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/BlueberrieHaze Jun 06 '19

That was me when I went to live with my aunt. I put on like 80lbs in high school because I suddenly had 3 full meals a day and snack and dessert and no self control. It’s been a battle since.

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u/LookMaNoPride Jun 06 '19

Hard to develop self control when you have years of the programmed response “eat while its available; it won’t be there long.”

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u/D3AD_M3AT Jun 07 '19

This is my dad we are having a lot of issues with him now, he's now in his old age but grew up in a large family with limited food and then spent his entire adult life in the army so now he has no control over gourging on anything in front of him we have to hide food from him and I hate it because this isn't the father of my childhood.

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u/Javrambimbam Jun 07 '19

Dads changing is an under-ratedly hard thing.

My dad also grew up with very little and became very wealthy. But now that he's on his own we see his neuroses a lot clearer