18 "Rich People Things" That The Rich Don't Even Get Is Privileged

Recently, Reddit user u/Gandalfthewhitte posed the question, "What’s a rich people thing that rich people don’t know is a rich people thing?"

Here are some of the most top-voted responses:

1. "Booking a flight day of or so close to date, without a second thought."

— u/clmplearner

2. "I have one that nobody ever thinks about, but friendships! When you move in wealthy circles, maintaining a circle of friendships is much easier. They have the time, energy, and money to prioritize trips away together. They can meet their girlfriends for dinners because they have access to childcare and don’t have to be up at 5 a.m., five to seven days a week. They can outsource their admin, they don’t have to be calling the electrician, or spending the day taking their car to a mechanic. They have the freedom to pursue these friendships. When you’re working class, you and all your friends are working their assess off just surviving and keeping on top of their responsibilities. We’re all busy and exhausted, so maintaining friendships takes a lot of work and sacrifice. It’s why we always see wealthy people with like 40 close friends and we have like two close friends we struggle to make time to see."

— u/Conscious_Second8208

3. "Paying other people to do their housework; laundry, housekeeping, grocery shopping, cooking, yard work, etc. Just us normal people's housework alone is like having another job."

— u/Mindful-O-Melancholy

4. "Parents who know how to do things. Who help you fill out college applications, who guide you into lessons, the right classes, how to rent an apartment, invest, etc. Upper-middle-class kids have no idea how many things working-class kids have to figure out for themselves because their parents have no experience in that stuff — like the parents don't even know what it is that they don't know."

— u/NoPoet3982

5. "Rich hobbies. My girlfriend’s family is well off and has a cabin by the lake. I was talking to a friend of theirs one night over drinks and it came up that I (30+M) have neither golfed nor been water skiing. And the guy goes, 'I don’t understand, what did you DO as a kid then?' I didn't even know how to respond. Growing up I never even knew anyone who had tried golfing or skiing because no one could dream of affording it."

— u/P2Ready

6. "Not checking prices of things/throwing anything and everything in their basket and paying without looking. Oh, how I wish to one day go shopping without having to walk around the store with my calculator app open."

— u/starsandsunandmoon

7. "Buying a house as an investment, rather than a place to live."

— u/Vast_Raise_2351

8. "The CEO (multi-millionaire) of the 'startup' I worked at in NYC got so confused when my coworker, who was her own department, had to take a day off because her kids were sick. She asked: 'Why doesn't she just let the nanny take care of them?" We were making $40k, in NYC. I often had to choose what bill to skip so I could eat that month."

— u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn

"The VP of my company once asked me why I don't get a maid and laundry service when he overheard me mentioning about not having enough free time."

— u/FinancialLight1777

9. "This was a new one for me, but hearing this girl say she had a personal driver and then after my astonishment declaring it was pretty standard where she lived."

— u/Uwofpeace

10. "A friend of mine is a trust fund baby. She decided she wanted to hike the AT, so she quit her very comfy job, bought all the gear, and flew to Virginia. She only made it a few weeks and got bored. Came back home and her dad found her another very comfy job. Hasn’t been hiking since. I was floored by this."

— u/libremaison

11. "Networking. Small example: 'My son just graduated college with a degree in blah blah, and my good golf buddy owns a blah blah firm. I’ll ask if he has a summer internship opening.'"

— u/pug_fugly_moe

12. "Telling their parents they want to be a musician or artist and the parents don’t ask if there’s a backup plan."

— u/clisr

13. "I've eaten at some fancy restaurants before, but I'd like to know who those wine lists are made for. I could fund a few months traveling with what appears to be just the drink with an evening meal."

— u/HasLab_LovesTravel

14. "Spontaneity. They can randomly decide to do things without much planning, knowing that money will not be an issue. This applies from random fancy dinners to major trips out of the country."

— u/recovering-dickhead

15. "Going to college without having to worry about how your tuition is being paid."

— u/JusticeFrankMurphy

16. "The safety net. Normal people can't fuck up as much as they like and it not be a problem."

— u/SiteIntelligent7603

17. "Not needing to or thinking of saving up money to buy something or for a holiday."

— u/Moon_Jewel90

18. And finally, "Refrigerators that look like cabinets."

— u/pitboss13

What are other examples of "rich person things"? Let us know in the comments!

Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.