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re: What did “being rich” mean to you when you were a kid
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:45 pm to Eightballjacket
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:45 pm to Eightballjacket
I had no idea what rich looked like until I was in grade school. A friend of my parents always drove fairly new Lincolns and had a swimming pool, and I associated that with “rich”.
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Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:45 pm to Eightballjacket
As a kid, I thought an in ground pool indicated wealth.
Now, not so much.....
Now, not so much.....
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:46 pm to Eightballjacket
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What did “being rich” mean to you when you were a kid
Having 5 servants instead of our measly 3
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:46 pm to Eightballjacket
Making $100 a day
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:47 pm to terriblegreen
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As a kid, I thought an in ground pool indicated wealth.
Fun Fact:
The richest man in rural Georgia is actually decided by who owns the most above ground pools on one piece of land.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:48 pm to Eightballjacket
Getting to have the Barbie Dream House and ALL the Barbie high fashion outfits.
I thought my paternal grandparents were rich because they always had a late model Cadillac and my grandfather always wore suits. In reality, the Cadillacs were company cars because he was a funeral director.
I thought my paternal grandparents were rich because they always had a late model Cadillac and my grandfather always wore suits. In reality, the Cadillacs were company cars because he was a funeral director.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:48 pm to terriblegreen
There were two families I knew growing up that I considered "rich". One owned an insurance business and a jetski dealership, had a huge RV, new cars every year, ski vacations in Colorado, etc. The other drove their kids to school in a hummer and owned their own private 9 hole golf course on their property.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:48 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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having a vacation home
This. Not as much growing up as it was in college, but my folks bought a condo at the beach when I was a freshman, and built a new house shortly after. They were sort of downsizing and spent more time at the beach, plus we could go almost any time we wanted to. They kept it a long time, and eventually sold it when my oldest child was almost 3, which seemed odd to me. You'd think they would want to take their grandkids often, but it was a good run of a free place at the beach.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:49 pm to Odinson
my best friend's family had pool and lincoln continental. one day they were having a party and the dad gave the mon $40 to run to the store.
I was like damn! that's a lot of cash to be handing out.
I was like damn! that's a lot of cash to be handing out.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:49 pm to Eightballjacket
I remember the same girl always won the Liberty Card limo rides because her parents just bought as many Liberty Cards as needed for her to win.
She might as well have been Elon Musk
She might as well have been Elon Musk
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:50 pm to Eightballjacket
Having a 2 story house meant you were rich to me. Didn’t matter about the quality or size of that house, if it was 2 stories then I equated that to rich.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:50 pm to Eightballjacket
Anyone with a hot tub was rich to me in 1984.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:52 pm to Eightballjacket
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When I was a kid I thought being rich meant you could eat at McDonald’s or Burger King any time you wanted
Exactly this!
And play all the video games at Aladdins Castle at Bon Marche Mall.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:55 pm to Sun God
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Liberty Card limo rides
Holy shite that’s a throwback…
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:58 pm to Eightballjacket
The people who didn't have to worry about losing their home and got new nikes every year.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:58 pm to Eightballjacket
I always thought the kids that had a maid and were members of the country club were rich.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:58 pm to Eightballjacket
So I grew up poor, I mean pooooor so being rich to me meant having electricity that didn't get cut off every once in a while, having non government cheese to eat, not being on the school lunch program, decent clothes, things that are really basic.
I got "rich" in high school when I could wok for myself. Actually at 12 when I was detasseling in the summer was when my wealth started building.
Now I pay more in tuition than both my mom and step-dad made while I was growing up.
I got "rich" in high school when I could wok for myself. Actually at 12 when I was detasseling in the summer was when my wealth started building.
Now I pay more in tuition than both my mom and step-dad made while I was growing up.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 12:59 pm to POCKET
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Having a 2 story house meant you were rich to me
Same.
Almost everyone in our town lived in basic 1200 sq ft homes. There were few two story homes in town.
There was one legit rich kid, he got a new trans am every year. He's an engineer now, probably lived higher on the hog in HS than he does now.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 1:00 pm to cable
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Rich means the same thing now as it did then - you can do whatever the frick you want to do.
Actually you can’t...ask Jeffrey Epstein.
Posted on 10/26/21 at 1:00 pm to RogerTheShrubber
The cool kids who had their own landline number and call waiting were rich af
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