For those of you who didn’t grow up with money or privilege…..

[Ronni]

…..name something you thought was a luxury when you were a kid.

For me, it was -
An inside toilet.
Hot running water.
My own bedroom.

 

[IrishEyes]

My own bedroom too.
A burger at McDonald's
Store bought clothes

 

[Trade]

Having a Dad that was gainfully employed.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Money!

Fat spaghetti, elbow macaroni, hot dogs and hamburgers on bread instead of a bun always make me feel poor or less than.

 

[Rakaia]

Having a Dad that was gainfully employed.

Having a Dad.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

We didn't have much money, but every Saturday night, we went out to eat anyway. I didn't give it a lot of thought, but it meant a lot to my mother, and she would always do her hair and dress up for it.

 

[hollydolly]

We didn't have any in our house, but I always envied my friends' who had carpets...

 

[Pinky]

A real house.

 

[hollydolly]

Hot water is something else we didn't have... we had to boil kettle and pots on the stove...

I always envied people who turned a tap on and hot water came out !

 

[DomCrash]

hello everyone..!

 

[Jazzy1]

Hamburger and hot dog buns. It was just sliced bread for my family.

 

[hollydolly]

Hamburger and hot dog buns. It was just sliced bread for my family.

same here.. altho tbf I never knew anyone else who had hamburgers and buns either..lol

 

[Irishdude]

I grew up privileged, spoiled in fact -- not rich but in a comfortable household. I tried to raise my children a bit differently. I don't attribute the outcomes to anything I did but I am pleased with them both.

I have seen a lot of people ruined by money, especially unearned money.

 

[Irishdude]

Of course money -- unearned or earned -- is better than lack of money. People need to have the essentials paid for and a bit left over for the purposes of enjoyment.

 

[hollydolly]

I grew up privileged, spoiled in fact -- not rich but in a comfortable household. I tried to raise my children a bit differently. I don't attribute the outcomes to anything I did but I am pleased with them both.

I have seen a lot of people ruined by money, especially unearned money.

Yes I understand what you're saying.... but there has to be an even playing field somewhere along the line... and running hot water, inside toilets, and floor covering and bedding should be one of them


I always envied people who had proper sheets and pillowcases... we had neither. just one sheet on the mattress, and coats for bedcovers...

 

[That Lady in PA]

new clothes
food

 

[IrishEyes]

AS a kid, I never thought about if we were poor or not. I wanted my own room simply to be away from
my way younger sisters to keep what I did have safe and intact The 1st McDonald's was built in Downey
Calif. where we drove past to come and go to grandparents so it was a tease. The clothes weren't an embarrassment
mom sewed really well, she just used the scratchiest strongest material ever made. I was too busy just being a kid
to notice those things, I just wanted to get near a horse is all I worried about.

 

[Knight]

Not a real clear memory but the best that I do remember was.

One of the neighborhood kids had an aunt that took a few of us for ice cream. I don't remember ever having that at home.

 

[hawkdon]

Have to say the indoor toilet/shower/bath and hot water
top my list also.....

 

[Llynn]

Indoor plumbing with hot water was a life changer for me. No more trips "out back" on freezing nights or tin tub baths with water heated on the Woodstove was real luxury. Felt like Mom and I had finally made it to the 20th Century.

 

[RadishRose]

We were not rich, by any means but my father made enough so that my mother didn't have to work and I had more than enough.....until they both died too early.

 

[Michael Z]

Our neighbors had an old pool table. I thought that was something!

 

[Michael Z]

And Captain Crunch cereal! It was only corn flakes, rice crispies, and Raisin Bran for us.

 

[Lewkat]

I guess, I have a privileged life even though I was born at the height of the Great Depression. My dad was a lawyer, his father, the president of a bank and the county banking association, and my mom was a chorus girl for quite a while. I had a nanny. But, my mom stopped working after I was born for some time as she had complications of that birth. However, I was spoiled to death by my father and grandfather. Yet, no one knew who was poor or comfortable.

We were not wealthy, but when I say comfortable, we had a roof over our heads, food on the table and clothes on our back. We vacationed at the shore every year. And, we share what we had with all our neighbors, as did they with us. Not one person in our neighborhood was without what we had to some degree or another. So, fortune smiled upon us, I guess.

 

[MarkD]

I don't feel at all deprived but these three at least would have struck me as luxuries I'd be unlikely to see.

Eating out
My own bedroom
Visiting large, expensive amusement parks