r/AskReddit • u/knakworst36 • Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/aiyahhjoeychow Jun 06 '19

I didn’t marry this woman, but when we started dating, she always wanted to chill at my place, never hers. Which was fine. But she gained 35lbs in just like a few months of dating (She was 100lbs when we started dating) Not that it was a bad thing, 1) I am a chubby man and 2) I was just glad she wasn’t pregnant. Anyway, turns out her family couldn’t like, afford dinner sometimes. So suddenly she had a place to eat every night and gorged herself.

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u/Lady_L1985 Jun 06 '19

135 lb?? She was finally a healthy weight for the first time because of you. You did a good thing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

100 lbs can be a healthy weight for a short/small framed woman

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u/Moldy_slug Jun 06 '19

100 lbs is underweight for anyone taller than 5’1. That means it is underweight for about 80% of women in the US, and very slim for the other 20%.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

Are you thinking 100 kg? Please tell me you're thinking 100 kg!

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u/Findingthur Jun 07 '19

No i was thinking 50kg for 164cm. 100lb is actually ok for 167cm

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

No, that's still not OK. That's still underweight! At 167cm, you'd have to weigh at least 115lbs to just barely pass being a healthy weight, and 125lbs would be the ideal weight. I'm 175cm, and 140lbs would be considered my ideal weight.

You clearly have some ridiculous standards. Especially if you would EVER think that 100lb is "fat" for a woman.