I grew up somewhat poor. When I was little, there was a Christmas where my parents had no money for presents. My dad sold a bunch of his rare first edition books so they could get us Christmas presents. I think about that a lot. I was never spoiled and I'm really grateful for that because I know the value of working for the good things in life.
I sold some Star Trek dvds of mine earlier this year just so I had money after throwing my daughter her 3rd birthday. I had surgery a few months before so I missed like a month of work. I wasn’t broke but I was worried about moneys
Selling your prized first edition books is like selling a part of your soul. It would be lovely to find that those books, purchase them, and give them to him as a present.
A few years ago, a friend of mine was going through some financial difficulties. He told his kids to give him a list of 2 or 3 things they wanted for Christmas. The middle boy whined "I'm only getting three things for Christmas?". All I could think was "You spoiled little sh*t. You should be grateful you're getting anything at all."
One year I got 1 present im an only child and I really wanted these Adidas slides that were popular at the time. It made me so happy. *Fast forward not even a few months, and my cousin (she had a thing for taking stuff of mine..) had stolen them and "nobody knew where they went". Even tho it was just these cool shoes to me it was special and my mom really did her best.
When I turned fifteen (old enough for working papers), my parents told me I needed to get a part-time summer job. I asked if we were poor, and my father (joker that he was) said, "YOU are...your Mom and I are doing just fine."
I found myself spoiling and giving in to my daughter’s requests (demands). When she said she wanted to be a foreign exchange student. I said, hell yes, great idea. She spent a year in South America and came back not only fluent in a language but more humble and less demanding. A good lesson for both of us
I grew up in Romania in the 90s which was all kinds of poor, so when i turned 15, my amazing parents managed to get enough money to buy me my first ever Levi's Jeans (they barely opened a store here), they were so expensive I cried for minutes on end for sheer happiness. I was so happy i hugged them to sleep that night. WORE them everyday almost throughout highschool. I am 33 now and i have them in the back of my closet, cant fit in them anymore, still they look amazing, a little frayed at the bottom, still makes me tear up when i think about my parents doing everything they could to get me the BEST present ever. I hope my kid will have some good memories like this and not grow up so entitled. Sorry just wanted to share too.
I used to give private French lessons to this deliiiiiightful young lady from an insanely wealthy family in Mexico. I realized one day that she believed everyone was given a credit card from...the government I guess, with virtually no spending limit. She was 13 and had NO CONCEPT OF WHAT MONEY IS, how it is earned...nothing
With hindsight, I am now actually confused as to what she assumed the reason for me giving her lessons was? Same for all the cleaners, Cook, driver, gardener, pool Guy, dog Walker ...etc they had working there. Did she never wonder why one would rather clean her room than go have fun with their Platinum Amex ? 😅🤣 Baffling...
I mean I guess if that were the case the world would be better in a few ways.. so say you got paid by the government the same for whatever job you had we could all choose a job we truly enjoy! Now obviously it couldn't ever work because why go to school for close to an extra decade to be a dr just to make the same as a dog walker.. but I girl can dream
@@1324Hairdoist That's called citizen salary and might happen some day (in some EU countries they are experimenting with it). It's a guaranteed, low, but enough to live on, amount of money and then you decide yourself how much you want to work to get anything extra on top of that (but it's an actual choice since in todays world many couldn't afford to work less even if they want to). Properly far away in the US though ;)
My mother addressed this kind of behavior with me clearly and early. The first time I threw a tantrum at the store about wanting something she wouldn't buy for me, she left the shopping cart right in the middle of the aisle, apologized to a staff member for the inconvenience, and dragged my screaming toddler self out of the store without buying anything at all. She didn't shout at me or make a scene, she just taught me that throwing a fit was NOT the way to get the things I wanted. It was very effective!
@@Sorchia56 Glad to hear it! I don't have any kids, but I'll definitely use this tactic if I ever do. It gets the message across without being cruel to the kid and minimizes disruption of the store. I grew up knowing I was allowed to ask for things, but that sometimes the answer would be no and I needed to accept that.
@@coolkumquats Cheers! It works. Your mum is brilliant!! Our kids are now grown and on their own but are far better off than their peers as they know the difference between “wants and needs” as well as financial responsibility. We, their parents worked hard for our money. I have NEVER touched my family’s Trust Fund account nor asked for a thing. And yes, asking was always ok but receiving was never guaranteed.
I do this with my kids. However, we have a discussion about what happened later, after they have calmed down. My oldest, 4, has a reward chart so she can EARN things she wants by doing chores or cooperating. Later, if she acts up about not getting something, I can just remind her about her reward chart. I also ask her if throwing a fit and screaming is going to get her what she wants. I understand that she is disappointed and it is hard not getting the things we want when we want them. But when she gets enough stickers, she can get the item she wants. Communication is just as important as the actual physical lesson of walking out of the store when your kid starts throwing a fit
@@UnicornsPoopRainbows That’s a good idea. We didn’t do a reward chart. Expectations of behaviour were explained before leaving the house and again before getting out of the car.
The fines story reminded me of a story my husband told me. During his last year of university, he was only going in 3 days a week. A parking pass was $1500. After doing the math, he realized being fined every day was actually cheaper than buying the parking pass. He ended up paying $1100 in fines. Not rich entitlement, just smart financial planning
Makes me think of where my friend used to work, a daycare making only 8 hr & you had to pay for parking on top of it I wasn't applying after I heard that, it was a daycare charging people like 50 a day a child for people not with financial help and they were paying people 8 an hr 😑
In my experience as a parent, it is our responsibility to teach kids value of money, things & friendships. As much we want to point finger on these entitled brats, it’s the parents who lacking in teach them how to behave & think
100k/year plus having at least one kid with a private school education doesn't leave parents with much left over these days, especially if you live in an expensive area. That last kid is 100% deluded.
They don't factor in all the bills for the house/living expenses/private school etc they have to pay too. Just as they always tend to forget that it's their parents money, not their own and so they decide what they do with it
Dude thats exactly what I was thinking... like yeah that's a shit ton more than some families make a year, but fr?? It doesn't go so far that you can just buy literally whatever.
I was thinking the same. A lot of kids in America literally go into adulthood thinking $100k/year is “rich” regardless of how many members are in the household, living expenses, etc. and don’t understand just how much of that goes to taxes. Kids need more financial literacy, because they hear “six figures” and think “rich”. I think a lot of parents don’t want to educate them because they’re afraid if they tell their kids too much the kids will realize their financial situations aren’t as secure as they grew up believing they were and parents don’t want to burden them with that.
6:21 In Finland fines for speeding are based on your income. The higher your income, the higher the fine. That's what we need for every fine-able violation.
Wow... I wish it was like that everywhere but I suppose the people that have a lower income wouldn't be deterred from doing bad things because it's cheaper fines...
I am DYING over the Halloween person! 😂😂😂 How can you outlaw chocolate?! PS - my favorite Halloween stop was at this adorable elderly man’s house down the street from my house. He was known for giving out Hoodsie cups (ice cream), so all the neighborhood kids would be running to his house come Halloween night. It was THE BEST.
I was the only kid in my school that didn't have a particular designer item, or so it felt at the time. I remember saying the same thing to my parents and making my Dad cry. As an adult, I realise not having that designer item made absolutely zero difference in my life. Didn't change a thing, but I'll live forever with the memory of that feeling I got when I saw the hurt look on my dad's face. Over some jeans. Upside? My parents' lesson took. I've never been a designer chaser, don't know who most of them are, and couldn't care less. Raised my own kids to think the same way. Thanks Mom and Dad. Miss you. ♥ To these teenagers? You're being foolish and bratty. Stop it. You DO realise that should you ever find yourself in a truly bad situation, (the odds of which are extremely likely) your parents will be the only ones there for you. I promise you...in even 5 years time, you will no longer associate with, or care about any of these people you're trying to impress now. 5 years after that, you're going to realise that your parents were right all along and you were a shithead who didn't deserve them. 5 years after that, you're going to raise your kids the exact same way and they are going to hate you for it. Circle of life, kids...circle of life.
It's more like "How NOT to parent" posts. Kids don't get spoiled by themselves. Parents think it's "Cute" the little tantrums when the kids are littles. Heck you see the videos all over social media, especially around Christmas time when the "I surprise my children with crap gifts, let's see them act up" videos are trending. Then the parents are shocked that the kids turn into little entitled a$$holes when they are tweens, teens and young adults. Don't want spoiled kids? Then parent correctly from the get go.
@@amandab8433 Mind you, kids can sometimes be entitled. One of my brothers was such a snotty brat as a teen, because he expected everything he wanted to be handed to him, despite my family being close to the poverty line. It was bad. Crashed a new car by getting it stuck on the guide wire, gave my mom a black eye for not letting him out on a Wednesday night and once he made a phone bill of $500. And my mom is like the greatest of parents, but he just had this mindset that fought against it. He now lives off his wife's income and plays video games all day.
I overspoiled my children, my parents helped make it worse. I regret nearly all of it as far as the items and the cash because these stories sound a lot like my son who is a spiteful “ if you’re aren’t useful to me I don’t need you”. But I worked several jobs to make things happen, I wasn’t just magically wealthy. They knew how hard I worked for everything and I was also the queen of free. I could find every fun free event and outing and cool things that also had food for us and those were the best memories. My daughter btw is super kind and humble but the boy… I haven’t talked to him for years. Since he got ugly about nearly cleaning us all out emotionally and financially and I said I love you but I’m done feeding you money just to be your mom. Seriously… he’s just like…poof, if there isn’t money in my cards at Christmas don’t ask me over for dinner. Sad. I wish him his own version of happiness.
I'm am sorry for your relationship with your son. Sometimes we do our best and it's still not enough for others. I hope your relationship with your daughter continues to flourish.
I have done this with my son as well. I over spoil him because I felt guilty that he almost died. Plus his dad and I split up and I lost custody. I feel like he's heading down the same road your son has. He's 12 now so I'm trying to change it, but it's super hard and frustrating. I'm sorry that you lost your relationship with your son. 🙁
@@Anemicpanda Sending you support in this difficult situation ❤️. It is hard, but he’ll probably thank you one day if you can teach him the value of things and the importance of hard work.
That last story reminded my of my oldest niece, who threw a horrible fit when she got the wrong color of snowboard on Christmas day. Literally a silent house while a 16 year old acted like a toddler. My brother created that monster, he can live with it.
We always took my son to my friend's neighborhood because her area would go all out for Halloween with candy and lawn/house decorations. One lady would order a pallet of candy, they had so many kids come by. Plus all the houses were close together, making the rounds easier. When he was five, his plastic pumpkin got full really fast, so we dumped it into a plastic shopping bag and sent him on his way. The old couple at the very next house saw his pumpkin was empty. Thinking he hadn't gotten any candy yet and feeling badly about it, they proceeded to pour their whole bowl of candy into his pumpkin. Though it was very sweet and generous of them to do, we went running up to them, thanked them profusely, and explained he had plenty, we just had to empty his pumpkin because it was spilling over. We returned all but two or three pieces, again, thanking them for their generosity.
Like these parents did, Modeling appropriate and respectful behavior, helping your child be thoughtful instead of entitled, means more healthy adults in the world. Charlotte please have children!! You are getting a great early childhood education on how to raise nice and funny humans!
That is a cute story. We used to carry a tote bag for our daughters overflow too. That stuff gets heavy . Some lady was going to do something similar but we were close enough to hear her do the "aw you didnt get any yet" and held up the extras bag and told her, we are her pack horses...LOL
I grew up in a middle income family, and I can firmly say that I acknowledge my privileges. Tbh, I'm just glad that there's food on the table and a comfortable life that I live. But rich people stupefy me. Imagine being so out of touch with reality, so unaware of the cruelties of this world that you think making eye contact with people who work for you is annoying.
I mean, this is very different life for sure, but either she can't control her feelings. If she feels annoyed, she feels it. Is she supposed to feel happy every second of her life?
Admittedly, I'm uncomfortable hanging around when I have a housekeeper over. It's not that I devalue her in any way - it's just weird knowing this person is cleaning up after me when I could technically be doing it myself. Almost like I'm an overgrown child. I'm always polite but I do keep interaction to a minimum.
@@rustinstardust2094, maybe approach from a different direction. This person is doing something that you really don't want to do and in return, you are paying them so they can buy things they need. This is how I think about my mowing guys. I could mow. It takes me most of a day because it's MO and 90+ degrees, but I can do it. Then I'm wiped out for the following two days. It takes my guy and his helper 30 minutes, everything is tidied up nicely and he gets $35, so a bit over $1/minute. Win-win 😀
As a owner of a cleaning business, I’d love for people to not make eye contact with me instead of being in my way and talking my head off while I’m cleaning their toilet. Go find something to do
It’s funny because I was just having a conversation with the cook at work today. I was washing dishes and we were chatting about entitled customers and me and him both agreed that everybody should have at least one customer service job just to know what it’s like I told him that you can tell the difference between people who have worked in customer service and people who have never worked in customer service by the way they treat employees, which led to us agreeing on that whole thing where everybody should work in that type of job at least once so they would know what it’s like. And then maybe they’ll learn a little bit of respect for the people working for them. One of my favorite bits though is I saw a sign at a restaurant I think it was a post online that someone shared but the sign said “sorry for the slow service were low on staff. if you don’t wanna wait, here’s an application”
I had only one dream as a child that I kept all the way to my adulthood, I knew it was a pricey thing, and while my parents earned enough to be comfortable with my two older sisters and I, we weren't rich, just above average. And so for years, I litterally never asked for anything to my parents knowing I wanted this one thing and would sacrifice any present for it. I had no pocket money unlike other kids my age because I told them I didn't need any, and outside of birthday and christmas, never asked for a thing. Even then, I kept it minimal. Despite that, my mom would always buy me a little something at the grocery store, like my favorite cake or something she thought would make me happy after school. Honestly, it could have been anything, just the surprise and knowing she thought of me was awesome. I was born and raised in France, but I always wanted to go to New York since I was like 7. I worked my ass off in english class for that, and my parents understood I wasn't kidding about it. And finally, I turned 18 and they paid for my trip, they didn't have to explain to me that it was a cost and that they likely dig a hole in their savings, I knew very well. I went 6 months in NYC on a campus, I was all alone there and had to handle my expenses myself. Taught me alot about being an adult. I'm 26 now, and those 6 months remain the best memories of my life. I'm beyond sad for those rich kids, they're bound to a shallow life. They can do all they want, they could go to NYC so easily and anywhere else, but it has no real meaning. Some things can't be bought...
My sister didn't like wearing the same outfit within the same month. We had a modest clothing allowance which she would spend as soon as possible. She was too young to get a job to supplement her wardrobe, but did extra chores around the house for more money. In the end, she learned how to sew her own clothes. People can figure things out. They can, really. They just have to be proactive.
I am caught on the phrase small monthly clothing allowance. If you got a separate clothing allowance your family was pretty well off and good for your sister for learning how to make it stretch
I started sewing my own clothes when I was 12, and was pretty good at it by high school. I made a new outfit every week, and my parents bought me all the fabric and patterns I wanted as long as I used them. That was very smart of my parents, because I spent a lot more time at home sewing while my classmates were drinking and drugging and getting knocked up! I designed and made my prom dress, it was a slinky black and white satin gown made to look like a tuxedo; with a bolero-style jacket with tails in the back. Looked rather modest until I took the jacket off, then it was pure "disco queen" with white satin spaghetti strap, low cut bodice and slinky black skirt with a slit up the side, and a red satin cummerbund. It was very different from the poofy dresses popular in 1979, and I think it looked good. For Xmas in 1977, my big gift was @ 6 yards of imported fine English thick tweed wool, heavy satin for the lining, and the Vogue pattern mom knew I loved (but was kind of expensive). It probably cost at least $100, but it turned out beautifully, in fact I still wear that coat when it's really cold, and still love that thing!
I grew up with excuses and cheap substitutes. I do my best, with saving and smart shopping, to provide my daughter with nice things, and it feels so good to see her excitement. Sometimes, it’s by accident! I was shopping, and saw a cute jacket in her favorite color, marked down to a “can’t pass it up” price, so I bought it for her. I brought it home, took it out of the bag and handed it to her. Huge squeal of joy! “A Puffer jacket!!! I really, really wanted a Puffer jacket”!!!! She’d never mentioned it. I felt like the world’s greatest Mom.
My mom raised me and 2 of my siblings on her own. She had a job while going to college and raising us, had debt piling up but still asked her mother and even went to the church just to get us Christmas presents. My sister's father was rich, and she'd be with him every other weekend. But thanks to that, she wasn't very appreciative of mom's Christmas gifts. My brother always said straight out if he didn't like something too. I hated Christmas because it always made my mom cry that she couldn't give us more, she was struggling so hard and my siblings never appreciated it at that time. It must be very heartbreaking to be a parent.
I won’t lie, my sister and I grew up spoiled. But in a way that taught us not to act bratty. Our mom always told us, “wait a week to decide if you still want it or not and if you do by then, I’ll save up to get it for you.” 9 times out of 10 we had forgotten about the thing we wanted unless it was a major purchase (like a bike or something). My mom and grandparents would then pitch in to get us whatever we wanted after that. So in the end, we did get what we wanted but she taught us the importance of being patient. I’ve been old enough to make my own money for quite some time and that lesson actually helped us to learn how to save our money for the things we want. So yes, we were spoiled but we were never entitled.
Our neighbors used to rent their 5th wheel to a couple, charged them rent, AND they had to work for them taking care of their property. The couple were uneducated people that really couldn't do jobs other than manual labor. The neighbors had promised to give them the 5th wheel after they'd worked off and paid a certain amount of money. This couple had worked for them for more than 20 years and still hadn't paid it off. The woman had a heart attack and ended up in the hospital and almost died. She was in a rehab facility for a month. Her husband fell behind in his work and their payments and the neighbors KICKED THEM OUT!! They refused to give them the 5th wheel saying they still owed $1500 on it. The couple ended up living in their car and because the woman had trouble getting her medication and keeping her diabetes insulin refrigerated she ended up dying 3 months after being kicked out. I've never forgiven the neighbors for their heartlessness and how they took advantage of this poor couple for so long. It's the most disgusting and entitled thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
Never thought I'd be so happy to have grown up poor. But the main thing is, we were taught discipline and work ethic and gratitude and respect for our elders. Earned everything I have.
@@thomasjoseph5876 I appreciate that you call your triplets the Wrecking Crew 😂😂 I'm a country girl and the amount of things I know the basics of compared to my city boy husband is hilarious. I also grew up poor, he grew up wealthy. Your girls will appreciate the lessons they learn I recently found out he doesn't know how to replace his windshield wipers. He couldn't understand why I didn't just take my car to the dealership and have them replace my wipers for me. He's had his car for 5 years and just assumes his wipers are getting replaced at maintenance check ups. 🤯😅
Me too. Also super happy I wasn't rich when my four kids were growing up. Soonest opportunity they were given money for clothes for Christmas. Their choice to save it, spend on one item or buy an entire outfit. They learnt pretty quickly.
I also had to grow up poor, and I'm still growing up poor, cause I'm still a teenager, I know how much things mean and cost and I never really asked for something from my mom, something I'm angry that I don't have some things, like food, clothes and stuff like this, if I work I want to do my job properly, and I really wanted to get a job, had to wait to be 16, I reached 16 and couldn't really find a job ☹️, the only job I got was the dumbest job possible, I was constantly overworked, and I had to the 4 times more works than others, they were mostly relaxing, I've been used there, but I know that making money is hard, I worked 8 hours for roughly 25 a day, I "quit" after 4 days, it was just insane, I would like to be payed less but to work in an ethic environment, I am always talking about this job, my first one because I just hated that so much and that I couldn't find another job, I had one but lost it due to my mom who spoke in my name, I should get used to this, I have the worst luck but yeah, also where I'm from we don't really have water anymore, mostly just my house, but it does affect others a bit, not as much as it does us, I didn't have a proper shower in 3 months I think, I have to warm water on a stove and wash myself with a mug, I would have never thought that I won't be able to take a shower for 3 or more months, yay life. And why am I talking so much again, I'm mad right now, like every day, but I also lost a lot of respect for elders, if they can show any I'm not either, I have some relatives and they live pretty far, and they came unannounced and I was the only one home, idk what I was doing but I heard a ring tone and it wasn't familiar and went to look, guess who was it, the stupid relatives, they broke in, the dumb creatures broke in my house, I was furious, I kicked the tf out, now the last week they came back, also unannounced but now we have a giant dog, so that's why I think they didn't broke in, they left some stuff the the neighbors but we didn't took it, my mother lied to them that she was at work, if I was in her place I would have told the they are not welcome, aggressively. I should shut up but I like talking about my depressing life, it's like releasing some pressure, I need therapy ik, but not that much money, nobody is reading this ever but that's OK
I learned VERY early to just not my mum for things. Single mum, no money, so guaranteed I was getting told no. And I knew she hated saying it. So I just didn't ask. But one Christmas, in my mid teens, she asked if I wanted a TV or a hifi. This was the 90's. I was stunned. And even more so when I walked in and she'd gotten me both. I'll never forget that. Or the trying to breathe from sobbing from gratitude and shock! What a wee woman she is! 🥺🥰👌
When I was at senior school, mid teens (I had a full scholarship, so wasn't rich) a friend said his parents were restricting his monthly allowance to £2,500 a month for non-essentials because he'd been spending too much. This didn't include any household utilities, food, and his phone bill, which the parents paid for outside the allowance. This was 20 years ago!
in response to the halloween overlord, I would totally go out the front of my house and put a spray painted red dot there just so those snobs wouldn't have the privilege of getting anything nice from me. I don't want to be giving them anything if they follow the red spray painted dot rules haha
I would have done the opposite. I would have bought only the forbidden candy and then sat there with a paintball gun waiting for a parent to try to spray paint at my property.
The stories of the spoiled kids of rich parents reminds me of what Shaquille O'Neal has said in interviews regarding his kids: "We ain't rich, I'm rich". More wealthy parents should take notes.
Absolutely! We grew up in a ridiculously massive house, had maids, a cook, a nanny BUT we had to clean our own rooms and bathrooms as well as do weekend chores and our own laundry by the age of 10. Best Da in the world! Taught us all about financing, budgeting and we were set by 18. We set up our own trusts and started Roth IRAs when they started, transferred IRA into Roth! The house has been in the family since the 1700’s and all the staff is from the same family throughout the generations! I own the house now and have continued the tradition of hosting weddings, anniversary parties, showers, baptism parties for them all!! I love it. And no, they are not allowed to cook, clean or do any work for such events! We’re one big happy family that are equal in every way! Snobby wealthy people annoy me. They never get invited to anything at our Estate! Wonder what that Halloween Candy Nazi would do try for an invite!! 😂😂😂
@@It-is-me...Melsie UGH! Pretentious little git! Our wee ones were doing their own laundry at 9, dishes as soon as they could stand on the stool (with railings). Both are now in their mid 20’s, one is a Uni-something software engineer and the other is a cyber security software engineer. We’re so stinking proud of them!!!
@@Sorchia56 Try cleaning and organizing the house by age 6 and with a diagnosed disabilities since 1. I don;t know whether to cry about that or be proud of it... but there you go. All love and power to you all, I just wanted to share my side of things. 🥰 PS: I am glad my mom raised me the way she did, now I'm the serious of the three who knows that sacrificing is a must to built empires... though I get frustrated when my siblings don't do the same... and they say I am the "broken", "defective" one? 🤔🙄
@@LadyCoyKoi How awful! You’re not broken nor defective in any way, shape or form! You’re farther ahead of the game than your siblings will ever be. Our youngest has Asperger’s but we never treated her differently than her sister. Same rules and boundaries applied. When we worked with the youngest, we did the same with the oldest as it couldn’t hurt and no special treatment toward anyone. I am the youngest of 3 and we all had to pull our weight or there were consequences. I’m sorry you were treated so poorly and I wish you all the best in life! ⭐️
I put myself through nursing school while my husband was finishing his degree as a civil engineer. Our daughter was 2 when I started collage at 21. We both worked on campus jobs during the week and other jobs during nights and weekends. Our spring and Christmas breaks were spent working full time to save as much as we could. I took on a third job one semester as a dish washer for the microbiology lab, cleaning test tubes and Petri dishes growing all kinds of bacteria, so that I could give my daughter a nice Christmas. It was some of the toughest years, but now we are both very successful in our respective careers. We paid back our student loans ourselves. I have never regretted those years and feel that I was even more serious as a student because I had to pay my own way. It really angers me to see these entitled folks who feel they can treat others like dirt and the world owes it to them. Value is only learned when one has to make sacrifices and work hard for something!
I grew up in a poor household in the 80s and 90s, very stereotypically working class. I'm from an area that didn't do well under Thatcher. My dad hurt himself, lost his business and couldn't work and my mum worked in bakeries or as a store assistant, whilst my dad was a stay at home househusband. I never wanted for anything. From my Master System, Game Gear and Mega Drive, up to the Amiga 500+ I still have. Dreamcast, Gamecube, a PC, I had it all. Very fond memories. They really put themselves out for me and my sister. They never got to go away. A few years ago they all went to Europe for a fortnight and I house sat and looked after three dogs and a parrot. I could have gone but I wanted them to have this to themselves and I hate flying. Plus my sister wanted to go and we had four animals needing care. I need to tell them more how awesome they were and that they were great parents. I wasn't demanding or unrealistic, they just asked what I wanted and made sure I got it and then some. I don't know how they managed. I need to tell them how much I appreciate them.
That Halloween letter reminded me of something that happened while teaching English in a costly school. The kids were wealthy and impossible to discipline. So, I created this reward system according to which I would pay them "money". It was fake money, of course, I called it a happy dollar. This system was working just fine. I would pay them for doing homework, good participation in the activities, and being nice to classmates. I would also apply fines for not bringing homework or forgetting to bring their school supplies. For example, if the kid had forgotten to bring a pencil to class I would charge one happy dollar for using mine. However, if a friend lent him/her a pencil it would be okay. I would have surprise challenge questions during the lessons to pay extra money, etc. Three months into this system, everything was working great, and my coordinator says a father required a meeting with me. He didn't want to talk about his daughter's progress in the class. He just sat there in front of me, in the middle of the working day, trying to convince me(very angrily) to give more money to his daughter because it was not fair that the other kids had more " money" than her. After that, I killed the project and never did it again. Rich kids are horrible and spoiled when they have horrible and spoiled parents. That's the lesson I learned that day.
Oh wow. You should not have killed the project because of an entitled mor.on like that. You should have told him that for his daughter to earn more happy dollars he should teach her good behavior to earn it.. It really makes me sad that you just gave up so fast because of 1 mor.on
I’m kind of vindictive in fantasy, so I would have loved to also tell the class why the system was being cancelled. “So-and-so was upset that everyone else was working hard and earning rewards because she wanted to get rewards for free. So she cried to daddy, and daddy came to harass me instead of encouraging her to take inspiration from her diligent classmates and work harder. So now, the fun is ruined for everyone. You can thank so-and-so personally in your own time for making your hard work worthless.” And just watch her lose the respect of her peers in an instant. In reality, I would probs chicken out though, ‘cause that dad would 100% want me fired for that lesson. Not sure educating his daughter would be worth it.
it kills me when I see "my parents make x amount a year.". it's their flipping money. really, the only thing a parent has to do is provide food, shelter, and clothes. of course making sure they get an education. anything over that is what they WANT to give you. so how much they earn a year is completely irrelevant to your wants. 🙄🙄
I knew how much my parents made as a teen and I still felt bad asking for things. If they said no, sure it was upsetting because teenagers think the whole world revolves around them... My mom helps out my sister and I more with money now that we're in our 30's and living on our own. We don't even ask for anything and she's just like "here's $200, you have bills to pay". Forever grateful for the parents I got
Also they have no concept that 500k or 100 k is not just free money!Need to bring out very damn bill and be like and this is what that $ goes for!The 2 brats act like that money makes them billionaires!
@@NikkiScott1 Yes and no... the exact amount no, but an estimate and where that money goes does help the kids understand about budgeting, which was the parents job to teach kids back in the days. Now-a-days, parents feel that schools should raise their kids and teach them EVERYTHING! I remember being taught to be organized, have planners, and obsessed with budgeting incomes. It became second nature when I got out of high school how to maximize the minimal income amount. This is why Monopoly is so important. It's not just learning the concepts, but also the quality time spent with your family. My dad never had the patience for it,but my mom showed us how to budget everything and play the game right. My brother would quit over time and then my sister. I won due to my stubbornness and patience. The tortoise always wins the race.
I was grateful for everything I received from my parents. I also wore uniforms all through my 12 years of school so everyone looked the same, it really kept the rich and poor equal.
As someone who went to a "rich" school and was the "poor" one, I empathize for these kids.. But I never expected super expensive gifts (even though I still asked for them! xD) and was super grateful for whatever I did get. I kinda live in both worlds here where I do think these kids need a reality check, but I'm also not going to make fun of them for their mindset; peers can be real rough at that age.
Same here. I remember when I was in elementary school and asked a girl where she got these jeans I liked. She told me where they were from and that the store was really expensive (subtext being that I couldn’t afford it). I didn’t go home and demand my parents buy them for me though. I’m sure I was bratty sometimes, but by the time I was a teenager with a part-time job I was very dedicated to saving.
Oh jesus, combined income of $120K isn't really a lot in modern terms, especially if you have a kid (or more than one). That infant is lined up for a serious reality check when they turn 18.
I was just thinking this also. Kid is unhinged if they think that. I mean in the current economy in the province I live in in Canada, that would barely cover rent and other necessities in some places. (Not even joking sadly)
Especially since he goes to a private school. Hopefully he's there on a scholarship. $120K a year is nowhere near rich. I hope they are able to save something for emergencies.
@@rolandhansen812 yes, we make a bit over that, but our daughter's school is 16k a year! Our youngest daughters is 8k until she goes to high school then it will be the same as her sister. It's our most expensive bill every month. Heck, our mortgage is only 700 because we only paid 85k for our home 20 years ago. We tried public school, but the school system where I live is just awful. My daughter came home crying her eyes out the first day because a boy asked her if she was a virgin....this was 3rd grade! Never again, worse 2 weeks ever for her.
I was thinking the same thing. The whole offering to take them for ice cream after their tantrum…sounds like the parents have the kid they deserve… I don’t believe in hitting my kids but if one of mine mouthed off like that to me, I don’t care if it is their birthday, I would pop them one.
I think I would have returned the phone considering the lack of respect the child showed. Parents work hard to get you things, don't take it for granted.
Exactly what I was thinking. I lost privileges when I was disrespectful, the most memorable being the privilege to choose my clothes (mom bought all pink everything and that's all I had, and I hated it). Also lost my bedroom once, though I still had a mattress and pillow and all that to sleep on in the hall until the punishment was over. She taught me the difference between basic needs and privileges, which I appreciate so much now.
@@tebbydear90 I'm not judging the way your mother chose to go about punishing you, but I don't think I would take away my child's privacy and right to self-determination. I'd just stop buying them luxury items if they reacted like that. They would get all their basics like food, clothes, etc. but if they wanted a luxury item, they'd have to get a (student) job and realize how long they have to work and save in order to get just one smartphone, especially the one the kid in the video wanted.
@@XoIngeborgoX She already had her older phone which I'm sure worked just fine. My high school changed to uniforms so that kids who couldn't afford the fancier clothes would be wearing the same as those who could. There are still status symbols besides clothes but it was one less thing to worry about for teens who want to be like their friends.
True, and although to a 15 year old $100k might seem like a lot, as of right now, with that being the parents combined income, it's actually really not. I'm sure they can live comfortably enough, but $100k household isn't even considered upper class by any means.
The Macy’s personal shopping story hits home. A snooty old rich lady came to the posh farm stand I worked at and legit assumed I was going to her push cart thru the various greenhouses while she selected her flowers. Steady wealth you didn’t earn makes people legitimately stupid.
Thank you Charlotte. Just got a scam call while I was watching the video, so I just unpaused it and held the phone up to the speaker. They hung up pretty quick. :)
@@alexandrablaker8619 They should have adult trick or treating where you get things like that ..>It would be awesome...non perishibles to make a meal. Actually it would be kinda cool if one of the food banks did that for halloween time. Make it a little fun and not so demeaning and make it feel like they are doing something in exchange. . Come in costume this month to receive your food. Of course you would have the entitled ones there saying why should they because they deserve free food no matter what. *rolleyes . We do make use of a food bank when needed and are very grateful and i would dress up in a heartbeat.
My parents taught me how to start saving my own money (from birthdays, and holidays) for things I wanted to buy from the age of 7. I got my first job at the age of 12. Growing up I never dreamed of demanding more from my parents. I was happy with what I had, and even happier with what I earned myself. If I ever spoke to them like these kids did... I wouldn't hear the end of it 🤦🏾♀️
Quick funny story - Was in a CVS line to purchase whatever and there was this kid making a scene demanding his mother buy all these ridiculous things at the top of his lungs. She was trying to control him but he was winning due to making an embarrassing scene. Everyone in line was astonished at how the mother was bending to his every whim. After they left the store, I asked everyone there if that incident inspired many people to purchase condoms? Everyone laughed and it cut the tension in the air. 😂🙌🏼 The cashier was in hysterics laughing s well! 😁
If you don't buy your kids stuff (and ignore their nonsense) then they don't do it. Used to go into Kids R Us to by diapers with my older kids. They knew I was never going to buy a single toy for them (no matter how cheap) when I went to toys r us... and didn't bother to beg, scream or anything.
I remember that when I was a little child and I threw a tantrum while we were shopping, my mum would let me go at it and just calmly walked away. Sometimes she would tell me: "Go on, have your tantrum, while I do my shopping. I'll come back as soon as I'm done." She never went very far, most of the time she just walked round a corner and out of sight, there she would wait me out, never had to wait long for her little demon child (me 😈) to come running. 😅
@@chastitymarks2185 I can just picture that lol. My situation was a bit different but equally funny. I took my three year old daughter shopping and she was always pretty good until one day when she decided to run through the racks of clothes. It wasn’t really all that bad but I could tell it was annoying the other shoppers so I told her to stop or she would get a spanking. Mind you, she was still in diapers and a spanking usually meant a swat on the bottom with a long handled thin wooden spoon (I know that sounds awful but it was never done when I was angry and a pop on diapered bottom is hardly a spanking). Long story short, after I told her that, she spun around, put her hand on her hip and said “you don’t have your spoon”. She took me totally off guard with that stance and declaration that all I could do was turn around a laugh. When we got home, she went and got the spoon after apologizing…me still trying not to laugh. Needless to say, the spoon was retired that day and 27 years later, we still laugh about it.
@@dozzer009 lmao. This story made me laugh with tears. I read the "you don't have your spoon" in a childlike voice, just like I imagine she said with her hand on her hip. Hilarious 😂
When I was a kid I once got a box of expired mac and cheese from the biggest house in the neighborhood for trick or treating and I still haven't forgotten it 15 years later
LOL ...they ran out of candy???? Maybe???? I posted in another comment. i would love to have an adult style halloween where the grownups go around for groceries. Can of corn..i'm good. LOL
"THE AUDACITY!" 😆 Charlotte definitely made that accent & phrase for this kinda video. You should dress up as the leader on the witches movie for Halloween. You'd be perfect with that accent & you're phrases 👏🏼😂
I'll never stop telling this story but: My uni classmate Ginevra once housesat a house. We live in Milan (crazy expensive houses) and this filthy rich couple had an entire VILLA in the centre (Arena, like a 15 minutes walk from the Duomo, the centre centre). Anyhow she was paid 70 € a day, she had to clean the house every two days, feed the cats, water the plants. Here comes the fun part the owners didn't want the house to ever be left alone so they told her she could bring a friend (for when she had to go get grocery shopping for example) but the friend was more than welcome to stay for the whole duration of the vacation they had if Ginevra felt lonely. She had to housesit from the end of June to the beginning of September. They felt very bad she couldn't go on a holiday in August so they paid her 90€ a day for the whole month of August as compensation. Also, they had cameras around the house (besides her room and bathrooms) and would frequently ask her to do-clean specific things. Ginevra and her friend spent 2+ months in a jacuzzi, playing with the cats in the cat room (yes, they had a room specifically for their cats). And in the home theatre watching movies. This couple wasn't entitled, just crazy rich but sometimes I think about the fact that they paid a student more than 5000€ to just live in their house during the summer.
In the early 2000, I was in a department store looking to buy new shoes. While perusing, I heard a guy yelling at a sales lady. He wanted the sales lady to kneel, take his current shoes off his feet and then fit him with the new shoes. Mind you, this wasn't a high-end store. It's a freaking department store where the extent of help you get from the staff is to get the right size for the item you picked then help you ring your purchase. You're supposed to put the shoes yourself unless you're a little kid that needs assistance or an older person with a bad back. Anyway, the yelling continued for a while and the saleslady was visibly humiliated and was teary eyed but she did what he wanted albeit so the ordeal could end sooner. What made this whole thing even worse was this guy was a known actor in our country. He's been acting for decades. What I don't get is why this motherfucker expecting VIP treatment in a department store? The only reason I can think of is he might be expecting to be treated well because he's a known actor or he's already an asshole even before he became famous. How I wish the cellphone cameras were better quality then. That video would go viral in our country.
That is insane! Guys like that are the reason why many individuals with disabilities avoid asking for help from sellers and store employees, because we see sh!t like that and think wow.. tough job, I don;t want to burden that poor person after that. I wasn't an employee, but I had individuals with severe disabilities ask me to help them get and try on new shoes, while I was getting a pair of my own Adidas (I always wanted a pair and never could get a pair due to sacrifices for the family). Anyways, I would help them, because they felt too embarrassed to ask an employee and one of them even told me that he felt bad for needing help, but what can he do when he could barely move in his wheel chair. There are great, nice people out there who truly need real help with trying on shoes, but too scare to ask, because they see the employee being treated like that, and don't want to be seen needed by asking for such help.
My daughters have a name for personal shopper, it is called mum. They take things from the racks and give them to me. And i put everything that is to expensive back. Works perfect always within budget😄
"You are not entitled to buy things with your parents money" - Charlotte Dobre 🙂 . Had i pulled the same stunt with my parents what the teen did , i would not have been able to sit properly for the next 6 months . 😁
The babysitting 600 dollar rental for a whole floor is actually AMAZING! I can imagine that many people fighting to get this. Do you know how much rent this floor would cost otherwise?
@Trisha Murray It works out to $1400 per month if you assume that the babysitting really pays $15 per hour. It sucks to live in the same building as the people you care for, though, even if you have your own floor. It's really not that good of a deal.
yeah but how are you earning money to pay your "rent" if you have to work 56 hours a month watching the kid ...that is 14 hours a week . You would have to have a decent job on top of that that pays well to cover the rent plus things like health insurance, food, personal care items, incidentals, savings, etc. Plus it would seem you are at their beck and call so it would be really hard to schedule another job into that unless you have a really forgiving employer.
@@John-tr5hn The $15 an hour is just for the hours over the 56 required and it is not guaranteed You still have to pay rent on top of that and taxes on the 15 an hour. (depending on the state) . And you are right. If they were paying 15 an hour for the 56 required that is only $840 a month. Good deal in that way since of all the perks , but you still have to buy personal products, food, etc. ..and you dont have cash to do it with unless you are working another job somewhere, which you really cant since you are basically on call for these ppl.
Thank you!! They are steps from the beach, so to rent this kind of place, with utilities included, for only $600 a month and 14 hours a week of babysitting is a great deal. Perfect for a single person or a college student working part time or has a set amount for housing from tution/parents. This is obviously not meant for someone raising a family. I live in a really poor backwoods middle of no where town, and single room tiny homes with utilities are going for nearly $1000 a month.
I can relate to the ppl wanting a personal shopper. I used to work at a DIY store (think home depot) I had some customers ask where the mirrors were. Instead of telling them which aisle they are I walk them to exactly where they are and say sing out if you need help, I will be at the bathroom counter and leave. They made an official complaint about how terrible the service was.
Nothing wrong with giving your kids nice things, as long as you also teach them that those things are only things and not what their world should revolve around. Also, as long as you explain exactly what it took, for you to earn the money it took, to buy those things. Teach them how to be responsible and self reliant while also teaching them to ask for help when they legitimately need it. Whole life is a balance.
I felt like this was an important lesson to teach my kids, but now my 9 year old is almost paralyzed when it comes to spending money. Even when I offer to buy her something she says "No, it's too expensive" or "we can't afford it". Did I go too far??
@@jenn8179 I aint a psychologist, but looks like you shattered her confidence and love for herself. Every person deserves good things, especially a girl. Its basically saying I am not good enough for these items because they are too expensive. Not sure how to reverse it back though... you ll need to do the research cause confidence is a very important thing in life.
My sister told my niece she would pay only for the last two years of college, not the first two. My niece figured out taking college level courses in high school was a brilliant idea.
@@It-is-me...Melsie I've told her "Hey, you don't have to worry about money. That's my job. If I'm offering to buy something, we can afford it. Trust in me...." I'm not sure what else to do 🤷♀️
My kids are really young, but I worry they think I buy things with nothing because I only use Apple pay (since covid). They don’t have any idea that money gets spent and then it’s gone. They think you go beep and get whatever you want!
When I was younger If I wanted something I had to earn it my neighbors used to tell me that they remember me selling painted rocks because I wanted money, I came home with $11 one time I was only 5, I also used to make little pillows and sell them! I would sell newspapers, make breakfast burritos and sell them to construction sites, at 18 I had my own business, I had 3 jobs once, only day off was Sunday and that was for 3 months, I would house sit, work at a grocery store, and volunteer at the hospital! I’m 37 now and graduated from college 3 months ago with a bachelors of science in religion and minor in business took 7 years! I’m moving in about 4 months to Amarillo Tx to do ministry work and be closer to my boyfriend of over a year and a half!
The story about the women thinking staff were her person shopper reminds me of this. I normally dress pretty well but one day many years ago after getting caught in the rain and having laundry problems I was not looking my best. I went into a store to grab a few things and then head home. I noticed someone following me very closely after a while and after going around a turn and watching him appear seconds later I tried to hand him some product and said sense your going to follow me could you hold these things for me, thanks ! For about 1 minute he stood their stunned, then tried to say he didn't work their then said he did work there but he wasn't following me. I think it might have been his first and last day.
I got my first new bicycle for highschool graduation. I didn’t want much growing up. I had everything I felt I wanted or needed. Now I make good money working hard alongside my husband. I buy whatever I want. I’m glad my parents taught me the value of a dollar.
The Halloween candy post had me facepalming hardcore. No dark chocolate seriously? Of all the chocolate, that's my favorite and my son enjoys it too! That post was ridonkulous!
I grew up pretty poor then ,middle class always worked really hard and now gratefully have an extraordinary life with everything I need & want . I always donated & went out of my way or gave my last of everything to help others out. Yes people took advantage ,yes I struggled a lot but You must always remember to put God first and always be a kind ,giving & generous person and what you put out in the world will usually find it's way back to you.
I was laughing at the candy one until I heard the town names and suddenly was no longer shocked. Never been more grateful to be from the south suburbs 🤣
OMG me too! Like, sorry, I’m not one of the owners of M&M Mars, you get what I give you. I lived south and southwest suburbs until I moved away. We trick or treated in bulk to make up for small sizes.
It was written as total sarcasm. The guy is a total jokester in our town. Yes, I know him, yes he lives in town and it cracks him and everyone up when people take this seriously!!!😂
I came here to see if there was anyone else familiar with those names. I'm from the far southwest side of Chicago, worked in the north, west, and northwest suburbs - folks be bougie!
I worked at a rich kid's private school and the entitlement was off the charts, mostly from the parents. I had everything from parents demand their child get A's because they "paid" for it, to parents demanding compensation because they sent their kid to school with branded shoes/bags/clothes/etc and the items got dirtied or scuffed during school hours.
My family is in the lower middle class though sometimes we drop down to poor depending on job loss, etc. (I haven't been able to work for 2.5 years due to health problems so right now we're struggling) and my sister and her husband make a combined $60-65,000 a year which in California isn't high at all. My niece is 13 and a couple months ago she decided that she deserved new clothes (from an expensive store), but my sister, rightfully, told her she didn't need new clothes as she had a ton, so my niece took some scissors and CUT her clothes up so that it would force her mom to buy her new ones! My sister was so pissed that she told my niece if she was going to cut her clothes up then all her clothes would come from the Walmart clearance racks lol. My niece learned her lesson and so my sister will buy her clothes now, but still refuses to buy anything from an expensive store after what my niece did.
I have two stories of snobby rich people. So my dad used to work at this company and we would go on work trips as a family. I was about 10 at the time. My mom told me to be nice to the women there because they were the wives of the higher ups. Ok, not a problem. My mom and I go down to the pool and my mom points out one of the wives. She was in an expensive bathing suit, halfway submerged in the pool. I make note of it and I jump in, like a normal 10 year old would do, and the woman across from me freaks out. My mom apologizes (even though she was only splashed with 2 drops of water) and she sighs but says, and I quote “it’s fine. Just don’t get my hair wet. I just got a blowout.” Then why are you in the pool lady? Wtf? It was so weird. And I felt so bad for my mom because she had to socialize with these women. One time she was apart of a conversation that went something like this: Snob 1: “I just went for a walk on the beach.” Snob 2: (gasps in horror) “you did not! Did it ruin your feet?” Snob 1: “Don’t worry, I’m getting a pedicure right after this.” Snob 2: “Oh thank God!” I felt so bad for my mom. And these were the kind of women who wore a different expensive bathing suit everyday. And one day I overheard them saying “ugh, our husbands are back. Now the pool boys won’t give us any attention.” Wtf?! I have thousands of other stories, but this is too long as it is. Hope you enjoyed.
The first one, I saw that it’s very common in the old times that people, even middle class families would have domestic servants and they have their own rooms hallways and stairs etc so they’re not seen. And there was the problem of the stairs being really unsafe that caused a lot of deaths
When my son threw a tantrum at the grocery store when he was about 3…he threw himself on the floor fake crying……I told him that if he didn’t get up I would leave him. Well he kept it up and I walked away….I went to the front of a display and waited and watched him. He lifted up his head and was looking for me. Best lesson ever…..he knew I would backup any threat I would make….he’s now 46 and a great dad himself.
My mom went to a "rich private school" and the girls there were so mean that my mom spent her days crying in the classroom (they were entitled rich kids and my mom wasn't) my grandparents had to pull her out and put her in a normal school. She still talks about it today ! Yall rich entitled kids, get off your high horses and try to help the less fortunate its really rewarding youll see!
An extra layer to this is kids usually tease cruelly like this to make themselves feel better. They are usually lacking some fundamental things in life like parental attention Edit: USUALLY is there because some kids are just assholes and weren't taught not to be assholes
Yep. Halloween mom needs to just buy her kids the candy she thinks they should have, and not let them go at all. And spray painting the sidewalk with a red dot is considered vandalism. She's given 'fair warning' that she and other parents are going to do that. The local police, if they are actually doing their job (a lot of times people with money get a pass in affluent neighborhoods), would have a field day with this.
Did they clear that with the HOA? I’m pretty sure they would frown upon vandalism of a public space like a sidewalk. And if you approach someone’s door to deface their property, be prepared to be met with a Karen and a Chad who would be more than happy to drag your entitled self to court. Or, buy your own damn candy and quit stealing your kids. Or just be thankful that you live in a community where you don’t have to worry about narcotics or razor blades in the candy. A two page rant on Halloween candy? Get a different hobby, Karen. 😉
@@lindapatton4478 my guess was she was making the list more for the candy that she wanted to eat that she was going to take from her kids then for what the kids were going to get.
I remember one person I knew during my sophomore year of college. He was an older lad, a fry cook, fella always smelled like food cause he came in from work to class, then to work again. Dude was a hard worker, and sometimes we shot the piss. He told me about this one girl who was spoiled rotten, but not mean, that he hired during a dry spell of workers. She was just… ignorant as hell, not rude, but did not know the first thing about working with people, working with griddles, or anything. This man, this absolute legend, taught her EVERYTHING she would need to know to work there, including the basics of dressing a wound after burning herself with scalding hot oil (it was an accident, she was fine, but it hurt like hell). She became a whole new person while working there, apparently, learning how to socialize with the customers, making friends with some of the local college kids. She was even allowed to experiment a little bit with cooking, obviously the chef tried them first before anything got even close to the customers, but a couple of ideas stuck around. Turns out that one thing she was just… really good at was cooking, flavor pairings and the like, and while she doesn’t work there anymore, one of her experiments became a staple. Moral of the story: rich people should have to work a retail or customer service job once, because at worse they understand that you should be nice to those folks, and in the best it can teach you a lot of valuable things.
My parents worked hard, my dad had always been a Heavy equipment Operator (finish Blade) and my mom a nurse then to construction as well, a Forman Grade checker. So money was good, but it wasn't just handed out. We were taught that if there's something you really want, you have to work to get it, other than it just being given to you. If you work hard for what you want, you'll appreciate it so much more than it just being given to you. Appreciation.
Having a *(cheap)* candy minimum for halloween well there are a simple solution for this, don’t send your kids trick or treat, buy all the *(expensive)* candy you want for your kids 😉
My parents have always told me if you want more, you gotta work for it. We live comfortably, I didn’t have to help with chores most of the time but did learn that I was lucky I didn’t have to and that home wasn’t an all inclusive hotel. I had some pocket money every month and they told me if I wanted more money, to work. They never pressured me into working tho, it took me till last year to get a job cus I felt I wasn’t ready for it and I didn’t complain about not getting enough money from my parents. I’m very happy the way I was taught that actions have consequences and everything costs something. But that they also allowed me to be a kid and grow up and learn in my own pace.
Last yr I had candy, non edible treats for allergies, hug juices, Jell-O shots (with ID), and ramen or chips for older kids (10-20yrs). They could choose candy if they wanted too. Ramen is a hit with the older teens and fun was had by all. Let kids have their candy!!! At any age of their childhood.
I loved dark chocolate as a child and still do and so do both my kids. That Halloween lady needs to seek professional mental health services and get a grip🙄
@@John-tr5hn well to be fair in California , there is this one affluent neighborhood in the Los Angeles Area that has some weird Halloween laws including masks on children etc. There is this Beverly Hills store named Kitson in Beverly grove that asks customers to not wear any face masks while inside to prevent thief according to the owner. So entitlement could be scary to deal with in public for people with real anxiety related illnesses.
I grew up with absolutely nothing my family had no money at all, now I'm 50 and have struggled all my adult life but honestly I couldn't be happier cos I've nothing to compare it to. Me and my son (who has the same wickedly sarcastic sense of humor as me) make a point of finding something to belly laugh at every day which with what's happening globally with living/fuel costs, helps us get by cos if you didn't laugh you'd cry! Granted my health is poor but I'm thankful for everything in my life regardless of not having endless bundles of cash. Money can make some people entitled but I wouldn't thank you for untold riches as long as we are alive, relatively healthy and have our sense of humor then that's what makes us rich!! 😊
@@___LC___ I'm also disabled in a wheelchair but I'm happy I'm glad you have the love of your life to help you get thru mine passed 4 year ago but like I say I have my son n cat just keep smiling even tho times might be crap🙂
I live in a very expensive city, so even though my parents are fairly well off we're more of a middle to upper middle class family (they're also divorced so the cost of housing is doubled) The main thing that sets me apart from most of my friends is how often I get to travel, and even then a lot of that is because my mom's job enables her to apply to visit places! I consider myself extremely lucky and have been taught to be very conscientious of the cost of things, which I'm finding to be a really useful skill. (Example, I'm great at seeing something I love but wouldn't use, and not buying it) I'm very grateful for how my parents have raised me in that respect :)
8:27 and suddenly…I love Charlotte even MORE for sharing that sense of humour I grew up on top gear…so I’m one of those somewhat rarer individuals who know/understand the story behind the meme
Halloween candy, last year we ran out, kids kept coming to the door even though the lights were off, so I handed out packets of spicy freeze dried chickpeas. Got a great laugh when one of my neighbours told me a youngster yelled out "CHICKPEAS?".
SO glad my parents raised me right. Idk how much my dad makes and I'm better for it. Not knowing made sure I didn't get entitlement syndrome. We're middle class, and I didn't want for things growing up, but I also never wanted overly expensive things because that's not what I grew up around. All my furniture is IKEA and most of my closet is from Hot Topic lol. I never got told "we can't afford that" because I never asked for outlandishly expensive things. Raise your kids right. Just because you have money, doesn't mean you have to spoil your children. When I first lived on my own, my mom would drop $250 in my account every couple weeks for groceries and such, which kept me humble in my spending. Helps that the cost of living in my town isn't over the top. We gotta stop raising entitled brats
For the one about the “cheap” candy the lady is just bitter that she isn’t able to snack on the candys she was used to getting from her son trick or treating 😂 but there is another possibility, rising prices. Like food and things getting more expensive. Like I live in like a upper to middle class area and the candys i used to get as a kid to a few years ago was a small difference every year. I used to get like Lindt chocolates from a few houses the rest was like kit kat, smarties (if you’re Canadian you know what they are) and rockets but and as I grew older the candys they came more and more from Dollarama and dollar tree. There was also a house that gave tooth paste and tooth brush’s EVERY YEAR when all the kids just want is candy due to it being the only time of the year they can have this much candy.
We grew up poor, and my parents made sure we had everything we needed. If I was hungry, my dad would give me his food. I helped my parents by shovelling snow so that way we could get some groceries. My dream is to be rich enough to pay them back one day. I cannot wrap my head around these “problems”.
A short moment of being proud of myself and my parents ❤️ Growing up, based on my mom’s words, I never demanded expensive toys or threw a tantrum. What made me super happy and laugh out loud was just looking at running water, either in a mini waterfall or a small lake. That was just simply it, and I was happy. My parents are poor, and as soon as I learnt about the family’s financial situation (at 8 years-old), I started saving money (without anyone told me to do so). I just hope when I have kids in the future, I can raise my kids to be thoughtful like me towards my parents.
I will always be thankful for my parents teaching me responsibility and the value of hard work. My family is pretty financially well off because my dad is the head of an accounting firm in Toronto. My parents did spoil us a little but we learned to appreciate it rather than asking for more. I know that I will never be this entitled and all I can say to these entitled rich people is good luck trying to find a relationship with average people because they won’t wanna deal with your entitlement. I love you mom and dad ❤️❤️
My father grew up in the great depression as the youngest of seven kids. While at the time of my birth in the early '60's he made a good living as a school principal, I was never spoiled. He held onto and repaired items instead of just buying something new. Both of my parents made sure I always had what I needed and a few extras, but I started working at 15 to buy anything additional beyond that. I am grateful to them both for the lessons I learned and for not becoming an entitled brat. Miss them both very much.
and that is why in Finland we day tickets, meaning the ticket is days of average pay. For the same serious infraction everybody gets the same amount of days. If someone ears x amount on average a day and someone else earns 100x, the person earning 100 times more, will end up having a ticket 100 times larger. The highest speeding ticket ever given in Finland was 185 139€. Other countries like Switzerland and Belgium have similar systems, they also hold the highest speeding tickets ever given. 1. Switzerland 654 051€ 2. -//- 278 943€ 3. -//- 273 029€ 4. Belgium 193 265€ 5. Finland 185 139€ This way the ultra rich wont treat tickets like they are nothing, they feel them just as much as people living on minimum wage. If the infraction is small, like only going a little over the speeding limit, then the ticket is a set amount and same for everyone, regardless of earnings. But if someone has repeated offences then they'll get a day ticket.
I grew up in middle class, though mostly because my grandparents are rather wealthy (not the mind-blowing-wealthy but the comfortably-wealthy kind). My mom was a single parent after my biological father left. He never paid child support, so yeah. I had a lot of toys and books (I really enjoy reading) but never really expensive ones. I remember this one friend I had who was lower middle to upper lower class who got the newest something (I don't remember what exactly it was) and I was totally perplexed because it costs around 200$ and it would've never even occurred to me to ask for it. My mother really encouraged me to try new things, expecially things that helped with creativity (art supplies, books) or knowledge (she once bought me an microscope, it was really cool) but also often told me simply 'no, we don't have the money'. I never threw fits in stores, from what she tells me she taught me by example: When I was around 4 we saw a boy throwing a fit and she said something along the lines of: 'he's embarrassing his parents and himself and he won't even get what he wanted'.
I will say I am a very anxious person and shy around people but if I am at work and see a janitor or service person I still smile, greet, and thank them. The office would not function without them. Just be a good human being.
The fake news article gave me a huge laugh, thanks for that lol. I was curious as it popped by and since I'm still waiting for my friend to show up (late as usual) I had nothing to do, so I backed up and paused it. Thanks for the Easter egg! 🤣
I am from a wealthy middle class family and yet I was never taught to expect things or to under value things. I got an allowance and that was it apart from moderate presents at appropriate times. My wife and I brought our three children up with the same standards and they are all doing well in life and hold values of respect and they expect to work hard and be kind. Not having to struggle should never be an excuse for being greedy and expecting others to provide everything.
I grew up middle class. I got a lot of toys when I was a kid. I got to go to Camp Cosby for a week one summer. I went to vacation Bible school every summer. We'd go to Moundville with family and friends. Oak Mountain State Park. Six Flags. Travel. My siblings and I were all in the band with really high quality instruments. I was on the tennis team in high school. Our whole family wasn't rich by any means but we weren't hurting for money either. We never went without food or clothes. But my parents would not tolerate selfishness. I was taught to share my toys. My mom said that there were kids that didn't have near as much as I did and to share with others. Though, one mom told her son not to share with me even though I shared with him. So, I had a lot but I was never entitled. If you see a spoiled, entitled brat, blame the parents. They raised their kids that way. Entitled brats can make friends but they sure can't keep them for long.
The last story made me laugh out loud. I’d love a reality tv show where they drop these rich entitled kids into a public school in a rural area for a week and see what happens lol
I grew up somewhat poor. When I was little, there was a Christmas where my parents had no money for presents. My dad sold a bunch of his rare first edition books so they could get us Christmas presents. I think about that a lot. I was never spoiled and I'm really grateful for that because I know the value of working for the good things in life.
I sold some Star Trek dvds of mine earlier this year just so I had money after throwing my daughter her 3rd birthday. I had surgery a few months before so I missed like a month of work. I wasn’t broke but I was worried about moneys
Selling your prized first edition books is like selling a part of your soul. It would be lovely to find that those books, purchase them, and give them to him as a present.
A few years ago, a friend of mine was going through some financial difficulties. He told his kids to give him a list of 2 or 3 things they wanted for Christmas. The middle boy whined "I'm only getting three things for Christmas?". All I could think was "You spoiled little sh*t. You should be grateful you're getting anything at all."
One year I got 1 present im an only child and I really wanted these Adidas slides that were popular at the time. It made me so happy. *Fast forward not even a few months, and my cousin (she had a thing for taking stuff of mine..) had stolen them and "nobody knew where they went". Even tho it was just these cool shoes to me it was special and my mom really did her best.
I remember many Christmases with only homemade gifts. Poverty makes you thankful for a gift, not picky about what that gift is.
When I turned fifteen (old enough for working papers), my parents told me I needed to get a part-time summer job. I asked if we were poor, and my father (joker that he was) said, "YOU are...your Mom and I are doing just fine."
Good for him! He wasn't wrong 😂
I found myself spoiling and giving in to my daughter’s requests (demands). When she said she wanted to be a foreign exchange student. I said, hell yes, great idea. She spent a year in South America and came back not only fluent in a language but more humble and less demanding. A good lesson for both of us
I grew up in Romania in the 90s which was all kinds of poor, so when i turned 15, my amazing parents managed to get enough money to buy me my first ever Levi's Jeans (they barely opened a store here), they were so expensive I cried for minutes on end for sheer happiness. I was so happy i hugged them to sleep that night. WORE them everyday almost throughout highschool. I am 33 now and i have them in the back of my closet, cant fit in them anymore, still they look amazing, a little frayed at the bottom, still makes me tear up when i think about my parents doing everything they could to get me the BEST present ever. I hope my kid will have some good memories like this and not grow up so entitled. Sorry just wanted to share too.
Thank you for sharing your experience! Made me happy. I like to picture how happy your joy must have been for your parents. Blessings ❤
I used to give private French lessons to this deliiiiiightful young lady from an insanely wealthy family in Mexico. I realized one day that she believed everyone was given a credit card from...the government I guess, with virtually no spending limit. She was 13 and had NO CONCEPT OF WHAT MONEY IS, how it is earned...nothing
With hindsight, I am now actually confused as to what she assumed the reason for me giving her lessons was? Same for all the cleaners, Cook, driver, gardener, pool Guy, dog Walker ...etc they had working there. Did she never wonder why one would rather clean her room than go have fun with their Platinum Amex ? 😅🤣 Baffling...
That’s absolutely insane. I really can’t imagine being so detached from how your average person lives 🫠
Wow....sad...
I mean I guess if that were the case the world would be better in a few ways.. so say you got paid by the government the same for whatever job you had we could all choose a job we truly enjoy! Now obviously it couldn't ever work because why go to school for close to an extra decade to be a dr just to make the same as a dog walker.. but I girl can dream
@@1324Hairdoist That's called citizen salary and might happen some day (in some EU countries they are experimenting with it). It's a guaranteed, low, but enough to live on, amount of money and then you decide yourself how much you want to work to get anything extra on top of that (but it's an actual choice since in todays world many couldn't afford to work less even if they want to). Properly far away in the US though ;)
My mother addressed this kind of behavior with me clearly and early. The first time I threw a tantrum at the store about wanting something she wouldn't buy for me, she left the shopping cart right in the middle of the aisle, apologized to a staff member for the inconvenience, and dragged my screaming toddler self out of the store without buying anything at all. She didn't shout at me or make a scene, she just taught me that throwing a fit was NOT the way to get the things I wanted. It was very effective!
Did the same with my wee ones. Just walked out, went home and said nothing about it!
@@Sorchia56 Glad to hear it! I don't have any kids, but I'll definitely use this tactic if I ever do. It gets the message across without being cruel to the kid and minimizes disruption of the store. I grew up knowing I was allowed to ask for things, but that sometimes the answer would be no and I needed to accept that.
@@coolkumquats Cheers! It works. Your mum is brilliant!! Our kids are now grown and on their own but are far better off than their peers as they know the difference between “wants and needs” as well as financial responsibility. We, their parents worked hard for our money. I have NEVER touched my family’s Trust Fund account nor asked for a thing. And yes, asking was always ok but receiving was never guaranteed.
I do this with my kids. However, we have a discussion about what happened later, after they have calmed down. My oldest, 4, has a reward chart so she can EARN things she wants by doing chores or cooperating.
Later, if she acts up about not getting something, I can just remind her about her reward chart. I also ask her if throwing a fit and screaming is going to get her what she wants. I understand that she is disappointed and it is hard not getting the things we want when we want them. But when she gets enough stickers, she can get the item she wants.
Communication is just as important as the actual physical lesson of walking out of the store when your kid starts throwing a fit
@@UnicornsPoopRainbows That’s a good idea. We didn’t do a reward chart. Expectations of behaviour were explained before leaving the house and again before getting out of the car.
The fines story reminded me of a story my husband told me. During his last year of university, he was only going in 3 days a week. A parking pass was $1500. After doing the math, he realized being fined every day was actually cheaper than buying the parking pass. He ended up paying $1100 in fines. Not rich entitlement, just smart financial planning
Same!! I did this too. $30 total
Makes me think of where my friend used to work, a daycare making only 8 hr & you had to pay for parking on top of it I wasn't applying after I heard that, it was a daycare charging people like 50 a day a child for people not with financial help and they were paying people 8 an hr 😑
That IS so smart! Love it!
In my experience as a parent, it is our responsibility to teach kids value of money, things & friendships. As much we want to point finger on these entitled brats, it’s the parents who lacking in teach them how to behave & think
100k/year plus having at least one kid with a private school education doesn't leave parents with much left over these days, especially if you live in an expensive area. That last kid is 100% deluded.
Yeah I was gonna say, especially in America. In the UK.... it's different, like 100k a year is wealthy. It all depends where you are from.
They don't factor in all the bills for the house/living expenses/private school etc they have to pay too. Just as they always tend to forget that it's their parents money, not their own and so they decide what they do with it
Dude thats exactly what I was thinking... like yeah that's a shit ton more than some families make a year, but fr?? It doesn't go so far that you can just buy literally whatever.
I was thinking the same. A lot of kids in America literally go into adulthood thinking $100k/year is “rich” regardless of how many members are in the household, living expenses, etc. and don’t understand just how much of that goes to taxes. Kids need more financial literacy, because they hear “six figures” and think “rich”. I think a lot of parents don’t want to educate them because they’re afraid if they tell their kids too much the kids will realize their financial situations aren’t as secure as they grew up believing they were and parents don’t want to burden them with that.
I was thinking the same. $100k/yr with a kid in private school, won't have much left over.
6:21 In Finland fines for speeding are based on your income. The higher your income, the higher the fine. That's what we need for every fine-able violation.
Wow, that is an amazing idea. Include using cell phones (by hand) while driving please. That one I hear from even lower income people.
Wow... I wish it was like that everywhere but I suppose the people that have a lower income wouldn't be deterred from doing bad things because it's cheaper fines...
Couple of year ago in Finland, a Nokia CEO got 118000 USD speeding limit fine.
Same in Norway Iff you make 300 000 dollars your fine would be at leats 30 000 dollars
@@annabedford9608 People with low income can barely afford to live. They don't have the money to pay for unexpected fines.
I am DYING over the Halloween person! 😂😂😂 How can you outlaw chocolate?! PS - my favorite Halloween stop was at this adorable elderly man’s house down the street from my house. He was known for giving out Hoodsie cups (ice cream), so all the neighborhood kids would be running to his house come Halloween night. It was THE BEST.
That sounds awesome!
I wish the UK took Halloween more seriously like the USA does
In my neighborhood, everyone loved the homemade buttered popcorn that this one family handed out. It was delicious.
The strawberry candies from dollar tree are my favorite in the world.
I was the only kid in my school that didn't have a particular designer item, or so it felt at the time. I remember saying the same thing to my parents and making my Dad cry. As an adult, I realise not having that designer item made absolutely zero difference in my life. Didn't change a thing, but I'll live forever with the memory of that feeling I got when I saw the hurt look on my dad's face. Over some jeans. Upside? My parents' lesson took. I've never been a designer chaser, don't know who most of them are, and couldn't care less. Raised my own kids to think the same way. Thanks Mom and Dad. Miss you. ♥
To these teenagers? You're being foolish and bratty. Stop it. You DO realise that should you ever find yourself in a truly bad situation, (the odds of which are extremely likely) your parents will be the only ones there for you. I promise you...in even 5 years time, you will no longer associate with, or care about any of these people you're trying to impress now. 5 years after that, you're going to realise that your parents were right all along and you were a shithead who didn't deserve them. 5 years after that, you're going to raise your kids the exact same way and they are going to hate you for it. Circle of life, kids...circle of life.
One of the truest expressions is: "You can't buy class."
I worked though the first four years of my college at a country club and I can a million percent validate that you’re right
But there are certainly enough people trying
"Reading entitled rich kids posts is basically a form of birth control"
How can something be so true
It's more like "How NOT to parent" posts. Kids don't get spoiled by themselves. Parents think it's "Cute" the little tantrums when the kids are littles. Heck you see the videos all over social media, especially around Christmas time when the "I surprise my children with crap gifts, let's see them act up" videos are trending. Then the parents are shocked that the kids turn into little entitled a$$holes when they are tweens, teens and young adults. Don't want spoiled kids? Then parent correctly from the get go.
Makes me want to write a thank you letter to be urologist.
@@amandab8433 Mind you, kids can sometimes be entitled. One of my brothers was such a snotty brat as a teen, because he expected everything he wanted to be handed to him, despite my family being close to the poverty line. It was bad. Crashed a new car by getting it stuck on the guide wire, gave my mom a black eye for not letting him out on a Wednesday night and once he made a phone bill of $500. And my mom is like the greatest of parents, but he just had this mindset that fought against it. He now lives off his wife's income and plays video games all day.
@@robertgronewold3326 ouch, poor parents and wife.
Fr. I'm terrified of having kids who might turn into nasty little shits like this
I overspoiled my children, my parents helped make it worse. I regret nearly all of it as far as the items and the cash because these stories sound a lot like my son who is a spiteful “ if you’re aren’t useful to me I don’t need you”.
But I worked several jobs to make things happen, I wasn’t just magically wealthy. They knew how hard I worked for everything and I was also the queen of free. I could find every fun free event and outing and cool things that also had food for us and those were the best memories.
My daughter btw is super kind and humble but the boy… I haven’t talked to him for years. Since he got ugly about nearly cleaning us all out emotionally and financially and I said I love you but I’m done feeding you money just to be your mom.
Seriously… he’s just like…poof, if there isn’t money in my cards at Christmas don’t ask me over for dinner.
Sad.
I wish him his own version of happiness.
You are a gr8 mom. Hope one day he understands and comes back to you.
I'm am sorry for your relationship with your son. Sometimes we do our best and it's still not enough for others. I hope your relationship with your daughter continues to flourish.
dont pay his bills anymore
let him find a job himself and work to sustain himself then only he would be able to value the efforts you had put for him
I have done this with my son as well. I over spoil him because I felt guilty that he almost died. Plus his dad and I split up and I lost custody. I feel like he's heading down the same road your son has. He's 12 now so I'm trying to change it, but it's super hard and frustrating. I'm sorry that you lost your relationship with your son. 🙁
@@Anemicpanda Sending you support in this difficult situation ❤️. It is hard, but he’ll probably thank you one day if you can teach him the value of things and the importance of hard work.
That last story reminded my of my oldest niece, who threw a horrible fit when she got the wrong color of snowboard on Christmas day. Literally a silent house while a 16 year old acted like a toddler. My brother created that monster, he can live with it.
We always took my son to my friend's neighborhood because her area would go all out for Halloween with candy and lawn/house decorations. One lady would order a pallet of candy, they had so many kids come by. Plus all the houses were close together, making the rounds easier.
When he was five, his plastic pumpkin got full really fast, so we dumped it into a plastic shopping bag and sent him on his way. The old couple at the very next house saw his pumpkin was empty. Thinking he hadn't gotten any candy yet and feeling badly about it, they proceeded to pour their whole bowl of candy into his pumpkin. Though it was very sweet and generous of them to do, we went running up to them, thanked them profusely, and explained he had plenty, we just had to empty his pumpkin because it was spilling over. We returned all but two or three pieces, again, thanking them for their generosity.
Like these parents did, Modeling appropriate and respectful behavior, helping your child be thoughtful instead of entitled, means more healthy adults in the world. Charlotte please have children!! You are getting a great early childhood education on how to raise nice and funny humans!
That is a cute story. We used to carry a tote bag for our daughters overflow too. That stuff gets heavy . Some lady was going to do something similar but we were close enough to hear her do the "aw you didnt get any yet" and held up the extras bag and told her, we are her pack horses...LOL
omg if that isn't the sweetest thing!!! The greedy parents would try this trick with every house!!!
I grew up in a middle income family, and I can firmly say that I acknowledge my privileges. Tbh, I'm just glad that there's food on the table and a comfortable life that I live. But rich people stupefy me. Imagine being so out of touch with reality, so unaware of the cruelties of this world that you think making eye contact with people who work for you is annoying.
I mean, this is very different life for sure, but either she can't control her feelings. If she feels annoyed, she feels it. Is she supposed to feel happy every second of her life?
Admittedly, I'm uncomfortable hanging around when I have a housekeeper over. It's not that I devalue her in any way - it's just weird knowing this person is cleaning up after me when I could technically be doing it myself. Almost like I'm an overgrown child. I'm always polite but I do keep interaction to a minimum.
@@rustinstardust2094, maybe approach from a different direction. This person is doing something that you really don't want to do and in return, you are paying them so they can buy things they need. This is how I think about my mowing guys. I could mow. It takes me most of a day because it's MO and 90+ degrees, but I can do it. Then I'm wiped out for the following two days.
It takes my guy and his helper 30 minutes, everything is tidied up nicely and he gets $35, so a bit over $1/minute. Win-win 😀
@@bcaye This is very true...but I'm still a little self-conscious about it
As a owner of a cleaning business, I’d love for people to not make eye contact with me instead of being in my way and talking my head off while I’m cleaning their toilet. Go find something to do
It’s funny because I was just having a conversation with the cook at work today. I was washing dishes and we were chatting about entitled customers and me and him both agreed that everybody should have at least one customer service job just to know what it’s like I told him that you can tell the difference between people who have worked in customer service and people who have never worked in customer service by the way they treat employees, which led to us agreeing on that whole thing where everybody should work in that type of job at least once so they would know what it’s like. And then maybe they’ll learn a little bit of respect for the people working for them. One of my favorite bits though is I saw a sign at a restaurant I think it was a post online that someone shared but the sign said “sorry for the slow service were low on staff. if you don’t wanna wait, here’s an application”
I had only one dream as a child that I kept all the way to my adulthood, I knew it was a pricey thing, and while my parents earned enough to be comfortable with my two older sisters and I, we weren't rich, just above average. And so for years, I litterally never asked for anything to my parents knowing I wanted this one thing and would sacrifice any present for it. I had no pocket money unlike other kids my age because I told them I didn't need any, and outside of birthday and christmas, never asked for a thing. Even then, I kept it minimal.
Despite that, my mom would always buy me a little something at the grocery store, like my favorite cake or something she thought would make me happy after school. Honestly, it could have been anything, just the surprise and knowing she thought of me was awesome. I was born and raised in France, but I always wanted to go to New York since I was like 7. I worked my ass off in english class for that, and my parents understood I wasn't kidding about it. And finally, I turned 18 and they paid for my trip, they didn't have to explain to me that it was a cost and that they likely dig a hole in their savings, I knew very well. I went 6 months in NYC on a campus, I was all alone there and had to handle my expenses myself. Taught me alot about being an adult. I'm 26 now, and those 6 months remain the best memories of my life.
I'm beyond sad for those rich kids, they're bound to a shallow life. They can do all they want, they could go to NYC so easily and anywhere else, but it has no real meaning. Some things can't be bought...
My sister didn't like wearing the same outfit within the same month. We had a modest clothing allowance which she would spend as soon as possible. She was too young to get a job to supplement her wardrobe, but did extra chores around the house for more money. In the end, she learned how to sew her own clothes. People can figure things out. They can, really. They just have to be proactive.
In my house even if you do extra chores you’re still getting 00000
Congrats for your sister. She's smart!
I am caught on the phrase small monthly clothing allowance. If you got a separate clothing allowance your family was pretty well off and good for your sister for learning how to make it stretch
I started sewing my own clothes when I was 12, and was pretty good at it by high school. I made a new outfit every week, and my parents bought me all the fabric and patterns I wanted as long as I used them. That was very smart of my parents, because I spent a lot more time at home sewing while my classmates were drinking and drugging and getting knocked up!
I designed and made my prom dress, it was a slinky black and white satin gown made to look like a tuxedo; with a bolero-style jacket with tails in the back. Looked rather modest until I took the jacket off, then it was pure "disco queen" with white satin spaghetti strap, low cut bodice and slinky black skirt with a slit up the side, and a red satin cummerbund. It was very different from the poofy dresses popular in 1979, and I think it looked good.
For Xmas in 1977, my big gift was @ 6 yards of imported fine English thick tweed wool, heavy satin for the lining, and the Vogue pattern mom knew I loved (but was kind of expensive). It probably cost at least $100, but it turned out beautifully, in fact I still wear that coat when it's really cold, and still love that thing!
You had a clothing allowance?!
I grew up with excuses and cheap substitutes.
I do my best, with saving and smart shopping, to provide my daughter with nice things, and it feels so good to see her excitement.
Sometimes, it’s by accident! I was shopping, and saw a cute jacket in her favorite color, marked down to a “can’t pass it up” price, so I bought it for her.
I brought it home, took it out of the bag and handed it to her.
Huge squeal of joy!
“A Puffer jacket!!! I really, really wanted a Puffer jacket”!!!!
She’d never mentioned it.
I felt like the world’s greatest Mom.
My mom raised me and 2 of my siblings on her own. She had a job while going to college and raising us, had debt piling up but still asked her mother and even went to the church just to get us Christmas presents. My sister's father was rich, and she'd be with him every other weekend. But thanks to that, she wasn't very appreciative of mom's Christmas gifts. My brother always said straight out if he didn't like something too. I hated Christmas because it always made my mom cry that she couldn't give us more, she was struggling so hard and my siblings never appreciated it at that time. It must be very heartbreaking to be a parent.
I won’t lie, my sister and I grew up spoiled. But in a way that taught us not to act bratty. Our mom always told us, “wait a week to decide if you still want it or not and if you do by then, I’ll save up to get it for you.” 9 times out of 10 we had forgotten about the thing we wanted unless it was a major purchase (like a bike or something). My mom and grandparents would then pitch in to get us whatever we wanted after that. So in the end, we did get what we wanted but she taught us the importance of being patient. I’ve been old enough to make my own money for quite some time and that lesson actually helped us to learn how to save our money for the things we want. So yes, we were spoiled but we were never entitled.
Our neighbors used to rent their 5th wheel to a couple, charged them rent, AND they had to work for them taking care of their property. The couple were uneducated people that really couldn't do jobs other than manual labor. The neighbors had promised to give them the 5th wheel after they'd worked off and paid a certain amount of money. This couple had worked for them for more than 20 years and still hadn't paid it off. The woman had a heart attack and ended up in the hospital and almost died. She was in a rehab facility for a month. Her husband fell behind in his work and their payments and the neighbors KICKED THEM OUT!! They refused to give them the 5th wheel saying they still owed $1500 on it. The couple ended up living in their car and because the woman had trouble getting her medication and keeping her diabetes insulin refrigerated she ended up dying 3 months after being kicked out.
I've never forgiven the neighbors for their heartlessness and how they took advantage of this poor couple for so long. It's the most disgusting and entitled thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
What the hell is a 5th wheel????
@@wioiYeah, it's an RV that hooks up to a truck.
That's demonic!!! Not just disgusting. 💀😰
@@LadyCoyKoi They're the worst people. We hate them.
@@wioi I had no idea either. Never ever heard that expression.
Never thought I'd be so happy to have grown up poor. But the main thing is, we were taught discipline and work ethic and gratitude and respect for our elders. Earned everything I have.
Lucky... I was raised by Ronald McDonald. Long story 😄
@@thomasjoseph5876 I appreciate that you call your triplets the Wrecking Crew 😂😂 I'm a country girl and the amount of things I know the basics of compared to my city boy husband is hilarious. I also grew up poor, he grew up wealthy. Your girls will appreciate the lessons they learn
I recently found out he doesn't know how to replace his windshield wipers. He couldn't understand why I didn't just take my car to the dealership and have them replace my wipers for me. He's had his car for 5 years and just assumes his wipers are getting replaced at maintenance check ups. 🤯😅
People who grow up poor usually want their kids to have everything the didn't have, and that's the tricky part.
Me too. Also super happy I wasn't rich when my four kids were growing up. Soonest opportunity they were given money for clothes for Christmas. Their choice to save it, spend on one item or buy an entire outfit. They learnt pretty quickly.
I also had to grow up poor, and I'm still growing up poor, cause I'm still a teenager, I know how much things mean and cost and I never really asked for something from my mom, something I'm angry that I don't have some things, like food, clothes and stuff like this, if I work I want to do my job properly, and I really wanted to get a job, had to wait to be 16, I reached 16 and couldn't really find a job ☹️, the only job I got was the dumbest job possible, I was constantly overworked, and I had to the 4 times more works than others, they were mostly relaxing, I've been used there, but I know that making money is hard, I worked 8 hours for roughly 25 a day, I "quit" after 4 days, it was just insane, I would like to be payed less but to work in an ethic environment, I am always talking about this job, my first one because I just hated that so much and that I couldn't find another job, I had one but lost it due to my mom who spoke in my name, I should get used to this, I have the worst luck but yeah, also where I'm from we don't really have water anymore, mostly just my house, but it does affect others a bit, not as much as it does us, I didn't have a proper shower in 3 months I think, I have to warm water on a stove and wash myself with a mug, I would have never thought that I won't be able to take a shower for 3 or more months, yay life. And why am I talking so much again, I'm mad right now, like every day, but I also lost a lot of respect for elders, if they can show any I'm not either, I have some relatives and they live pretty far, and they came unannounced and I was the only one home, idk what I was doing but I heard a ring tone and it wasn't familiar and went to look, guess who was it, the stupid relatives, they broke in, the dumb creatures broke in my house, I was furious, I kicked the tf out, now the last week they came back, also unannounced but now we have a giant dog, so that's why I think they didn't broke in, they left some stuff the the neighbors but we didn't took it, my mother lied to them that she was at work, if I was in her place I would have told the they are not welcome, aggressively. I should shut up but I like talking about my depressing life, it's like releasing some pressure, I need therapy ik, but not that much money, nobody is reading this ever but that's OK
I learned VERY early to just not my mum for things. Single mum, no money, so guaranteed I was getting told no. And I knew she hated saying it. So I just didn't ask. But one Christmas, in my mid teens, she asked if I wanted a TV or a hifi. This was the 90's. I was stunned. And even more so when I walked in and she'd gotten me both. I'll never forget that. Or the trying to breathe from sobbing from gratitude and shock! What a wee woman she is! 🥺🥰👌
When I was at senior school, mid teens (I had a full scholarship, so wasn't rich) a friend said his parents were restricting his monthly allowance to £2,500 a month for non-essentials because he'd been spending too much. This didn't include any household utilities, food, and his phone bill, which the parents paid for outside the allowance. This was 20 years ago!
in response to the halloween overlord, I would totally go out the front of my house and put a spray painted red dot there just so those snobs wouldn't have the privilege of getting anything nice from me. I don't want to be giving them anything if they follow the red spray painted dot rules haha
How about putting a red dot on EVERYONE'S sidewalk? That way it's all equal again, and kids can just enjoy the evening.
Yeah this like listening to retail Karens threatening to not come back to the store. They seem really overestimate how much people want them there.
I would make an entitlement graveyard and put snippets from their spiel on them. Tell a scary story of AH's. Make it a spectacle.
I would red dot every damn house including my own.
Then only pass out black licorice or something randomly bizarre.
I would have done the opposite. I would have bought only the forbidden candy and then sat there with a paintball gun waiting for a parent to try to spray paint at my property.
The stories of the spoiled kids of rich parents reminds me of what Shaquille O'Neal has said in interviews regarding his kids: "We ain't rich, I'm rich". More wealthy parents should take notes.
Absolutely! We grew up in a ridiculously massive house, had maids, a cook, a nanny BUT we had to clean our own rooms and bathrooms as well as do weekend chores and our own laundry by the age of 10. Best Da in the world! Taught us all about financing, budgeting and we were set by 18. We set up our own trusts and started Roth IRAs when they started, transferred IRA into Roth! The house has been in the family since the 1700’s and all the staff is from the same family throughout the generations! I own the house now and have continued the tradition of hosting weddings, anniversary parties, showers, baptism parties for them all!! I love it. And no, they are not allowed to cook, clean or do any work for such events! We’re one big happy family that are equal in every way! Snobby wealthy people annoy me. They never get invited to anything at our Estate! Wonder what that Halloween Candy Nazi would do try for an invite!! 😂😂😂
@@It-is-me...Melsie UGH! Pretentious little git! Our wee ones were doing their own laundry at 9, dishes as soon as they could stand on the stool (with railings). Both are now in their mid 20’s, one is a Uni-something software engineer and the other is a cyber security software engineer. We’re so stinking proud of them!!!
@@Sorchia56 Try cleaning and organizing the house by age 6 and with a diagnosed disabilities since 1. I don;t know whether to cry about that or be proud of it... but there you go. All love and power to you all, I just wanted to share my side of things. 🥰
PS: I am glad my mom raised me the way she did, now I'm the serious of the three who knows that sacrificing is a must to built empires... though I get frustrated when my siblings don't do the same... and they say I am the "broken", "defective" one? 🤔🙄
@@LadyCoyKoi How awful! You’re not broken nor defective in any way, shape or form! You’re farther ahead of the game than your siblings will ever be. Our youngest has Asperger’s but we never treated her differently than her sister. Same rules and boundaries applied. When we worked with the youngest, we did the same with the oldest as it couldn’t hurt and no special treatment toward anyone. I am the youngest of 3 and we all had to pull our weight or there were consequences. I’m sorry you were treated so poorly and I wish you all the best in life! ⭐️
Yep
I put myself through nursing school while my husband was finishing his degree as a civil engineer. Our daughter was 2 when I started collage at 21. We both worked on campus jobs during the week and other jobs during nights and weekends. Our spring and Christmas breaks were spent working full time to save as much as we could. I took on a third job one semester as a dish washer for the microbiology lab, cleaning test tubes and Petri dishes growing all kinds of bacteria, so that I could give my daughter a nice Christmas. It was some of the toughest years, but now we are both very successful in our respective careers. We paid back our student loans ourselves. I have never regretted those years and feel that I was even more serious as a student because I had to pay my own way. It really angers me to see these entitled folks who feel they can treat others like dirt and the world owes it to them. Value is only learned when one has to make sacrifices and work hard for something!
I grew up in a poor household in the 80s and 90s, very stereotypically working class. I'm from an area that didn't do well under Thatcher.
My dad hurt himself, lost his business and couldn't work and my mum worked in bakeries or as a store assistant, whilst my dad was a stay at home househusband.
I never wanted for anything. From my Master System, Game Gear and Mega Drive, up to the Amiga 500+ I still have. Dreamcast, Gamecube, a PC, I had it all. Very fond memories. They really put themselves out for me and my sister.
They never got to go away. A few years ago they all went to Europe for a fortnight and I house sat and looked after three dogs and a parrot. I could have gone but I wanted them to have this to themselves and I hate flying. Plus my sister wanted to go and we had four animals needing care.
I need to tell them more how awesome they were and that they were great parents. I wasn't demanding or unrealistic, they just asked what I wanted and made sure I got it and then some. I don't know how they managed. I need to tell them how much I appreciate them.
That Halloween letter reminded me of something that happened while teaching English in a costly school. The kids were wealthy and impossible to discipline. So, I created this reward system according to which I would pay them "money". It was fake money, of course, I called it a happy dollar. This system was working just fine. I would pay them for doing homework, good participation in the activities, and being nice to classmates. I would also apply fines for not bringing homework or forgetting to bring their school supplies. For example, if the kid had forgotten to bring a pencil to class I would charge one happy dollar for using mine. However, if a friend lent him/her a pencil it would be okay. I would have surprise challenge questions during the lessons to pay extra money, etc. Three months into this system, everything was working great, and my coordinator says a father required a meeting with me. He didn't want to talk about his daughter's progress in the class. He just sat there in front of me, in the middle of the working day, trying to convince me(very angrily) to give more money to his daughter because it was not fair that the other kids had more " money" than her. After that, I killed the project and never did it again. Rich kids are horrible and spoiled when they have horrible and spoiled parents. That's the lesson I learned that day.
Oh wow. You should not have killed the project because of an entitled mor.on like that. You should have told him that for his daughter to earn more happy dollars he should teach her good behavior to earn it.. It really makes me sad that you just gave up so fast because of 1 mor.on
@@wioi The education system is far more complicated than that, especially public school systems. The politics is not worth the job.
Wow…parents. Omg..
If you stop doing everything because of one douchebag parent, you'll never do anything.
I’m kind of vindictive in fantasy, so I would have loved to also tell the class why the system was being cancelled. “So-and-so was upset that everyone else was working hard and earning rewards because she wanted to get rewards for free. So she cried to daddy, and daddy came to harass me instead of encouraging her to take inspiration from her diligent classmates and work harder. So now, the fun is ruined for everyone. You can thank so-and-so personally in your own time for making your hard work worthless.” And just watch her lose the respect of her peers in an instant.
In reality, I would probs chicken out though, ‘cause that dad would 100% want me fired for that lesson. Not sure educating his daughter would be worth it.
it kills me when I see "my parents make x amount a year.". it's their flipping money. really, the only thing a parent has to do is provide food, shelter, and clothes. of course making sure they get an education. anything over that is what they WANT to give you. so how much they earn a year is completely irrelevant to your wants. 🙄🙄
Kids shouldn't know how much their parents make in a year. It's none of their business.
I knew how much my parents made as a teen and I still felt bad asking for things. If they said no, sure it was upsetting because teenagers think the whole world revolves around them... My mom helps out my sister and I more with money now that we're in our 30's and living on our own. We don't even ask for anything and she's just like "here's $200, you have bills to pay".
Forever grateful for the parents I got
Also they have no concept that 500k or 100 k is not just free money!Need to bring out very damn bill and be like and this is what that $ goes for!The 2 brats act like that money makes them billionaires!
@@NikkiScott1 Yes and no... the exact amount no, but an estimate and where that money goes does help the kids understand about budgeting, which was the parents job to teach kids back in the days. Now-a-days, parents feel that schools should raise their kids and teach them EVERYTHING! I remember being taught to be organized, have planners, and obsessed with budgeting incomes. It became second nature when I got out of high school how to maximize the minimal income amount. This is why Monopoly is so important. It's not just learning the concepts, but also the quality time spent with your family. My dad never had the patience for it,but my mom showed us how to budget everything and play the game right. My brother would quit over time and then my sister. I won due to my stubbornness and patience. The tortoise always wins the race.
The most important thing parents needs to give kids is unlimited love and support. Things are just things.
I was grateful for everything I received from my parents. I also wore uniforms all through my 12 years of school so everyone looked the same, it really kept the rich and poor equal.
As someone who went to a "rich" school and was the "poor" one, I empathize for these kids.. But I never expected super expensive gifts (even though I still asked for them! xD) and was super grateful for whatever I did get. I kinda live in both worlds here where I do think these kids need a reality check, but I'm also not going to make fun of them for their mindset; peers can be real rough at that age.
Same here. I remember when I was in elementary school and asked a girl where she got these jeans I liked. She told me where they were from and that the store was really expensive (subtext being that I couldn’t afford it). I didn’t go home and demand my parents buy them for me though. I’m sure I was bratty sometimes, but by the time I was a teenager with a part-time job I was very dedicated to saving.
Oh jesus, combined income of $120K isn't really a lot in modern terms, especially if you have a kid (or more than one). That infant is lined up for a serious reality check when they turn 18.
I was just thinking this also. Kid is unhinged if they think that. I mean in the current economy in the province I live in in Canada, that would barely cover rent and other necessities in some places. (Not even joking sadly)
Especially since he goes to a private school. Hopefully he's there on a scholarship. $120K a year is nowhere near rich. I hope they are able to save something for emergencies.
@@rolandhansen812 yes, we make a bit over that, but our daughter's school is 16k a year! Our youngest daughters is 8k until she goes to high school then it will be the same as her sister. It's our most expensive bill every month. Heck, our mortgage is only 700 because we only paid 85k for our home 20 years ago. We tried public school, but the school system where I live is just awful. My daughter came home crying her eyes out the first day because a boy asked her if she was a virgin....this was 3rd grade! Never again, worse 2 weeks ever for her.
Agreed. It's like the kid needs to be sat down for a home economics lesson.
I was thinking the same thing. The whole offering to take them for ice cream after their tantrum…sounds like the parents have the kid they deserve… I don’t believe in hitting my kids but if one of mine mouthed off like that to me, I don’t care if it is their birthday, I would pop them one.
I think I would have returned the phone considering the lack of respect the child showed. Parents work hard to get you things, don't take it for granted.
Exactly what I was thinking. I lost privileges when I was disrespectful, the most memorable being the privilege to choose my clothes (mom bought all pink everything and that's all I had, and I hated it). Also lost my bedroom once, though I still had a mattress and pillow and all that to sleep on in the hall until the punishment was over. She taught me the difference between basic needs and privileges, which I appreciate so much now.
@@tebbydear90 I'm not judging the way your mother chose to go about punishing you, but I don't think I would take away my child's privacy and right to self-determination. I'd just stop buying them luxury items if they reacted like that. They would get all their basics like food, clothes, etc. but if they wanted a luxury item, they'd have to get a (student) job and realize how long they have to work and save in order to get just one smartphone, especially the one the kid in the video wanted.
@@XoIngeborgoX She already had her older phone which I'm sure worked just fine.
My high school changed to uniforms so that kids who couldn't afford the fancier clothes would be wearing the same as those who could. There are still status symbols besides clothes but it was one less thing to worry about for teens who want to be like their friends.
True, and although to a 15 year old $100k might seem like a lot, as of right now, with that being the parents combined income, it's actually really not. I'm sure they can live comfortably enough, but $100k household isn't even considered upper class by any means.
The Macy’s personal shopping story hits home. A snooty old rich lady came to the posh farm stand I worked at and legit assumed I was going to her push cart thru the various greenhouses while she selected her flowers. Steady wealth you didn’t earn makes people legitimately stupid.
Thank you Charlotte. Just got a scam call while I was watching the video, so I just unpaused it and held the phone up to the speaker. They hung up pretty quick. :)
That scene with the "bare necessities" was THE BEST!! WELL DONE!!!
🤣The Halloween candy!!! OMG!! I'd be handing out potatoes after that!!
Ya seriously!! Onions, celery, canned corn ets
@@alexandrablaker8619 They should have adult trick or treating where you get things like that ..>It would be awesome...non perishibles to make a meal. Actually it would be kinda cool if one of the food banks did that for halloween time. Make it a little fun and not so demeaning and make it feel like they are doing something in exchange. . Come in costume this month to receive your food. Of course you would have the entitled ones there saying why should they because they deserve free food no matter what. *rolleyes . We do make use of a food bank when needed and are very grateful and i would dress up in a heartbeat.
6:56 I totally re-winded and paused the video to read the fake newsletter, and laughed so hard. We love you Charlotte!
Glad I'm not the only one, the bottom bit was the best! 🤣
My parents taught me how to start saving my own money (from birthdays, and holidays) for things I wanted to buy from the age of 7. I got my first job at the age of 12.
Growing up I never dreamed of demanding more from my parents. I was happy with what I had, and even happier with what I earned myself.
If I ever spoke to them like these kids did... I wouldn't hear the end of it 🤦🏾♀️
Quick funny story - Was in a CVS line to purchase whatever and there was this kid making a scene demanding his mother buy all these ridiculous things at the top of his lungs. She was trying to control him but he was winning due to making an embarrassing scene. Everyone in line was astonished at how the mother was bending to his every whim. After they left the store, I asked everyone there if that incident inspired many people to purchase condoms? Everyone laughed and it cut the tension in the air. 😂🙌🏼 The cashier was in hysterics laughing s well! 😁
If you don't buy your kids stuff (and ignore their nonsense) then they don't do it. Used to go into Kids R Us to by diapers with my older kids. They knew I was never going to buy a single toy for them (no matter how cheap) when I went to toys r us... and didn't bother to beg, scream or anything.
I remember that when I was a little child and I threw a tantrum while we were shopping, my mum would let me go at it and just calmly walked away. Sometimes she would tell me: "Go on, have your tantrum, while I do my shopping. I'll come back as soon as I'm done." She never went very far, most of the time she just walked round a corner and out of sight, there she would wait me out, never had to wait long for her little demon child (me 😈) to come running. 😅
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I can just picture that lol. My situation was a bit different but equally funny. I took my three year old daughter shopping and she was always pretty good until one day when she decided to run through the racks of clothes. It wasn’t really all that bad but I could tell it was annoying the other shoppers so I told her to stop or she would get a spanking. Mind you, she was still in diapers and a spanking usually meant a swat on the bottom with a long handled thin wooden spoon (I know that sounds awful but it was never done when I was angry and a pop on diapered bottom is hardly a spanking). Long story short, after I told her that, she spun around, put her hand on her hip and said “you don’t have your spoon”. She took me totally off guard with that stance and declaration that all I could do was turn around a laugh. When we got home, she went and got the spoon after apologizing…me still trying not to laugh. Needless to say, the spoon was retired that day and 27 years later, we still laugh about it.
@@dozzer009 lmao. This story made me laugh with tears. I read the "you don't have your spoon" in a childlike voice, just like I imagine she said with her hand on her hip. Hilarious 😂
/that happened
When I was a kid I once got a box of expired mac and cheese from the biggest house in the neighborhood for trick or treating and I still haven't forgotten it 15 years later
That's weird
LOL ...they ran out of candy???? Maybe???? I posted in another comment. i would love to have an adult style halloween where the grownups go around for groceries. Can of corn..i'm good. LOL
"THE AUDACITY!" 😆 Charlotte definitely made that accent & phrase for this kinda video. You should dress up as the leader on the witches movie for Halloween. You'd be perfect with that accent & you're phrases 👏🏼😂
I'll never stop telling this story but:
My uni classmate Ginevra once housesat a house. We live in Milan (crazy expensive houses) and this filthy rich couple had an entire VILLA in the centre (Arena, like a 15 minutes walk from the Duomo, the centre centre).
Anyhow she was paid 70 € a day, she had to clean the house every two days, feed the cats, water the plants. Here comes the fun part the owners didn't want the house to ever be left alone so they told her she could bring a friend (for when she had to go get grocery shopping for example) but the friend was more than welcome to stay for the whole duration of the vacation they had if Ginevra felt lonely.
She had to housesit from the end of June to the beginning of September. They felt very bad she couldn't go on a holiday in August so they paid her 90€ a day for the whole month of August as compensation. Also, they had cameras around the house (besides her room and bathrooms) and would frequently ask her to do-clean specific things.
Ginevra and her friend spent 2+ months in a jacuzzi, playing with the cats in the cat room (yes, they had a room specifically for their cats). And in the home theatre watching movies.
This couple wasn't entitled, just crazy rich but sometimes I think about the fact that they paid a student more than 5000€ to just live in their house during the summer.
In the early 2000, I was in a department store looking to buy new shoes. While perusing, I heard a guy yelling at a sales lady. He wanted the sales lady to kneel, take his current shoes off his feet and then fit him with the new shoes. Mind you, this wasn't a high-end store. It's a freaking department store where the extent of help you get from the staff is to get the right size for the item you picked then help you ring your purchase. You're supposed to put the shoes yourself unless you're a little kid that needs assistance or an older person with a bad back. Anyway, the yelling continued for a while and the saleslady was visibly humiliated and was teary eyed but she did what he wanted albeit so the ordeal could end sooner. What made this whole thing even worse was this guy was a known actor in our country. He's been acting for decades. What I don't get is why this motherfucker expecting VIP treatment in a department store? The only reason I can think of is he might be expecting to be treated well because he's a known actor or he's already an asshole even before he became famous. How I wish the cellphone cameras were better quality then. That video would go viral in our country.
And who was it?
@@fergarza4032 it's a Filipino actor
That is insane! Guys like that are the reason why many individuals with disabilities avoid asking for help from sellers and store employees, because we see sh!t like that and think wow.. tough job, I don;t want to burden that poor person after that. I wasn't an employee, but I had individuals with severe disabilities ask me to help them get and try on new shoes, while I was getting a pair of my own Adidas (I always wanted a pair and never could get a pair due to sacrifices for the family). Anyways, I would help them, because they felt too embarrassed to ask an employee and one of them even told me that he felt bad for needing help, but what can he do when he could barely move in his wheel chair. There are great, nice people out there who truly need real help with trying on shoes, but too scare to ask, because they see the employee being treated like that, and don't want to be seen needed by asking for such help.
My daughters have a name for personal shopper, it is called mum. They take things from the racks and give them to me. And i put everything that is to expensive back. Works perfect always within budget😄
"You are not entitled to buy things with your parents money" - Charlotte Dobre 🙂 . Had i pulled the same stunt with my parents what the teen did , i would not have been able to sit properly for the next 6 months . 😁
I would still be bouncing off the walls. 😬
I'd be dead. Like not even joking.
I would probably be beaten a few times with a stick, one of my parents would just cut the rose torns off.
I'd be on the streets. The audacity of first world rich kids is astounding
Cause you were raised right!😂🤣
The babysitting 600 dollar rental for a whole floor is actually AMAZING! I can imagine that many people fighting to get this. Do you know how much rent this floor would cost otherwise?
@Trisha Murray It works out to $1400 per month if you assume that the babysitting really pays $15 per hour. It sucks to live in the same building as the people you care for, though, even if you have your own floor. It's really not that good of a deal.
yeah but how are you earning money to pay your "rent" if you have to work 56 hours a month watching the kid ...that is 14 hours a week . You would have to have a decent job on top of that that pays well to cover the rent plus things like health insurance, food, personal care items, incidentals, savings, etc. Plus it would seem you are at their beck and call so it would be really hard to schedule another job into that unless you have a really forgiving employer.
@@John-tr5hn The $15 an hour is just for the hours over the 56 required and it is not guaranteed You still have to pay rent on top of that and taxes on the 15 an hour. (depending on the state) . And you are right. If they were paying 15 an hour for the 56 required that is only $840 a month. Good deal in that way since of all the perks , but you still have to buy personal products, food, etc. ..and you dont have cash to do it with unless you are working another job somewhere, which you really cant since you are basically on call for these ppl.
Thank you!! They are steps from the beach, so to rent this kind of place, with utilities included, for only $600 a month and 14 hours a week of babysitting is a great deal. Perfect for a single person or a college student working part time or has a set amount for housing from tution/parents. This is obviously not meant for someone raising a family. I live in a really poor backwoods middle of no where town, and single room tiny homes with utilities are going for nearly $1000 a month.
I can relate to the ppl wanting a personal shopper. I used to work at a DIY store (think home depot) I had some customers ask where the mirrors were. Instead of telling them which aisle they are I walk them to exactly where they are and say sing out if you need help, I will be at the bathroom counter and leave. They made an official complaint about how terrible the service was.
Nothing wrong with giving your kids nice things, as long as you also teach them that those things are only things and not what their world should revolve around. Also, as long as you explain exactly what it took, for you to earn the money it took, to buy those things. Teach them how to be responsible and self reliant while also teaching them to ask for help when they legitimately need it. Whole life is a balance.
I felt like this was an important lesson to teach my kids, but now my 9 year old is almost paralyzed when it comes to spending money. Even when I offer to buy her something she says "No, it's too expensive" or "we can't afford it". Did I go too far??
@@jenn8179 I aint a psychologist, but looks like you shattered her confidence and love for herself. Every person deserves good things, especially a girl. Its basically saying I am not good enough for these items because they are too expensive. Not sure how to reverse it back though... you ll need to do the research cause confidence is a very important thing in life.
My sister told my niece she would pay only for the last two years of college, not the first two. My niece figured out taking college level courses in high school was a brilliant idea.
@@It-is-me...Melsie I've told her "Hey, you don't have to worry about money. That's my job. If I'm offering to buy something, we can afford it. Trust in me...." I'm not sure what else to do 🤷♀️
My kids are really young, but I worry they think I buy things with nothing because I only use Apple pay (since covid). They don’t have any idea that money gets spent and then it’s gone. They think you go beep and get whatever you want!
When I was younger If I wanted something I had to earn it my neighbors used to tell me that they remember me selling painted rocks because I wanted money, I came home with $11 one time I was only 5, I also used to make little pillows and sell them! I would sell newspapers, make breakfast burritos and sell them to construction sites, at 18 I had my own business, I had 3 jobs once, only day off was Sunday and that was for 3 months, I would house sit, work at a grocery store, and volunteer at the hospital! I’m 37 now and graduated from college 3 months ago with a bachelors of science in religion and minor in business took 7 years! I’m moving in about 4 months to Amarillo Tx to do ministry work and be closer to my boyfriend of over a year and a half!
The story about the women thinking staff were her person shopper reminds me of this. I normally dress pretty well but one day many years ago after getting caught in the rain and having laundry problems I was not looking my best. I went into a store to grab a few things and then head home. I noticed someone following me very closely after a while and after going around a turn and watching him appear seconds later I tried to hand him some product and said sense your going to follow me could you hold these things for me, thanks ! For about 1 minute he stood their stunned, then tried to say he didn't work their then said he did work there but he wasn't following me. I think it might have been his first and last day.
I got my first new bicycle for highschool graduation. I didn’t want much growing up. I had everything I felt I wanted or needed. Now I make good money working hard alongside my husband. I buy whatever I want. I’m glad my parents taught me the value of a dollar.
Was hoping for messy tiktok or bridezillas for my birthday but entitled people works too 😂 Thank you Charlotte you made my birthday brighter ❤️
Happy birthday
Bridezillas are my favorite too.
Happy 🎂 Birthday❗❗❗
Happy Birthday!!!
Happiest of birthdays, Tater Tot! 🎂 🥳 🎉 Thanks for letting us celebrate with you!
Happy birthday!
The Halloween candy post had me facepalming hardcore. No dark chocolate seriously? Of all the chocolate, that's my favorite and my son enjoys it too! That post was ridonkulous!
The Special Dark bars were my favorite when trick or treating up there with Reese's Cups.
That candy post KILLED me. It sounded almost tongue in cheek.
I grew up pretty poor then ,middle class always worked really hard and now gratefully have an extraordinary life with everything I need & want . I always donated & went out of my way or gave my last of everything to help others out. Yes people took advantage ,yes I struggled a lot but You must always remember to put God first and always be a kind ,giving & generous person and what you put out in the world will usually find it's way back to you.
I was laughing at the candy one until I heard the town names and suddenly was no longer shocked. Never been more grateful to be from the south suburbs 🤣
OMG me too! Like, sorry, I’m not one of the owners of M&M Mars, you get what I give you. I lived south and southwest suburbs until I moved away. We trick or treated in bulk to make up for small sizes.
Written by a guy, btw.
I had the same thought, lol. Frickin' people from Elmhurst, I swear.
It was written as total sarcasm. The guy is a total jokester in our town. Yes, I know him, yes he lives in town and it cracks him and everyone up when people take this seriously!!!😂
I came here to see if there was anyone else familiar with those names. I'm from the far southwest side of Chicago, worked in the north, west, and northwest suburbs - folks be bougie!
I grew up in an extreme abuse and poverty situation. I will never understand those who's problems are that superficial and stupid.
Charlotte...This video is one of your BEST YET..
I'm freaking cracking up!!!!!
I worked at a rich kid's private school and the entitlement was off the charts, mostly from the parents.
I had everything from parents demand their child get A's because they "paid" for it, to parents demanding compensation because they sent their kid to school with branded shoes/bags/clothes/etc and the items got dirtied or scuffed during school hours.
My family is in the lower middle class though sometimes we drop down to poor depending on job loss, etc. (I haven't been able to work for 2.5 years due to health problems so right now we're struggling) and my sister and her husband make a combined $60-65,000 a year which in California isn't high at all. My niece is 13 and a couple months ago she decided that she deserved new clothes (from an expensive store), but my sister, rightfully, told her she didn't need new clothes as she had a ton, so my niece took some scissors and CUT her clothes up so that it would force her mom to buy her new ones! My sister was so pissed that she told my niece if she was going to cut her clothes up then all her clothes would come from the Walmart clearance racks lol. My niece learned her lesson and so my sister will buy her clothes now, but still refuses to buy anything from an expensive store after what my niece did.
Also maybe the mom should teach the kid to fix the clothes with pins and sewing!
@@alexandrablaker8619 Yep, that was my thought, too! Teach her to patch the clothes and make her wear them anyway after that!!
I have two stories of snobby rich people. So my dad used to work at this company and we would go on work trips as a family. I was about 10 at the time. My mom told me to be nice to the women there because they were the wives of the higher ups. Ok, not a problem. My mom and I go down to the pool and my mom points out one of the wives. She was in an expensive bathing suit, halfway submerged in the pool. I make note of it and I jump in, like a normal 10 year old would do, and the woman across from me freaks out. My mom apologizes (even though she was only splashed with 2 drops of water) and she sighs but says, and I quote “it’s fine. Just don’t get my hair wet. I just got a blowout.” Then why are you in the pool lady? Wtf? It was so weird. And I felt so bad for my mom because she had to socialize with these women. One time she was apart of a conversation that went something like this: Snob 1: “I just went for a walk on the beach.” Snob 2: (gasps in horror) “you did not! Did it ruin your feet?” Snob 1: “Don’t worry, I’m getting a pedicure right after this.” Snob 2: “Oh thank God!” I felt so bad for my mom. And these were the kind of women who wore a different expensive bathing suit everyday. And one day I overheard them saying “ugh, our husbands are back. Now the pool boys won’t give us any attention.” Wtf?! I have thousands of other stories, but this is too long as it is. Hope you enjoyed.
Please share more!!
The first one, I saw that it’s very common in the old times that people, even middle class families would have domestic servants and they have their own rooms hallways and stairs etc so they’re not seen. And there was the problem of the stairs being really unsafe that caused a lot of deaths
When my son threw a tantrum at the grocery store when he was about 3…he threw himself on the floor fake crying……I told him that if he didn’t get up I would leave him. Well he kept it up and I walked away….I went to the front of a display and waited and watched him. He lifted up his head and was looking for me. Best lesson ever…..he knew I would backup any threat I would make….he’s now 46 and a great dad himself.
My mom went to a "rich private school" and the girls there were so mean that my mom spent her days crying in the classroom (they were entitled rich kids and my mom wasn't) my grandparents had to pull her out and put her in a normal school. She still talks about it today ! Yall rich entitled kids, get off your high horses and try to help the less fortunate its really rewarding youll see!
Exactly!!!
An extra layer to this is kids usually tease cruelly like this to make themselves feel better. They are usually lacking some fundamental things in life like parental attention
Edit: USUALLY is there because some kids are just assholes and weren't taught not to be assholes
For the Halloween candy monitor, I would say just come mark my house with a red dot I’m not giving you or your entitled spawn any candy.
Yep. Halloween mom needs to just buy her kids the candy she thinks they should have, and not let them go at all. And spray painting the sidewalk with a red dot is considered vandalism. She's given 'fair warning' that she and other parents are going to do that. The local police, if they are actually doing their job (a lot of times people with money get a pass in affluent neighborhoods), would have a field day with this.
Did they clear that with the HOA? I’m pretty sure they would frown upon vandalism of a public space like a sidewalk. And if you approach someone’s door to deface their property, be prepared to be met with a Karen and a Chad who would be more than happy to drag your entitled self to court. Or, buy your own damn candy and quit stealing your kids. Or just be thankful that you live in a community where you don’t have to worry about narcotics or razor blades in the candy. A two page rant on Halloween candy? Get a different hobby, Karen. 😉
Plot twist: Karen is the HOA president. Still wouldn't be an excuse when the police show up.
@@lindapatton4478 my guess was she was making the list more for the candy that she wanted to eat that she was going to take from her kids then for what the kids were going to get.
For Beg-o-ween, I buy the GOOD chocolate candy, lock the doors, and eat it myself. 😂
"Charlotte arrested for Everything" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Once again, nailed it, Team!!! 👍
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I remember one person I knew during my sophomore year of college. He was an older lad, a fry cook, fella always smelled like food cause he came in from work to class, then to work again. Dude was a hard worker, and sometimes we shot the piss. He told me about this one girl who was spoiled rotten, but not mean, that he hired during a dry spell of workers. She was just… ignorant as hell, not rude, but did not know the first thing about working with people, working with griddles, or anything. This man, this absolute legend, taught her EVERYTHING she would need to know to work there, including the basics of dressing a wound after burning herself with scalding hot oil (it was an accident, she was fine, but it hurt like hell). She became a whole new person while working there, apparently, learning how to socialize with the customers, making friends with some of the local college kids. She was even allowed to experiment a little bit with cooking, obviously the chef tried them first before anything got even close to the customers, but a couple of ideas stuck around. Turns out that one thing she was just… really good at was cooking, flavor pairings and the like, and while she doesn’t work there anymore, one of her experiments became a staple. Moral of the story: rich people should have to work a retail or customer service job once, because at worse they understand that you should be nice to those folks, and in the best it can teach you a lot of valuable things.
My parents worked hard, my dad had always been a Heavy equipment Operator (finish Blade) and my mom a nurse then to construction as well, a Forman Grade checker. So money was good, but it wasn't just handed out. We were taught that if there's something you really want, you have to work to get it, other than it just being given to you. If you work hard for what you want, you'll appreciate it so much more than it just being given to you. Appreciation.
Having a *(cheap)* candy minimum for halloween well there are a simple solution for this, don’t send your kids trick or treat, buy all the *(expensive)* candy you want for your kids 😉
My parents have always told me if you want more, you gotta work for it. We live comfortably, I didn’t have to help with chores most of the time but did learn that I was lucky I didn’t have to and that home wasn’t an all inclusive hotel. I had some pocket money every month and they told me if I wanted more money, to work. They never pressured me into working tho, it took me till last year to get a job cus I felt I wasn’t ready for it and I didn’t complain about not getting enough money from my parents. I’m very happy the way I was taught that actions have consequences and everything costs something. But that they also allowed me to be a kid and grow up and learn in my own pace.
Last yr I had candy, non edible treats for allergies, hug juices, Jell-O shots (with ID), and ramen or chips for older kids (10-20yrs). They could choose candy if they wanted too. Ramen is a hit with the older teens and fun was had by all. Let kids have their candy!!! At any age of their childhood.
I loved dark chocolate as a child and still do and so do both my kids. That Halloween lady needs to seek professional mental health services and get a grip🙄
Lol!! The person who wrote that is a huge prankster in our town. It was written as total sarcasm. I know the guy!
It couldn't be more obvious that it was a joke.. 🤦♀️
It's pretty clearly satire. IDK why Charlotte always falls for the obvious fakes.
@@John-tr5hn well to be fair in California , there is this one affluent neighborhood in the Los Angeles Area that has some weird Halloween laws including masks on children etc.
There is this Beverly Hills store named Kitson in Beverly grove that asks customers to not wear any face masks while inside to prevent thief according to the owner. So entitlement could be scary to deal with in public for people with real anxiety related illnesses.
@@wioi you obviously havent met some very entitled ppl . I wouldnt put it past someone to actually do this. LOL
I grew up with absolutely nothing my family had no money at all, now I'm 50 and have struggled all my adult life but honestly I couldn't be happier cos I've nothing to compare it to. Me and my son (who has the same wickedly sarcastic sense of humor as me) make a point of finding something to belly laugh at every day which with what's happening globally with living/fuel costs, helps us get by cos if you didn't laugh you'd cry! Granted my health is poor but I'm thankful for everything in my life regardless of not having endless bundles of cash. Money can make some people entitled but I wouldn't thank you for untold riches as long as we are alive, relatively healthy and have our sense of humor then that's what makes us rich!! 😊
If it weren’t for my family, I’d likely off myself, as I am disabled and broke. It’s the love in my life that makes the rest ok.
@@___LC___ I'm also disabled in a wheelchair but I'm happy I'm glad you have the love of your life to help you get thru mine passed 4 year ago but like I say I have my son n cat just keep smiling even tho times might be crap🙂
@@ocdmusic absolutely agree
I live in a very expensive city, so even though my parents are fairly well off we're more of a middle to upper middle class family (they're also divorced so the cost of housing is doubled) The main thing that sets me apart from most of my friends is how often I get to travel, and even then a lot of that is because my mom's job enables her to apply to visit places! I consider myself extremely lucky and have been taught to be very conscientious of the cost of things, which I'm finding to be a really useful skill. (Example, I'm great at seeing something I love but wouldn't use, and not buying it)
I'm very grateful for how my parents have raised me in that respect :)
8:27 and suddenly…I love Charlotte even MORE for sharing that sense of humour
I grew up on top gear…so I’m one of those somewhat rarer individuals who know/understand the story behind the meme
Halloween candy, last year we ran out, kids kept coming to the door even though the lights were off, so I handed out packets of spicy freeze dried chickpeas. Got a great laugh when one of my neighbours told me a youngster yelled out "CHICKPEAS?".
Love it. What do you plan for next year?
SO glad my parents raised me right. Idk how much my dad makes and I'm better for it. Not knowing made sure I didn't get entitlement syndrome. We're middle class, and I didn't want for things growing up, but I also never wanted overly expensive things because that's not what I grew up around. All my furniture is IKEA and most of my closet is from Hot Topic lol. I never got told "we can't afford that" because I never asked for outlandishly expensive things. Raise your kids right. Just because you have money, doesn't mean you have to spoil your children. When I first lived on my own, my mom would drop $250 in my account every couple weeks for groceries and such, which kept me humble in my spending. Helps that the cost of living in my town isn't over the top. We gotta stop raising entitled brats
For the one about the “cheap” candy the lady is just bitter that she isn’t able to snack on the candys she was used to getting from her son trick or treating 😂 but there is another possibility, rising prices. Like food and things getting more expensive. Like I live in like a upper to middle class area and the candys i used to get as a kid to a few years ago was a small difference every year. I used to get like Lindt chocolates from a few houses the rest was like kit kat, smarties (if you’re Canadian you know what they are) and rockets but and as I grew older the candys they came more and more from Dollarama and dollar tree. There was also a house that gave tooth paste and tooth brush’s EVERY YEAR when all the kids just want is candy due to it being the only time of the year they can have this much candy.
We grew up poor, and my parents made sure we had everything we needed. If I was hungry, my dad would give me his food. I helped my parents by shovelling snow so that way we could get some groceries.
My dream is to be rich enough to pay them back one day. I cannot wrap my head around these “problems”.
A short moment of being proud of myself and my parents ❤️
Growing up, based on my mom’s words, I never demanded expensive toys or threw a tantrum. What made me super happy and laugh out loud was just looking at running water, either in a mini waterfall or a small lake. That was just simply it, and I was happy.
My parents are poor, and as soon as I learnt about the family’s financial situation (at 8 years-old), I started saving money (without anyone told me to do so).
I just hope when I have kids in the future, I can raise my kids to be thoughtful like me towards my parents.
I will always be thankful for my parents teaching me responsibility and the value of hard work. My family is pretty financially well off because my dad is the head of an accounting firm in Toronto. My parents did spoil us a little but we learned to appreciate it rather than asking for more. I know that I will never be this entitled and all I can say to these entitled rich people is good luck trying to find a relationship with average people because they won’t wanna deal with your entitlement. I love you mom and dad ❤️❤️
My father grew up in the great depression as the youngest of seven kids. While at the time of my birth in the early '60's he made a good living as a school principal, I was never spoiled. He held onto and repaired items instead of just buying something new. Both of my parents made sure I always had what I needed and a few extras, but I started working at 15 to buy anything additional beyond that. I am grateful to them both for the lessons I learned and for not becoming an entitled brat. Miss them both very much.
and that is why in Finland we day tickets, meaning the ticket is days of average pay. For the same serious infraction everybody gets the same amount of days. If someone ears x amount on average a day and someone else earns 100x, the person earning 100 times more, will end up having a ticket 100 times larger. The highest speeding ticket ever given in Finland was 185 139€.
Other countries like Switzerland and Belgium have similar systems, they also hold the highest speeding tickets ever given.
1. Switzerland 654 051€
2. -//- 278 943€
3. -//- 273 029€
4. Belgium 193 265€
5. Finland 185 139€
This way the ultra rich wont treat tickets like they are nothing, they feel them just as much as people living on minimum wage.
If the infraction is small, like only going a little over the speeding limit, then the ticket is a set amount and same for everyone, regardless of earnings. But if someone has repeated offences then they'll get a day ticket.
People never cease to amaze me hence why I choose to avoid them as much as possible. Jeez!!!!
"No child likes dark chocolate" - really!?! Tell that to my 8 Yr old granddaughter, she hates milk chocolate!
I grew up in middle class, though mostly because my grandparents are rather wealthy (not the mind-blowing-wealthy but the comfortably-wealthy kind). My mom was a single parent after my biological father left. He never paid child support, so yeah.
I had a lot of toys and books (I really enjoy reading) but never really expensive ones. I remember this one friend I had who was lower middle to upper lower class who got the newest something (I don't remember what exactly it was) and I was totally perplexed because it costs around 200$ and it would've never even occurred to me to ask for it.
My mother really encouraged me to try new things, expecially things that helped with creativity (art supplies, books) or knowledge (she once bought me an microscope, it was really cool) but also often told me simply 'no, we don't have the money'. I never threw fits in stores, from what she tells me she taught me by example: When I was around 4 we saw a boy throwing a fit and she said something along the lines of: 'he's embarrassing his parents and himself and he won't even get what he wanted'.
I will say I am a very anxious person and shy around people but if I am at work and see a janitor or service person I still smile, greet, and thank them. The office would not function without them. Just be a good human being.
If I was her neighbor, I would spray a red dot in front my house MYSELF and open ALL the lights, just to be petty! Jesus!
Get one of those animated light show lamps and cover the house in dancing red polka dots
I would have bought only the forbidden candy and then sat there with a paintball gun waiting for a parent to try to spray paint at my property.
@@2011blueman nice!!!
That's definitely not real LV. The metal is silver, LV uses only solid brass. Good eye Miss Charlotte.
Had an insane week, now catching up and laughing out loud. Love you so much!
3:15 sounds like my nightmare job. A slave, in public, walking around "yes ma'am"
The fake news article gave me a huge laugh, thanks for that lol. I was curious as it popped by and since I'm still waiting for my friend to show up (late as usual) I had nothing to do, so I backed up and paused it. Thanks for the Easter egg! 🤣
I am from a wealthy middle class family and yet I was never taught to expect things or to under value things. I got an allowance and that was it apart from moderate presents at appropriate times. My wife and I brought our three children up with the same standards and they are all doing well in life and hold values of respect and they expect to work hard and be kind. Not having to struggle should never be an excuse for being greedy and expecting others to provide everything.
True.
I grew up middle class.
I got a lot of toys when I was a kid. I got to go to Camp Cosby for a week one summer. I went to vacation Bible school every summer. We'd go to Moundville with family and friends. Oak Mountain State Park. Six Flags. Travel.
My siblings and I were all in the band with really high quality instruments.
I was on the tennis team in high school.
Our whole family wasn't rich by any means but we weren't hurting for money either. We never went without food or clothes.
But my parents would not tolerate selfishness.
I was taught to share my toys. My mom said that there were kids that didn't have near as much as I did and to share with others.
Though, one mom told her son not to share with me even though I shared with him.
So, I had a lot but I was never entitled.
If you see a spoiled, entitled brat, blame the parents.
They raised their kids that way.
Entitled brats can make friends but they sure can't keep them for long.
The last story made me laugh out loud. I’d love a reality tv show where they drop these rich entitled kids into a public school in a rural area for a week and see what happens lol