When you grow up in a wealthy family, it’s incredibly easy to think that what you see around you is how the entire world actually functions. It’s only when you step outside that bubble that this illusion starts to crumble. And as the scales fall from your eyes, you start to realize that what’s ‘normal’ for you is nothing like how most working people live.

Today, we’re looking at some incredibly honest stories, as shared by rich folks in a few captivating online threads. They bared their hearts about the moments when the penny dropped and they finally began to understand just how privileged their backgrounds really were. Check out their experiences below.

I come from a very wealthy family, I didn't realize I was rich until I started going over to my friend's house around age of eight and

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