Here are their most surprising responses (some of these made my jaw drop)!
“I thought every family had staff.
We had a chef, gardener, chauffeur, two nannies, a handyman/errand guy, and two maids.
These were full-time, and several of us lived with them.
We had a host of part-time staff as well.
richdudethrow
2. talkaboutitlater
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My parents gave me my own personal house when I was 16.
It was right next to their mansion.
Anonymous
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“Growing up, all of our dishes were made of fine china, Waterford glassware, etc.
halycon
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On TV, Sally Struthers greeted me from Africa, surrounded by starving, desperate children.
Until that moment, I thought all people lived along a coastline in beach houses.”
“My father was a successful chemical engineer/manufacturer and private pilot.
I spent my childhood in a gated fly-in community with a fully functioning airport.
We owned property in Nantucket and St. Maarten and were constantly taking extemporaneous vacations.
‘“benadrylcumberbatch
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Uppgreyyed
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“As kids, we didn’t realize that everyone didn’t live how we did.
“Everything is embroidered to a certain point.
From zebras to toasters, everything feels like embroidered when you don’t know any better.
So everything else seems like it was embroidered by someone or something.”
amazing_mouse
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I remember feeling paralyzed because I realized my horse was more expensive than her home.”
“I was 23 the first time I had to figure out how to use a washing machine.
To this day, I can remember how helpless I felt, staring at it like a dead fish.
Had to call the family maid.”
bontem
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“My roommate in college would order a catered meal for every dinner.
Then I did the math, and my entire education cost over $1 million with no loans.
I am very grateful.”
“In high school, I moved from private to public school (by choice).
“Honestly, it was the little things.
I knew we had nicer cars than average, a bigger house, went on more trips, etc.
But I thought everyone’s refrigerators had wood-paneled cabinet doors, for example.
We had these little holes all over, in every room.
“Thighmaster220
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“Anonymous
