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I bet every one of you have had experiences when you wanted something, but you couldn’t get it because your family didn’t have the money for it or perhaps you only used to get a certain thing once in a very rare while.

This ultimately led you to believe that certain things are only reserved for rich people and if you were to eventually get it, you would feel high class for having it.

Maybe it never was posh in the first place. Regardless, people spent their childhood thinking that. One day, author and teacher Eve Dunbar posted a tweet asking people what were some things that they thought was the height of class when they were children. And people responded with these very memories.

Bored Panda invites you to take a look at what things the people of Twitter grew up believing was high class. Vote on the ones you’ve enjoyed the most or the ones that struck a nostalgic chord with you. And hey, while you’re at it, why not leave a comment in the comments section below?

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

Reading this made me sad, thinking that such a normal thing (for me) can be the sign of an inaccessible dream life for some children.

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

100% the same. Started earning money at 12 to get my first set of keys to a rusty jalopy, and I will never let go of the meaning of 'VALUE,' which a brand new car does not have. When something is worth 25% less almost immediately, it's clear that a lot of the price is just in being 'brand new'. Meanwhile, a standard car model will undergo 'major' changes only about every ~15 years. Waste of resources...I'll never be rich enough to justify throwing money out like that.

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Up All Night
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh boy, the difference between lower and upper middle class is HUGE. No one acknowledges that the lower middle class is actually poor.

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

I still think people with pools are living in the lap of luxury lol. Especially during all this lock down business.

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

Amen! In my mind, preppy sweater tied around the neck = trust fund. Ref: Ralph Lauren

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Sean Harrison
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love these! My Mom used to put a pack of them in my stocking at Christmas every year when I was a kid.

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regi stra
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

READ THIS REALLY IMPORTANT! Benetton are an Italian Family, they do cool ads BUT in fact, in Italy they own concession for like 80% of the highway, they earn A LOT of money from them but they spend very little for maitenance, for this a bridge in Genova have collapsed and more than 40pll died.... they are the emblem of hypocrisy.. be carefull whit people like this, they told you "hey we are all brother we care about people and world" and meanwhile they make profit on people shoulders. Most of Italian people hate this family (except for the ones who believe that they believe in that ads" sorry for my english! not my language :/

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

This type of appreciation for your parents is something I think "rich" kids miss out on. I have so much respect for my parents for all they made happen for us with what little they had at times.

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Palestinian warrior
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean a sewing kit? 😂😂 (Where I'm from that specific biscuit tin is used to store sewing stuff)

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Channon Doughty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could not agree more!! I still think, at 47, that I can count the number of vacations I've had on my fingers.

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Leo Domitrix
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I *was* the dishwasher, LOL... In seriousness, yeah. A working dishwasher. Besides me.

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

Growing up, I had a wonderfully crafted hand-made dollhouse. It was made by a good friend of my mom's, originally used by her daughter (who had by that point grown out of it and was our family's babysitter). It was really special. All the better - we were able to return the favour and pass it back to the daughter some years later when she had a child of her own. :D

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

I have one and a half in my current apartment that I share with my boyfriend, still feels like a luxury

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

The cost of Jordans have always been outrageous. Spending money like that on shoes for a kid who will quickly outgrow them is just a poor financial decision.

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

My parents never once even entertained the idea of purchasing one of these, but I was mesmerized by the commercials and thought they were this forbidden luxury only the fanciest of the fancy could enjoy 😂

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Azure Adams
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never understood those rooms. I knew people who had them and people who have them now but it seems like such a waste of space to me

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Channon Doughty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In that, we beat all the rich kids. My mom is the best baker I've had the pleasure of getting cakes from. She made us gorgeous cakes... the real Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake with Fluff Frosting, German Chocolate Cake, NY Cheesecake, Devil's Food Cake with Chocolate Ganache (my 30th bday). She also made a lot of tiered wedding cakes and catered weddings for family and friends. If they'd buy the ingredients, she'd do it for cheap. She made both of my wedding cakes.

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Kandi Sofia Dahlan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had some pairs when I was in college way back when, the envy of my classmates ;-)

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

We had a 2-55 AC. Ya roll 2 windows down and go 55! (That was when the speed limit was 55)

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Melissa Hill
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I LOVED getting the catalog around the holidays. It always marked the start of the Christmas season for me to see the catalog.

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M O'Connell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha! I had a friend in school who came from a big Italian family, they definitely had cured meats hanging in the kitchen.

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

We had a community pool that was hot as frick all the time (florida). When they shut it down because of corona we realized we needed a house with a pool. We just moved to one with a nice pool that stays cold and it feels like heaven

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Catlady6000
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my fondest memories. Grandma found out time and days of bread deliveries, Wonder bakery was less than a mile from the store, so we were able to get the bread still warm. She always bought 2 loaves, because one would be gone before we got home. This was our only luxury. I didn't even get to go to the actual movie theater til my first job. But I still remember the taste and smell of wonder bread in the backseat

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Eric Mac Fadden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are very common in Brazil since.... I can't remember, they were here when I was born....

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Laura Catania
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My whole family took a limo to the airport (my parents did well in life but we knew a guy)when I was a teenage. My cousin opened the window and asked the person in the next car if he had a bottle of grey poupon. We felt so fancy

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Channon Doughty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those and Swatch watches. Oh how I wished we could have a Swatch Watch.

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

I love these! They recently went from a 12 pack to a 10 pack though, which is a dirty, dirty trick.

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Amanda Sherland
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then you had to stand there, slowly turning the dial, until they finally picked something...

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Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Daddy would cut an orange in slices then peel back the peel like little handles.He was the only one who at grapefruit!

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Nia Loves Art
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s funny because I always thought a basement was a sign of wealth. My family is well of and we have a two story house, but we never had anything like the huge basement/game room/home movie theater our cousins had.

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Channon Doughty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pantene was what I thought the rich girls had. I mean, they also had their own rooms, separate bathrooms, and their own phone line with their own phone number in their bedrooms.

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Noez 🇸🇪
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I kind of agree about this one... I super-HATE doing my dishes by hand and I wish I could afford to buy a dishwasher one day 😊

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Melissa Hill
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG I LOVE THIS!!! We got strawberry bars and the english toffee bars every week.

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Up All Night
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a kid?! I didn't even start to drink coffee until I was twenty something.

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Valerie G.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and thanks to Covid-19, we will probably never get to see a salad bar again.

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Rick Kiefer
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lived in a 3 story Victorian house no AC, did have a basement so we put a floor fan at the "kitchen" door, it led down to a landing that also led to the basement. and a fan in a second floor window to draw the cooler air from the basement onto the first floor.

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Cip IESAN
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lived for 23 years in a communist regime (Romania): for most of people, being rich meant an orange for Christmas, more than 2 hours of TV, 5 hours of electricity and 1 hour of water per day! And, for the few car owners, more than 20 liters of gasoline per month. Pretending more could throw you in jail.

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

I first saw a Godiva shop in a mall in the late 80s. I thought it was a lingerie shop for the longest time. -Dr M, aka Mr Literal

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Channon Doughty
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And people whose Mom cut the crust off their sandwiches. We could not afford such waste. Our sandwiches were already lame -- white bread, thin layer of mayo and ONE slice of Carl Budding.

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

I'd forgotten these! We had them once a year, too, for my mom's birthday dinner. Hated the cocktail, but ate it anyway because I thought it was for movie stars. And yup, we always reused the glass for special occasions.

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David Kohn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

look at what we have now 8 foot curved 3d moniters with about 500 times the computing power of the apollo 13

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

And now it's a bargain! (Hope to wear it again & be mask-free someday!)

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Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I was sheltered. We had fresh fruit, garden vegatables,anything you could make but I still havent seen some of these things. I was blessed just not wordly.

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Dave P
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

a lot people who worked in tech had those, many middle and even lower middle class people in the early and mid 90's had that, while many super rich did not

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Ivo Sousa Martins
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a fairly cheap Portuguese wine for us here. It costs something like $3 to $7 dollars depending on the bottle. Usually known for its Rosé grape or caste.

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

We had that! But pretty sure my brother had stolen it O.o

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

It was, it looked like you were having dinner in someone's old English estate library, I live it

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El Dee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's ALL from concentrate. OJ doesn't keep for long. If you want the real deal you need to buy the oranges and do the work. When I was around 10 or so I would buy the old oranges as they were due to be disposed of and squeeze them myself, tastes a hundred times better than anything you can buy in the shops..

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El Dee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much of this is US only and centred around very particular products. Growing up the things that marked out wealth for me were the family having a car, going on holiday and having a shower in the house (these just weren't widely available) and being able to have heating on (coal was how the heated our homes back then) No AC for us, not needed, too cold lol!

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Kathy Kovach
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Dad managed A&P stores when I was growing up. This is the smell of my childhood!

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Valerie G.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fabulous, I still love these, but really wanted a whole bowl to myself when I was little.

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Dave Walker
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only one of these I have is a Colour TV... but it's a CRT, not a flatscreen!

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