“We were out and about and passed by a trailer park.
He started asking questions about it, and the rest of us were confused.
Turns out he thought trailer parks were just in movies.
He was shocked anyone actually lived there.”
“I became friends when I was very young with a prestigious lawyer.
Came home on leave and we met for drinks.
He decided to take me to a private club.
While there, he ordered us both drinks for three to five rounds.
In the middle of telling a story, he got a call and stepped out.
I ask for the bill nervously as there was no price next to the drinks he ordered.
He became very surprised when he had to come back to pay.
He couldnt fathom that a private in the Army couldnt pay a $4,300 bar tab.”
u/bothonpele
2.
“‘If your wife wants a Range Rover, why dont you just buy her one?’
I just stared at him and said, ‘Man, we operate in different worlds.’
u/IDrinkMyBreakfast
3.
“I had a friend group that lasted about a decade.
I had to stop and stare in absolute shock.
My family collectively barely made half of that.
u/vendettamoon
4.
“I knew a guy sophomore year of college.
He grew up in the hills outside of San Francisco.
Like the bougie, bougie part of it.
His family had the cyber truck on pre-order the day it dropped.
When we went out to eat one day, he asked, ‘So who’s paying this time?’
My friends and I all stared at him like, wtf?
He talked about his friends doing coke in HS at all the parties their parents let them throw.”
“On another occasion we were out and about and passed by a trailer park.
He started asking questions about it, and the rest of us were confused.
Turns out he thought trailer parks were just in movies.
He was shocked anyone actually lived there.
He was just in school for the experience.
Ended up getting a 0.0 GPA because he never showed up to classes.
They, of course, got mad and wanted to break the lease.
He threatened to sue anyone that did.
Never saw him again but definitely the most oblivious person I ever met.”
u/Jacksonkisses
6. u/rebelofnyc
7. u/RoseWould
8. u/spidersfrommars
9.
“My friend was thinking of switching careers.
She lives in San Francisco.
The extra two rooms were for her home office and her cats.
u/voidmountain
10. u/Strange_Exchange521
11.
“I went to a really rich Catholic high school.
I got in on merit.
During a work period, I heard this exchange: ‘Im so mad at my dad.’
‘What did he do?’
‘He got me the wrong car for my birthday!'”
“I wish I was kidding.
I dont think she even got her license by the time we graduated.”
u/CptOrgans
12.
He grew up a lot wealthier than me.”
u/SingIntoMyMouth91
13.
“A friend of mine had a new girlfriend I was meeting for the first time.
Just a regular weekend flying from Atlanta to NYC on the private jet to buy some shoes.”
u/BiggieMcLarge
14.
‘Why would you want to have roommates?’
was said to me once.
I almost lost it.”
u/tiny_poomonkey
“Closely related ‘unpopular opinion I prefer living alone.’
People who say this REALLY believe everyone prefers several roommates and endless living compromises and limited bathroom access.
u/StarStuffSister
15.
“I was visiting my aunt.
She and her husband both had very good jobs.
She kept her bills pinned to a bulletin board so she would remember to pay them.
She looked at me stunned with her mouth open and asked, ‘How do your kids LIVE?'”
u/Fluffy-Hotel-5184
16.
He waved his hand dismissively and said, ‘I don’t believe in that inflation crap.'”
u/chase314
17.
“I made a new friend, and he asked if I went on annual holidays as a child.
“I was also shopping for a wheelchair at the time and struggling to find one I could afford.
He said I should get an electric one because it would suit my needs better.
I explained that there was no way I could afford it because they were upwards of a grand.
u/ThinkFish5023
18.
“I have a couple of relatives who are relatively well-off.
u/SuperCrappyFuntime
19.
Bro gets gifted tens of thousands of euros every year by his relatives as birthday gifts, etc.
He claims, ‘I just don’t spend much.’
u/xpdtn8
20.
“I once wanted to gift a friend a gig ticket.
She was very hesitant to take it, and it was 100% my idea.
I mean, there’s ALWAYS money!'”
“This woman had never lived away from her parents and was from a relatively wealthy background.
u/BroadwayBich
22.
She knew all of this and still acted like we were in the same situation as each other.”
“I just stopped talking to her altogether.
I havent seen her or spoken to her since, and that was 10 years ago.”
u/random_username3184
23.
Grandpa: ‘They are asking 400?
Just offer them 200k cash; they’ll take it.’
We informed them we don’t have 200k in cash.”
u/trollsong
24.
My family didnt have money growing up, but we were never poverty level or anything.
u/Didntlikedefaultname
25.
“My cousin married a guy who made quite a bit of dough.
Their daughter was turning 16, and she was telling my other cousin (i.e.
her sister) that they were deciding what expensive car to buy the girl.
Her sister suggested they get her a modestly-priced used car instead of a new, expensive car.
She said, straight-faced: ‘We’re not ANIMALS!’
as if buying their daughter a used car would make them so.”
“Overall, she was known to be very vain.
“My ex was a doctor.
He worked very hard for a long time to get there and was paid accordingly.
They worked together all day and were super close (still are as far as I know).
During this time we built a new house.
Again, he didnt control their pay, they were all employees of a clinic.
If they see your house, it might inspire them to work harder and make more money!’
It was almost a caricature of a Republican talking point.”
u/MNPS1603
27. u/molly270
28.
“My ex genuinely said, ‘Even if you earn 125,000.
Thats not really a lot of money and cant get you far.'”
u/Sailorsgrave91
29.
“‘Just buy a broken down home and fix it up!
Your dad and I did that.’
u/Not-From-Pakistan
30.
It was a dry wedding in my mother-in-law’s backyard.”
u/Comics4Cooks
31. u/ewing666
32.
Like…if this is cheap, wtf is the expensive experience like?!”
u/lifesnotperfect
34.
As if that was something most people in their late 20s can do at the drop of a hat.
u/generation-0
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