(By way of magnio)
Go through the list. Tick everything you have or have done. If you can tick 40 or more, you're spoiled.
- ☑ your own cell phone
- ☐ a television in your bedroom
- ☐ an iPod
- ☐ a photo printer
- ☐ your own phone line
- ☐ TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
- ☑ high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
- ☐ a surround sound system in bedroom
- ☐ DVD player in bedroom
- ☐ at least a hundred DVDs
- ☑ a childfree bathroom (well, no children yet)
- ☑ your own in-house office (I share it with Karianne, but it's still my own)
- ☐ a pool
- ☐ a guest house
- ☐ a game room
- ☑ a queen-size bed
- ☑ a stocked bar
- ☑ a working dishwasher
- ☐ an icemaker
- ☐ a working washer and dryer
- ☐ more than 20 pairs of shoes
- ☐ at least ten things from a designer store
- ☐ expensive sunglasses (what's expensive? I think mine cost about 400 NOK, which is about 50€)
- ☐ framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
- ☐ Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
- ☑ a multi-speed bike
- ☑ a gym membership
- ☑ large exercise equipment at home (well, an exercise bike, large enough)
- ☐ your own set of golf clubs
- ☐ a pool table
- ☐ a tennis court
- ☐ local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
- ☑ your own pair of skis
- ☑ enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
- ☐ a boat
- ☐ a jet ski
- ☐ a neighborhood committee membership
- ☐ a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
- ☐ wealthy family members (what's wealthy?, affluent maybe, but certainly not wealthy)
- ☐ two or more family cars
- ☐ a walk-in closet or pantry
- ☐ a yard
- ☑ a hammock
- ☐ a personal trainer
- ☑ good credit
- ☐ expensive jewelry
- ☐ a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
- ☑ at least $100 cash in your possession right now
- ☐ more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
- ☑ a stock portfolio
- ☑ a passport
- ☐ a horse
- ☐ a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
- ☐ private medical insurance
- ☑ a college degree, and no outstanding student loans
Do you:
- ☐ shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
- ☐ do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
- ☐ pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)
- ☐ go on weekend mini-vacations
- ☐ send dinners back with every flaw
- ☐ wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
- ☐ regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
- ☐ have a job but don't need the money OR
- ☐ stay at home with little financial sacrifice
- ☐ pay someone else to cook your meals
- ☐ pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
- ☐ regularly pay someone else to drive you
- ☐ expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you:
- ☐ an only child
- ☐ married/partnered to a wealthy person
- ☐ baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
Have you:
- ☐ been on a cruise
- ☑ traveled out of the country
- ☑ met a celebrity
- ☐ been to the Caribbean
- ☑ been to Europe (Well, I live there)
- ☑ BEEN TO HONG KONG
- ☐ been to Hawaii
- ☐ been to New York
- ☐ eaten at the space needle in Seattle
- ☐ been to the Mall of America
- ☐ been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
- ☐ been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
- ☐ moved more than three times because you wanted to
- ☑ dined with local political figures (actually more of a national
- political figure)
- ☑ been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast (Atlantic,
- multiple times around Europe. Pacific, in Australia and Hong Kong)
Did you:
- ☐ go to another country for your honeymoon (No, but we're going to)
- ☐ hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
- ☐ take riding or swimming lessons as a child
- ☐ attend private school
- ☐ have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
24, so a bit more spoiled than Magni. Not that much, though.
