've really learned to appreciate everything I have now. My husband and I don't have kids, and we rescue dogs. We currently have 3, we have had 5 at a time in the past. I would love to rescue more, but my health isn't goo

0points

Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago

I'm very and i really haoe every person going through poverty gets the help they need.

0points

AJ Mar 3 years ago

Ok, many of the things on this list can definitely be considered "luxuries" but some of this stuff and some comments is what rich people do to GET rich (penny pinching, counting every dollar, living as cheap as possible, eating as cheap as possible, using hand-me-downs, etc).

0points

lara 3 years ago

When my dad was going to med school we lived in a housing project. Rent was 35 bucks a month. Two bedroom, one bath, kitchen and living room. We only got candy on Christmas when our Papa would send a box of stuff for us. We were poor, but so was everyone else, it never occurred to us that we were poor. I thought that the girl who lived next door was rich because her grandmother gave her 5 cents to buy an ice cream bar when the ice cream man came around. I wore hand me downs until I was a senior in high school, never bothered me because, why should it? I rode the bus to school and before that I babysat at 50 cents an hour and bought all my own stuff.

0points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

I personally loved hand me downs because I was the eldest in the family and the clothes I got usually came from families that were more well off so were better quality and lasted longer than ones we could afford.

0points

Mavis 3 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

XSpooky_Mint 3 years ago

Lunchables

0points

Don't Look 3 years ago

Once again, some people really ought not to reproduce. And this list is a competition to see who grew up poorer. The people who grew up the poorest aren't even going to be on this list.

-1point

POST

Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)

I once heard someone say "If you have to ask the price then you can't afford it" and for some things it's true but it sounds very arrogant.

20points

Aliquid 3 years ago

Many rich people are extreme penny pinchers... so I don't know if the saying is true or not. But I guess they don't HAVE to ask, they just choose to ask.

10points

DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago

18points

Brian bell 3 years ago

15points

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

10points

Tami 3 years ago

7points

BusLady 3 years ago

I don't have much, but I appreciate what I do have. My background of growing up in poverty has helped me to see the big picture. It also taught me how to budget and stretch a dollar.

9points

Josy Bannon 3 years ago

Yes some usefull skills come along with it

4points

Chich 3 years ago

Remember being a student and finding $60 in an old jacket. Thought I had won the lottery!

8points

Stephanie Keith 3 years ago

All of these things, for most of them are actual necessities. Things all humans need equally. Crazy that we've been made to think needs are a luxury or you have to be rich to afford them.

6points

Kristy Nelson 3 years ago

5points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

2points

ZAPanda 3 years ago

4points

kjorn 3 years ago

not be stuck to a job you hate because you can't affort to not working for few weeks or days to looking for a new job

3points

Demi Zwaan 3 years ago

Which is why you look for a new job before you quit. Who quits before they have something new?

-1point

Lady Lava 3 years ago

2points

Corinna S. 3 years ago

For me growing up I considered my friends rich if there was fresh cooking every day and because the kids had ballet and piano lessons...

2points

Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago

2points

Deborah B 3 years ago

Going to McDonalds as a child and getting a happymeal, not a single cheap item. We would get just a hamburger, or just small fries, and wouldn't even think of asking for a happymeal.

2points

Linda Lee 3 years ago

0points

Peter Weir 3 years ago

2points

KimB 3 years ago

2points

Troux 3 years ago

2points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

First time I bought something ina furniture store... it was 50% off b/c it was a return. I couldn't make myself buy actually-all-new.

2points

similarly 3 years ago

1point

Sean Harrison 3 years ago

Being able to have real milk in your breakfast cereal, not powdered milk mixed with water.

1point

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

0points

Clifford Heard 2 years ago

Sugar water.

0points

Melissa TO 3 years ago

0points

Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 3 years ago

I'm very and i really haoe every person going through poverty gets the help they need.

0points

AJ Mar 3 years ago

0points

lara 3 years ago

0points

Huddo's sister 2 years ago

0points