a meme I swiped from tonyadmay

[frualeydis]

I guess it's about material wealth

X the things you have
( ) your own cell phone
( ) a tv in your bedroom
( ) an ipod (or MP3 player)
( ) a photo printer
( ) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(x) high-speed internet access (aka not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) dvd player in bedroom
( ) at least a hundred DVDs
( ) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office OR
( ) a room that is just a library
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game/sewing room--it's combo'd with the office
(x) a queen-size bed, I don't know how big that is. Ours is 180 cm wide.
( ) a stocked bar
(x) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
( ) a working washer and dryer. I don't need one, I live in an apartment and there is a laundry room in the house (required by law).
(x) more than 20 pairs of shoes - yes, including medieval shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
( ) framed authentic art
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
( ) a multi-speed bike - not any more
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(x) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea. Depends how you define local, there are only a couple of kilometres to the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area - medeival camping gear. Lots of it. It fills up most of our storage area.
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
() two or more family cars. None actually.
(x) a walk-in closet or pantry--yes, closet.
( ) yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
( ) expensive jewelry--well, heirloom jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now--because I have no credit cards. I have to carry cash.
( ) more than two credit cards bearing your name. No credit cards, they're not good for you. One debit card though.
( ) a stock portfolio.
(X) a passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund
( ) private medical insurance
(X) a college degree

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
( ) 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
(x) traveled out of the country
(x) met a celebrity. Not any big celebrities though.
( ) been to the Caribbean
(x) been to Europe - duh!
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York- I've never been to the US
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
(x) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
(x) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
( ) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast (in any country)

Did you:
(x) go to another country for your honeymoon - London, England
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(x) take riding or swimming lessons as a child. Everybody goes to swim school in Sweden.
( ) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you

tonyadmay complained she only x'ed 28. I x'ed 15 and I'm very happy still. I would love to go to the US though one day. To see you people.

Comments

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I have 18, but so many of them happen for reeasons that don't fit the image of the spoiled rich kid they're going for. Such as:

I have my own phone line because it's my house.
I have a childfree bathroom because I have no children.
I've traveled out of the country because I work and pay for it myself.
I have no college debt because I went on scholarship.
I've dined with local politicians because the Green Party acts like regular folk.

And then there are the ones that confuse me as to how they're supposed to indicate spoiltness:

Have a passport?
Have a college degree?
Camping gear?
Swimming lessons?
Wear perfume? (My only idea is they mean high-end designer stuff)

[seamstrix.livejournal.com]

I X'd 27, but some of them are weird questions- I mean I DO wear perfume, but they are oils I buy at the RenFaire not at a high-end department store. And I happen to be an only child (that wasn't my idea, I asked for a sibling!), but I was so NOT spoiled by my working class/Depression era parents it's not even funny. All my life I've had to put up with the stupid stereotype that us Onlies are spoiled and self-centered and it's really annoying. I have been to Europe- but I paid for it myself, flew economy and stayed with friends or at hostels- not really swank. I've been to New York on a high school club trip. My swimming lessons were at the YMCA and the local park district- very little snob appeal there. And my gym is part of the local park district too.

Hey, maybe I AM a spoiled, materialistic rich kid!! Excellent, now I can start being self-centered and annoying! Why didn't I think of this years ago?! All these years of working in low-paying social service positions and giving up my own life to care for my invalid mother- I could have been out at the country club and getting my nails done!! I'll start right now!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Yes do! And tell the rest of us how it was!
And annoy the hell out of the other members ;)

Eva

[therru.livejournal.com]

I got 15, too -- but I agree, some of these were just dumb, or irrelevant. Ten years ago a few of them might have been significant.

[x] your own cell phone -- well, who doesn't these days? Most of the people I know do.
[x] your own phone line -- Yes, I live alone, so of course I have my own telephone!
[x] high-speed internet access (aka not dialup) -- not uncommon these days either (and how else could I spend such a lot of time on LJ?).
[x] dvd player in bedroom -- because my computer is in my bedroom, and that's where my (only) DVD player is.
[x] a childfree bathroom -- I live alone and don't have kids, so how could it be otherwise?
[x] a walk-in closet or pantry -- a closet, yes; and no wardrobes *at all* besides that.
[x] a hammock -- but no garden. I've strung it up in the park a few times. :)
[x] a passport -- yes, how bourgeoisie of me.
[x] go on weekend mini-vacations -- well, I go to the occasional tolkienist party in other cities over the weekend, if that counts as a weekend holiday?
[x] traveled out of the country -- yes, Denmark is only a one-hour train ride from here. ;)
[x] met a celebrity -- I met Shane McGowan once (then singer in The Pogues). He was very drunk.
[x] been to Europe -- er, yes, all my life ;)
[x] been on the Eiffel tower in Paris -- climbed the stairs, actually, because I couldn't afford the lift (and I wanted to climb).
[x] dined with local political figures -- a friend of mine is on the City council for the Left Party, and we had a food team at the Medieval camp in Visby for a couple of years. :)
[x] moved more than three times because you wanted to -- well, I wanted to get out of the places I was in, so...

I used to have complete camping gear, but I seem to have lost my tent. Can't find it anywhere. (And I don't mean the pavilion.)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

You've met Shane McGowan? I am officially impressed.
I've only met celebrities like politicans and scholars. And some players from IFK.

Eva

[therru.livejournal.com]

It was during my England spell. I was with some friends at a gig in London. Shane was there because he knew the band. My friends, who also played in a band, had a manager or promotor who knew Shane. So we all just tagged along after the gig when they went to some pub or restaurant. Shane drank a lot (that's why he was later kicked out of the Pogues). I remember that he left more money in tips than me and my friends had to spend. I didn't speak very much with him. He was drunk and obnoxious. ;)

[therru.livejournal.com]

Dick is rather a celebrity these days, isn't he? And you're pals with him.

[therru.livejournal.com]

Oh, I just remembered that I took riding lessons in my teens. So that makes 16. But that's just a general girl's sport here. It's not necessarily a class thing.

I actually never went to swim school -- I learned to swim anyway, with my family. There are lots of lakes and public beaches around Stockholm and we lived very near one. I just went and took the badges (fisken och simborgarmärket). I probably have a "wrong" swimming technique, though. :)

[babylon-goo.livejournal.com]

I only have 13 lol

definately the over 20 pair of shoes haha

My celebrity is Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls... 3 times ;)

yes, I even have photos lol

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[billy-oblivionx.livejournal.com]

I had 14. But that was counting the one about being on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. I've been on both coasts of England.
When I was a teenager I met lots of people in bands who were famous later. Most of them were drunk and obnoxious.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I figured you had, especially if you lived then were you live now. I hope you'll be willing to share some stories (not necessarily about the famous, but about the times) if I see you when I go to London next time.

Eva

[nazgman.livejournal.com]

About 40, give or take a few depending on how generous/spoiled I feel.
*grin*