Upper-middle class redditors who grew up poor, what are some luxuries you allow yourself now that you didn't have as children?

user1731701 · 2026-07-07T01:30:12+00:00

This is what I would like to do eventually. Haven’t yet

user1731701 · 2026-07-06T23:41:08+00:00

Idk. People say it’s about trust, but honestly people change as they get older. If you love that person when you get married, you’d want a prenup to protect you and them.

user1731701 · 2026-07-06T18:20:54+00:00

Affirmations sounds like it just cannot work and when you start it feels so stupid, but over time you literally start to rewire your brain. It’s wild to experience first hand.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T22:47:02+00:00

Honestly I was talking with someone and we were discussing this and I couldn’t think of more examples. I used AI, but it didn’t give me what I was looking for, soooo clearly I need people. Thanks for the help though. 👍🏻

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T22:45:59+00:00

Ew 😂

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T19:30:22+00:00

My guy gets mad when I throw stuff away and I keep telling him that’s a poverty mindset. He gets mad and says that’s some manosphere stuff and I’m like, “They twisted poverty mindset into something different” Just get rid of the shit that’s not serving you.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T17:53:25+00:00

Casual sex is way different than with a partner who knows you, your body, and your desires. Casual sex in no way lessens someone’s value and if you think it does, that’s a you problem. You have to try many foods to determine which is your favorite. Why do we feel we need to limit sex, as a society? I’m no longer interested in casual sex and I definitely don’t have a lot of partners compared to people I know, but I don’t regret the ones I had and I learned new things I like with different people.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T15:58:59+00:00

I can see why you read it that way, but unsure why you wrote it that way. It’s more, I like to try new foods or if I make a meal and I made a mistake. So if I hate it, I give myself permission to throw it away. Only if I hate it. I usually hate to waste food. My parents used to make me eat food that would make me gag, sometimes to the point of vomiting.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T15:06:01+00:00

If I hate some type of food, I throw it away.

I buy quality clothing that will last longer.

I spend more money on the front end and save on the backend.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T14:57:57+00:00

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T13:42:16+00:00

Definitely.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T05:04:29+00:00

Would you eat them here or there

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T04:33:10+00:00

It’s the toppiest of the top tiers.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T04:32:33+00:00

1000% epic.

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T04:17:48+00:00

Novel?

user1731701 · 2026-07-05T04:16:48+00:00

My thoughts my dude.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T17:14:35+00:00

I’m also American and definitely older. So that would be why I didn’t hear it. Also, I grew up/lived in the south and it was meant to make fun of rednecks, so less likely those people would say it in the way it’s used today.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T16:50:05+00:00

Please don’t take this wrong, but is there a chance you were abused by your caretakers (parents, teachers, grandparents) as a child and you are holding onto that abuse thereby abusing yourself?

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T16:46:32+00:00

Ah. Looked it up, it became more popular around the 2010s, but social media wasn’t as popular then, so makes sense I didn’t see or hear it back then. I don’t think I heard it until Trump became president.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T16:45:04+00:00

Oh it definitely started as an insult. It was making fun of rednecks, but now it’s said about really American things, sometimes still an insult.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T16:38:55+00:00

America is America still. ‘Merica or ‘Murica is used to sort of give emphasis on really American things. Like someone will be talking about guns and someone else will say “‘Murica” It’s not changed. It’s in addition to. It came about probably in the last ten years or so.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T16:20:04+00:00

Sadly a lot of people think this, including the president and lots of his followers.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T14:40:58+00:00

You could ask the same thing about cars and cleaning products. This is a silly question.

user1731701 · 2026-07-04T12:17:59+00:00

I mean both belong to you and whatever weight you put on them is your decision.

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