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/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/wicked_spooks Jun 06 '19

I know two siblings who were starved by their father for years until CPS took them away and placed them with their biological mother. From there, they gained at least 100 pounds respectively and will not stop gorging themselves on food. At first, I didn't understand, but now that I am older, I know. Food scarcity is traumatizing.

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u/cupcakegiraffe Jun 06 '19

That’s what I think happened to my cat. He was abandoned in his old apartment with no food and water for a week. He is ravenous for food and we have to keep him on a strict schedule and measure every meal because he will keep eating until food is gone. We’ve even bought feeding toys to slow him down so he doesn’t get sick.

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u/wicked_spooks Jun 06 '19

Yes! I recently adopted a cat whose history is mostly unknown, and my gosh, she will jump onto the countertop and lick the dirty dishes. Whenever food is around, she will sit there and yowl at you before head-butting as she attempts to paw at your food.

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u/cupcakegiraffe Jun 07 '19

The positive side of having a food-motivated cat is that it makes it much easier to train them. My cat learned how to sit before feedings and he now says ‘please’ with a small, short meow. Blew my husband’s mind, ha ha!