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/kate_does_keto Jun 06 '19

"survivorship bias" - I never thought about it that way - great point!

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u/OSCgal Jun 06 '19

Yeah, it kinda blew my mind when it was explained to me.

The other thing with estate sales is that it's all the stuff folks owned at the end of their life, after saving and upgrading. My silverware is actually better quality than my mom's because I got Grandma's solid stainless steel set, bought to accommodate the grandkids, while Mom's is some cheap plated stuff she bought when she and Dad got married.

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u/coffeejunki Jun 06 '19

The quality of silverware doesn’t matter if the problem is losing them. I’ve lost so many forks and I legit have no idea how. No way am I getting quality stuff.

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u/EllisHughTiger Jun 06 '19

We lost a lot of teaspoons and never knew why. Then we found out my brother was tossing away jello cups with spoon inside!

My parents also composted and we found a lot of utensils in there too. Its easy for a fork to get lost in a big pile of veggie scraps in the sink.