" I used to see Thomas Kid during tiffin at school day that would use up those luncheon that camewith a drinkand I thought those Thomas Kid were rich . "
It’s easy to take many everyday luxuries for granted, particularly for those who have never experienced poverty before. So, to learn more about this form of privilege, Reddit useru/youngGod928recently asked: “For those who experienced poverty growing up, what small things did you view as luxuries?”
There were tons of fascinating answers, so here are some of the highest-voted ones:
1.“Fresh fruits and vegetables, rather than relying on canned or processed foods.”
– u / MarsupialUnlucky3552
" Fresh fruit , just out on the counter available to eat whenever . buy the farm to someone ’s theater and seeing a arena of apples and feeling envious . Now there isalwaysa bowl of reinvigorated fruit on my kitchen counter , whatever is in season , available and it still feels like virtuous luxury to grab an Malus pumila , pear , peach , whatever and eat it . I even have my own yield tree now . "
– uranium / kamuelak
2.“Owning a pair of brand-name sneakers. It was like wearing a crown on my feet.”
– u / Pure_BreedCute
3.“Getting new school supplies at the start of the year. I remember how getting a new notebook or pencil case instead of hand-me-downs felt like Christmas.”
– uracil / jackreacher3
4.“A f**cking sleepover with a friend. Got asked several times but my parents said no because we couldn’t reciprocate.”
– u / barefoot_yank
5.“The idea of going out and just buying a replacement for what’s broken is something I had to get used to in adulthood.”
" grow up , if something broke , nine times out ten you just learned to hold up with it being snap off . Even if it was a comparatively cheap locating , it just would n’t get done because that money might be demand subsequently for something more significant . "
– u / ConstableBlimeyChips
6.“Regular hot showers! Access to a hot shower whenever you want, rather than relying on a shared or inconsistent water supply.”
– uranium / Ok_Earth9963
7.“Eating out! Fast food chains are luxury to us. The occasional meal at a restaurant or fast food place instead of always eating home-cooked meals.”
– u / Own - Wealth-6384
" Not only were we short , we were many . My parents did foster caution so there were usually 6 - 9 kids in our home . Going to a sit down restaurant ? Never . I did n’t go to Applebees until a theatre field day at 16 age old . "
– u / thelynch07
8.“We used to have real milk once a week and it was a whole occurrence. The whole family would sit around the breakfast table on Sundays and drink a glass of cold milk like it was a fine wine.”
" The rest of the week , pulverised milk had to suffice . "
– uracil / SenorEusebio
9.“I used to see kids during lunch at school that would eat those lunches that camewith a drinkand I thought those kids were rich.”
" I just eat my PB&J with Milk River that the school provided for free to low income families . "
– uracil / wig_hunny_whatsgood
10.“Having my own room.”
– uracil / cutiesposter
11.“Chocolate bars. I’ve loved them since I was a child, but couldn’t really afford one.”
" Back in simple schooling , I take part in every contest that has a regional horizontal surface just to have a much bigger allowance to grease one’s palms myself a chocolate bar . "
– u / kaerinzx
12.“When I was small in the 70s, proper suntan lotion was really expensive and seemed very luxurious.”
" Ambre Solaire was the brand that mass who could afford to go on vacation to Spain ( from the UK ) hold out . My family fag out coconut oil and I got burn off a lot . "
– uranium / TheRealCeeBeeGee
13.“I grew up poor poor. The biggest luxury i could imagine as a kid was eating every day or having lunch at school.”
– u / Fun_Set255
" Having actual food for thought instead of sleep for dinner party . "
– u / PBRbeard
14.“Central heat and air. Full refrigerator.”
– uranium / throwaway788292
15.“Vacation or travel.”
" For us , the opportunity to go on head trip or vacations , even brusque single , instead of staying close to home . "
– u / Jolly - Ad-3737
16.“I was particularly envious of my friends whodidn’thave to start working at the age of 12 just to be able to buy school clothes.”
– u / Opposite - Purpose365
17.“My phone and laptop.”
" I mature up without a father , so since then , my female parent supply the thing we needed and prioritized what required , especially food , so we could n’t buy these thing when I was young . I dream of get a phone and laptop that I could utilize whenever I want . "
– u / itsaNudeWhisper
" Gadgets ! have your own speech sound , tablet , or data processor , rather than portion out with siblings . "
– u / No_Intention_8260
18.“Textbooks and magazines. Education was a luxury back then.”
– u / Mysterious - Art8650
19.“Shampoo and creme rinse (before conditioner or the original name of conditioner, I’m not sure). We used Sunlight liquid dish detergent on our hair.”
" I thought if you had and used Johnson ’s No More rip spray to detangle , you must very fat .
I also thought that being the old was my good fortune because I got the neat bath water . My little sister and brother have my bath H2O . pathetic kids . "
– atomic number 92 / janr34
20.“Automatic can opener. I thought that was the height of luxury. Imagine being so lazy to open a can with a manual opener that you purchase an electric one.”
– uracil / Tie_me_off
21.“Broccoli and brussels sprouts.”
" To this day , decades later on , I view both as treat foods . "
– u / dethb0y
22.“A comfortable chair, bed, or couch, rather than using older or makeshift furniture.”
– u / Nervous - Candy-1578
23.“Arts and crafts materials for hobbies like drawing, painting, or crafting.”
– u / Jumpy - Start-1787
24.“New clothes… as opposed to hand-me-downs or thrift store finds.”
– u / OkLeg2954
" This . And at the time I grew up , Macklemore was a long way off and there was a lot of shame in give away at thrift stores . "
– atomic number 92 / MilliVanilliEilish
25.“A television, albeit a small one, for the kitchen. Just wow!”
" My protagonist who lived around the corner had all that stuff . She had a idiot box in her room . They had a invitee way with a TV . They had so many TVs . It was so perplexing . "
– u/4URprogesterone
26.“Having a car or reliable public transportation access, rather than walking long distances or relying on infrequent rides.”
– uracil / sort - Lengthiness-824
27.And finally: “Toys.”
" I still consider of toy as lavishness . Had only a handful of toys as a kid .
All my toy were cherished to me . I still have a very very old Bumblebee transformer ( I do n’t even call up where it came from , probably a hand - me - down from someone ) . It is miss his branch , two cycle and half an arm but I still have it in a box in my star sign . My one and only transformer . "
– u / EquipmentUnlikely895
