You’re having a baby. A hospital drug test comes out positive. But you know the test is wrong—and you can’t control what happens next.
    • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I have five kids. Definitely not filthy rich.

      I am “don’t have to look at my bank account before buying groceries” rich, not “putting my kids through college” rich.

      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 months ago

        My wife and I are in our 30s with three degrees between the two of us and no kids and still aren’t “don’t have to look at our bank account before buying groceries” rich. It sounds like you might need to check your privilege.

        • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I mean I didn’t say that was poor, right? It’s nice. I’m not complaining. But it’s not filthy rich.

          We have a 15-20 years on you. I hope you get there. Fifteen years ago… we were barely scraping by. I think my wife was practically a professional couponer. We couldn’t afford for her to work. We had a car repossessed.

            • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              9 months ago

              I wasn’t trying to argue other than the idea that I don’t realize my privilege — I did still call not having to check my bank account for groceries “rich”, right?

              We must be having two very different conversations.

              • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                9 months ago

                I guess. My problem is with you trying to delineate varying levels of “rich” like “filthy rich” was anything other than an opinion to begin with. Adding in that my opinion is that if you can afford to feed 7 mouths without budgeting in this economy then you really shouldn’t be trying to defend yourself as not “filthy rich”.