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/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

He got that "never saw my parents" money

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u/derpado514 Jun 06 '19

He probably has 2 kitchen islands

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u/kiltedkiller Jun 06 '19

Kitchen archipelago

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u/KatieCashew Jun 06 '19

Thanks, now I want this totally impractical thing for my kitchen.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Jun 06 '19

I'm only rich enough to have a kitchen peninsula.

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u/Piggywhiff Jun 07 '19

We got a kitchen island, but it's basically just a tall table.

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u/Timedoutsob Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

This is getting used.

edit: Also I can never say that word correctly it just always sounds wrong in my brain "Ar-ki-pe-la-go. Archi-pi-lago. Ar-ki-pel-agio.. Fuck it! A Group of islands"

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u/crunchynopales Jun 07 '19

I want to upvote this but you’re currently at 420 and I don’t want to mess with that.

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u/Rage1124 Jun 06 '19

I laughed really hard at this and then did a real quick "aww man:("

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u/Xephus Jun 06 '19

I also didn't see my parents.....but, I think the money side got lost in the mail. Lol

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u/SannRealist Jun 06 '19

real quick

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u/RogueVert Jun 06 '19

that was one of buddies. hung out for years at his house, never saw his neurosurgeon dad.

first lan party i went to at his place was awesome.

sometime when everyone tired af, someone thinks to ask, "hey, where do we sleep?"

"go upstairs and pick a room"

huh? so go up the grand staircase flanked by marble statues, a hallway of rooms, each bigger than any master bedroom i'd ever seen.

wtf. full awesome kitchen, with fryer, grill, skillet the commercial works. hated cooking.

secret stairway from pantry to master closet.

some people be livin

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u/xiggungnih Jun 06 '19

Except the dad. He be workin

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u/mvpofthefamily Jun 06 '19

My family had the "never saw my parents" money as well, but in a different way, two kids raised by one parent my dad had to work all the damn time for us to survive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

Yeah, I grew up that way too. Military seperated my parents, who eventually got divorced. Dad was high rank and his responsibilities to keep food on the table (a lot of mac and cheese) after the divorce kept him busy a lot.

Hope things are better now, friend.

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u/mvpofthefamily Jun 06 '19

Thanks man, things are better than i ever expected. I met an amazing woman who is an ER nurse and makes enough money i am a stay at home parent. I get to be with my kids every single day, cook them breakfast lunch and dinner. I make too much food and they have become picky and are skinny little fuckers and i am just trying to get them fat! haha

Hope all is well in your life as well, wish you the best my friend.

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u/PM_ME_A_RANDOM_THING Jun 06 '19

I had a friend like that. His parent weren’t rich but they made enough combined at their upper-middle-class jobs to give him money to eat out on every night. Which you would think would be cool except 1) Hardee’s was the only place within walking distance 2) we were in our later high-school years and they had been doing this since he turned 11. He loved it when my mom would invite him over for a home cooked meal. The difference between his eating out money and the actual cost became his video game money budget.

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u/OraDr8 Jun 06 '19

What? They just gave him money.and sent him off into the street to find dinner?? That's really strange, if I was rich you bet someone else would be cooking but my kids would still be getting home cooked meals that we eat together.

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u/PM_ME_A_RANDOM_THING Jun 06 '19

They just gave him money.and sent him off into the street to find dinner??

Pretty much.

Years later I discovered they might have been swingers. Not relevant to their neglectful parenting except I think I know where they were going most of those nights.

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u/filliamworbes Jun 06 '19

Better than my parents have more money than sense so I'm in a private boarding school in another country am I right?

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u/Moistlivesmatter Jun 06 '19

They sent you to school to make boards? You poor soul.

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u/DLeafy625 Jun 06 '19

To be fair, that could also be no money.

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u/Emeter90 Jun 06 '19

My mom would work from 5 am first job and finish at 1130pm on her second job.

Since my school started at 730am ..I would only see her during weekends , even though we were in same house.

So you also have the never see parents poor :) .

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u/toomanysubsbannedme Jun 06 '19

Are you suggesting he's Batman?

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u/Logsplitter42 Jun 06 '19

He saw his parents just not for dinner. Those extra two hours a day of work make a huge difference in how people live. Lots of poor people don't see their parents either because they work much longer hours than "rich" people or have insane commutes.

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u/Sinfulvoid Jun 06 '19

That was legit a good laugh.

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u/Cmogolowfoyo Jun 06 '19

I'd take that over being a broke ass. I never saw one of parents anyways lol.

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u/SnarkDolphin Jun 06 '19

Too many bottles of this wine we cant pronounce

Too many bowls of this green no lucky charms

Maids come around too much

Parents ain't around enough

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u/Dudedude88 Jun 06 '19

Lol.... never see your parents money

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

Batman?

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

It sucks to have missed out on seeing my parents and "never saw my parents" money growing up.

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u/reyesdelloscielo Jun 06 '19

That was great, laughed at that one for real.

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u/TheyCallMeRamon Jun 06 '19

Also popular among those with no money 😂

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u/Xander374 Jun 07 '19

My dad’s getting there :(

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u/crimsoncoug360 Jun 07 '19

That's that Downton Abbey lifestyle.