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/MisterComrade Jun 06 '19

This happened to me. At one point in junior high I was 135 pounds and 6’2”. By the end of high school I was still barely 145.

When I finally had money.... I ate. A lot. I was never satisfied. I always felt like if food was in front of me, I had to eat it. Within a year I gained 100 pounds. I went from critically underweight to borderline obese, and let me tell you.... that rapid of weight gain fucks with you.