Recently a post is going viral on Facebook by a man with a rich and spoilt girlfriend. While the man himself is not so well-to-do.
The man said that his rich girlfriend always feels angry and defensive when he always tells her that rich people have the advantage over poor people.
Here is the story,
“I come from a low income background while my girlfriend comes from money. Some of her views are really offensive to me and I wonder if I am just being over sensitive. Thus am hoping a more neutral audience here can hear me out and share your views with me.”
“For example I had to hold a part time job throughout university just to make ends meet. My girlfriend on the other hand traveled to forty countries and stayed in 5 star hotels during university. I ate instant noodles while she was dining at Michelin starred restaurants. ”
“Naturally someone in my position understands the power of privilege. I have rich friends who can afford to study things which don’t lead to jobs because they don’t have to work. I have rich friends who can afford to use parents’ money to startup 5 times and fail within the same year and face no repercussions. I cannot.”
“My girlfriend though feels super defensive whenever I bring up that kids from rich families have an advantage and will never admit that poor kids are at a disadvantage. I find her denial an insult to the obstacles that poor kids have to battle.”
“I also once made a passing remark that one of my friends can take a year off to attend culinary school for fun with no intention to ever work in the food industry because he has a safety net. This triggered my girlfriend and ended up in her shouting at me for four hours. She took offense at me saying rich kids don’t need to work. She says how can I be so low class and think need just has got to do with money. Rich kids often have dreams as well and dreams are a need not a want. I thought this was quite bratty of her not to mention completely off topic.”
“I sometimes wonder if this is because I did better than her in school and am paid twice what she is paid despite our starting positions in life. She will try to also say things like I shouldn’t have tried so hard, what for be so competitive bad for health, be happy like her. She even said she will ensure our kids if we get married be nothing like me and that we will need to give them lots of financial safety nets.”