People who grow up privileged often have a headstart in life. Old money may not always be obvious and loud, and many rich people even try their best to raise their kids in a normal fashion but there are certain behaviors that scream privilege when someone among you comes from it. The first being, they unknowingly, judge your struggles as they take the advantage they were born in for granted. They push you to hustle harder not knowing the life they had already set them up for success unlike many of us who didn’t grow up rich. Here are 14 ways to tell someone was born privileged and considers the perks as basic.
Not Checking The Price Tags As They Shop
Remember in Archies how Betty had to think of the price of dresses before purchasing while Veronica would stress free shop without being the least bit bothered about the price tag. Just like that you can tell someone is rich by the way they shop without looking at the price tags and calculating the expense in their mind. Their wealthy mindset gives them the freedom to choose what they like instead of what they can afford.
They Can Treat Their Career As Their First Passion Or Priority
The way a person has been brought up shapes their whole mindset. Those who didn’t grow up in survival mode view career growth through an essentially different lens than those who grew up with financial constraints. The rich people never suppressed their hobbies, desires, and could afford any luxury. As they grew up without any distractions that poverty brings along, they could focus entirely on their careers which naturally helps them reach the career or professional milestones earlier than their middle class or poor counterparts. With a stable financial background to lean back on, failure never scares them so they reach their goals faster, fully focus, a privilege only few or elites can enjoy.
They Aren’t Anxious In Elite Spaces
Seven-star hotels, top-notch restaurants or cafes, grand networking events, or formal corporate environments are something they grew up attending. While they navigate such gatherings or places with confidence and ease a less fortunate person would have a hard time learning the ropes, and hierarchies in such events. This gives a benefit to the privileged ones when it comes to getting promoted, getting attention or praise.
Assuming Family Support As A Basic Privilege
You may have found someone in your life, in college or workplace, telling you how you could seek an escape from the financial struggle by seeking financial support from your parents. This is a privilege they have enjoyed all their life tuition fee sorted, passions and interests financially sorted. This makes them appear tone deaf to others’ struggles. This is because they can’t relate to those who may not be socioeconomically at par with them. This carefree attitude towards financial woes and self-sufficiency can be due to their dependable, wealthy parents.
Seeing Travelling as a Basic Experience Everyone Can Enjoy
You see on social media how some people are always travelling to new places, trying out new adventures, and suggesting others do the same because “You Only Live Once”. Many such people have exceptionally wealthy parents, who could afford their kids travel expenses. The privileged lot have very little realisation that many of us are having a hard time paying our bills, debts, health appointments, etc. and travelling is a luxury many people with moderate means can’t afford and these destination holidays are only a dream and a once-in-a-lifetime luxury for majority.
Delegating Everyday Chores
Need to cook? Having a chef. Need cleaning? Hire a cleaner through cleaning services. Need repair service? Outsource the fixing. They have the privilege of outsourcing inconveniences and buying ease and comfort with money that many people who had to learn to save money from childhood would never do.
Believing In The Problem-Solving Power Of Money
Their problems keep changing but the solution stays constant, that is, money. They have a mindset and conviction that “money can indeed buy happiness”. Health troubles? Seek the most expensive treatment. Desire a certain education? Pay to get into that university. This makes it impossible for them to relate to your struggles because they always had the means to manage their problems and any obstacles out of their way.
Having Financial Literacy
The elite teach their kids finances and budgeting from a very young age. They know financial management pretty well. This makes it easy for them to hold facial discussions, budgeting debates, and investment planning with confidence and convenience. The basics of economics are on their finger tips.
Preference for Personal Convenience
They make a big decision in split seconds, don’t like the work environment of the internship place they once coveted, they quit without a second thought. They don’t have to fear the consequences as they have a financial cushion to absorb the shocks that follow. They switch careers and passions without hesitation. Sometimes, carelessly even mock you by asking you to hustle harder and leave a place that is stunting your growth, not realising the weight of a big decision you might have to carry. To them simply changing the environment to match their comfort level is easier than enduring it.
Having Unparalleled Social Confidence
The elite class often exudes effortless class, self-confidence, and effortless charm. This strong self-assuredness can be attributed to the privilege they grew up in. They had been acquainted with elite networks since early childhood. This heightened exposure gives them confidence to interact effortlessly in social circles where you would have to work twice as hard to make space for yourself and unintentionally feel “less than”. They have it easy as they try to communicate with the big shots in business.
Taking Financial Risks Without Fear Of Loss
You can tell a lot about where someone comes from by the way they take risks that include finances easily. Starting or wrapping up a business with huge initial investments, relocating to another place, or changing their career at their peak are seemingly easy decisions for them. This is an advantage that only the privileged people have. You on the other hand stay indecisive for longer than needed because you are gripped by the paralyzing fear of failure and loss.
Viewing High-Quality as the Standard
Their entire life is premium, from education, healthcare, opportunities, hobbies, extracurriculars etc everything is top-notch. This makes them expect high quality i services and products as the standard not realizing it’s only a fantasy for the majority. You might feel uncomfortable joining them for lunch or dinner as they would take you to the most expensive dine out place. High-quality is their default life experience since their birth.
Having Polished Social Mannerisms And Etiquettes
They are especially taught since their young age to learn table manners, conversational etiquettes, communication skills and professional attitude. These amazing sets of social skills give them a headstart in life, and they may judge you for struggling to learn these things too late in life.
Possessing An Unspoken Sense of Future Security
Perhaps, the most obvious sign is the quiet confidence they carry about future security. They don’t fear instability and failures because of the wealthy background they hail from.
Final Thoughts
Privileged classes often unintentionally send off clear signs of privilege. They have an effortlessly confident aura, a calm problem-solving approach, flawless communications skills and social etiquette, a deep passion for things they love, and not to forget they possess amazing financial wisdom too. This privileged background may however unknowingly make the people who don’t belong to the same social class feel like they aren’t trying hard enough in life. They can’t see the struggles of those that belong to the lower social class, and how that creates unequal opportunities and chances of growth as compared to them.
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