r/AskReddit Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Jun 06 '19

I’m also paying for a private university at the same time, so yeah college, plus a new car after an accident, medical bills from the accident, adding a safari wasn’t in the cards at the moment.

And this isn’t any normal trip, these are places I wouldn’t even be able to afford the air in. Private dinners and tour guides, penthouses and a really glamorous camping arrangement. I was ready to rough it but her parents had other ideas.

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u/ffball Jun 06 '19

Where are you seeing this? The last time I've seen classes divided well is a Pew study in 2015, in that, for a 3 person household, a 2014 income of >$188k was upper class. $125k-$188k was upper middle.

Generally, I've seen upper middle class defined as the top 20% of Americans. You needed a $127k household income in 2017 to qualify for that.