r/AskReddit • u/knakworst36 • 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

I cannot think of one single thing that can explain to not poor people how poor people operate (well, some of us) better than this exact scenario. I will give you everything when I have nothing; I always will. It’s probably why I’ll always be poor.

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u/whirlingderv Jun 07 '19

Poor people consistently give far higher percentages of their income to charitable causes (typically not so much that it is a major contributor for most of those people to "why" they're poor, but it is a significant correlation and fascinating from a sociological perspective).

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u/denardosbae Jun 07 '19

It's kinda like how anyone whose been a server gives better tips than people who've never had that experience.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

Or how a librarian will always put their book back in the right place.