If you grew up with parents who gave you everything you could have ever dreamed of, you may feel you had the best parents in the world. Even your parents may believe they were the best parents in the world. You wanted horse riding lessons, you got them. You wanted to study abroad in Switzerland for a summer during high school, and off you went. You wanted the same designer handbag you saw on a celebrity, and you were wearing it within the week. You didn’t clean your room—a housekeeper did that for you. You didn’t have to help take care of your brothers and sisters because that’s what the live-in nanny was for. Unfortunately, this type of upbringing fails to do something rather important: it doesn’t encourage a go-getter mentality. So, unless you were given a trust fund and don’t need to work, once you’re an adult and expected to fully cover your own expenses and lead a more, well, simple life, it can be a nasty wake-up call. Here are signs you grew up spoiled.
You assume everyone has a housekeeper
You’ve asked a friend, quite casually, on which days her housekeeper comes or if she needs a referral for a new housekeeper since it appears her current one isn’t doing a great job. Then you were met with the shocking answer that she doesn’t have a housekeeper. She is her own housekeeper. Your brain couldn’t compute.