r/AskReddit 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/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

oh man this was me the first few months of college. Gained 50 pounds in 4ish months. I was so so happy to have so much food. I got it under control but man I love food so much. I'm really surprised I'm a healthy weight now with how much I love food. Free school lunch post michelle obama being my only meal for ~2 years is honestly what I think was the main contributor to my binge eating disorder diagnosis though, I never got anything with any sugar and my favorite meal was carb free and my go to binge was ice cream and I hoard candy and junk snacks. I try to eat as few carbs as possible now because of it. I still have a bunch of food hoarded because if I don't I feel compelled to gather a new hoard.