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Most kids don’t know a ton about money. They do tend to know when their families don’t have it, but they don’t typically have a very good grasp of the difference between (upper) middle class and super wealthy.
Twitter user and makeup artist Samantha Ravndahl asked people to share what they thought “was the pinnacle of wealth” to them as kids. Her question got a lot of attention, with people coming through with all sorts of answers from brand name snacks to actual boats. Now that we’re adults, some of the ideas we had about “rich” as kids turned out to be less than accurate, but some of them still hold up (like that boat).
https://twitter.com/SsssamanthaaMUA/status/1109336973217431553
Ravndahl started off with her own idea of true wealth as a child: chrome spinner rims on cars.
https://twitter.com/SsssamanthaaMUA/status/1109337120085176320
And here are 30 other people’s ideas of being stinking rich when they were kids.
1.
The Scholastic Book Fair
— Aja (@_aja_bri) March 23, 2019
2.
Families that went on family vacations… on a plane especially
— Katy (@lustrelux) March 24, 2019
3.
Premium cable 😉
— Will Hawkins (@willhawk_music) March 24, 2019
4.
Kids who had actual name brand foods like Oreos in their lunch instead of the grocery store generics.
— Molly Hodgdon (@Manglewood) March 25, 2019
5.
Also, people who lived in 2-story houses. The RICHEST
— RawBeautyKristi (@RawBeautyKristi) March 23, 2019
6.
American Girl Dolls and those little kid cars lmaooo
— Ivycado 🥑✨ (@IvyKungu) March 23, 2019
7.
People who got school hot lunch everyday!
— SHAE🍒 (@ThatGirlShaeXo) March 23, 2019
8.
having an extra fridge in the garage just for drinks
— all i care about is tame impala rn (@velvetbuzzkill) March 23, 2019
9.
people who had an island in their kitchen
— jholmie (@jholmie89) March 23, 2019
10.
an N64 AND a sega
— Katie Nolan (@katienolan) March 24, 2019
11.
Those big refrigerators with the double doors and the ice maker and water dispenser on the outside. even though we didn’t have money like that, we actually got one somehow when I was a teenager. Youcouldn’t tell me that I wasn’t drinking water like a wealthy woman 😂 pic.twitter.com/9t7mcHjnqR
— Oh You Do MAKEUP makeup?! (@somuchsimone) March 23, 2019
12.
people who’s parents drove them to school instead of taking the bus or walking
— KATIEFISH🐝 (@katiegfish) March 23, 2019
13.
Kids who went to camp, and kids who were apart of clubs/sports. My parent’s wallet could never
— nikki (@dntcllme_nicole) March 23, 2019
14.
People who bought candy and popcorn at the movie theater. Throw in an ICEE and my mind was blown
— Jenna Berger (@jenna_berger13) March 23, 2019
