Adults who were spoiled when they were younger shared the moment they realised how well off they were – 17 privileged epiphanies
10.
‘On our family’s trips growing up we always had a suite with single rooms, full kitchen and views…or our own entire room’s. We never had to share sleeping areas.
‘Freshman year of college I went on a beach trip with a group of guys and had to share rooms…I just acted normal but this was a very foreign concept to me’
-SuitableExercise7096
11.
‘When my grandparents gave me 40k to go to college every year for three years’
-Aggressive-Low-9578
12.
‘Talking to customers where their utilities are getting cut off every other month makes me realize just having power and food in the fridge is a fucking blessing even if you did have a shitty childhood.’
-AdjustDeezNutz
13.
‘I wasn’t super spoiled, but certainly didn’t grow up desperate.
‘My friend brought over his tent that he got for his birthday and my dog ruined it.
‘He was very upset, and I didn’t understand why.. “Your parents can just get you a new one, what’s the big deal?” was my thought.
‘Then I went to his house shortly after and for our lunch we split 1 can of tuna fish and a lot of mayo on thin white bread between 6 people.
‘That’s when I realized why I had a Super-Goose and he had a 4th time handed down thrift store Huffy.’
-Sh0ckValu3
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‘I never had to participate in the console wars. I always had every system and game I ever wanted to play along with peripherals and crt/monitor/big screen setups. Including brand new gaming pcs every couple of years.’
-Specialist_Taro8087
15.
‘It took me realizing that I have no survival instincts when it comes to money. I just spend like there will never be an issue. Until now where there is an issue.’
-Cichlidsaremyjam
16.
‘always going on trips to premium foreign destinations… I always thought everyone went to similar places on March break or Christmas. Never realized until I was teenager that I was living a very fortunate life nor did I know these places were considered premium getaways’
-sloppyfloppygoose
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‘I broke my fingernail at a friend’s bowling party. His dad went and grabbed fingernail clippers for me. I did not know how to use them because my parents had always cut my nails.’
-CoffeeOnPluto
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