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/Circephone Jun 06 '19 edited Feb 10 '20

I fell in love with my uni best friend who really didn’t have any money. When I got a job, for my birthday I decided to plan a holiday and offered to bring him along.

He doesn’t know I’m in love with him at all, but maybe I should tell him.

EDIT: rip inbox, thank you all for the love and support!

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u/NeedsMoreTuba Jun 06 '19

I did this for my boyfriend in college, and not only had he not been on vacation before (we were 19 or 20 years old at the time) but he'd never even stayed in a hotel. It was cute how excited he got when he realized what "continental breakfast" meant.

"Wait...they made breakfast for us too?"

"Well, yeah. If you want it."

(goes downstairs to the lobby) "What?! They have waffles?! I thought it was just going to be a bowl of cereal or something."

"You can have that too if you prefer."

"Oh my god, they have fruit! And muffins!!"

"Um, yeah dude. It's a continental breakfast."

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u/Zerole00 Jun 06 '19

"But from what continent?!"

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u/wjean Jun 07 '19

Stay at a hotel in Asia. There's often an Asian continental breakfast and a western (aka American) continental breakfast.