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[asterroc]

From amavia

40 or more (out of 90) means you're spoiled privledged.


(***) your own cell phone
() a television in your bedroom
(***) an iPod
() a photo printer
() your own phone line
() TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(***) High-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
() a surround sound system in bedroom
(***) DVD player in bedroom
() at least a hundred DVDs
(***) a childfree bathroom
() your own in-house office
() a pool
() a guest house
() a game room
() a queen-size bed or larger
() a stocked bar
() a working dishwasher
() an icemaker
() a working washer and dryer - oh, how I wish!
() more than 20 pairs of shoes
() at least ten things from a designer store
() expensive sunglasses
(***) framed original art - does it count if it's my own?
() Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(***) a multi-speed bike
() a gym membership
() large exercise equipment at home
() your own set of golf clubs
() a pool table
() a tennis court
() local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
(***) your own pair of skis - I'm counting my snowshoes
() enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
() a boat
() a jet ski
() a neighborhood committee membership
() a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
() wealthy family members
() two or more family cars - my parents do, but while they're family, they're not part of my family
() a walk-in closet or pantry
() a yard - By Boston standards, I guess the thing out front IS a yard...
() a hammock (Soon! We're going to look this weekend :) )
() a personal trainer
(***) good credit
(***) expensive jewelry
() a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
() at least $100 cash in your possession right now - if accessible = in the bank
(***) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
() a stock portfolio
(***) a passport
() a horse
() a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
(***) private medical insurance
(***) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans

Do you:
() shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
() do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
() pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
(***) go on weekend mini-vacations - I guess driving to T$'s counts
() send dinners back with every flaw
() wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
() regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
() have a job but don't need the money - depends how you define "need"
() stay at home with little financial sacrifice
() pay someone else to cook your meals
() pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
() regularly pay someone else to drive you around, or use taxis
() expect a gift after you fight with your partner

Are you:
(***) an only child
() married/partnered to a wealthy person - his family is, though he wouldn't say so
() baffled/surprised when you don't get your way

Have you:
(***) been on a cruise
(***) traveled out of the country
() met a celebrity
() been to the Caribbean
(***) been to Europe
() been to Hawaii
(***) been to New York - this should be changed to say, San Francisco, for native New Yorkers. Still yes.
() eaten at the space needle in Seattle
() been to the Mall of America
(***) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
(***) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York - and the Golden Gate Bridge
() moved more than three times because you wanted to - again, how do you define "wanted to"? - I wanted to go to college, grad school, etc.
() dined with local political figures
(***) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast

Did you:
() go to another country for your honeymoon
() hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(***) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
() attend private school
(***) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you


I've got 25.

Comments

[tiurin.livejournal.com]

Generally speaking, I think this meme is pretty retarded. I mean, being born in this country is damn privileged compared to most of the rest of the world...but if we're talking only Americans, some of these just don't go into enough detail(like you've seen). I mean, college degree w/o loans? Check, but I paid for it all myself. Stock portfolio? Check, but again, 100% saved/built up on my own.

Of course, I consider myself incredibly lucky to have been born with a pretty good brain, so...

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I mean, being born in this country is damn privileged compared to most of the rest of the world...

Definitely! Reality checks like this are a good thing. What gets me is that most of my peers are privledged above the average American, and I think most of them still don't realize it. Hell, I was more privledged than my peers growing up and I barely realized that, and only when I did student teaching did I realize they were privledged above the rest of America.

I mean, college degree w/o loans? Check, but I paid for it all myself.

Others could also check that one off b/c it doesn't say when the debt was paid off. My check was b/c I got a full merit scholarship. I was also lucky in the brain I was born with. But we realize this! Most people in our position, most middle-to-upper class people, think that anybody can get ahead with hard work. Maybe we did work hard in school, but without our good fortune to have our brains, that wouldn't've been possible. Being smart wasn't something we did.