35 Extremely Specific Things That Make Millennials Scream "That Was My Rich Friend"
1.Multiple Furbies (per kid):
2.Moon shoes (that were never played with):
3. A very big projection TV in a dedicated TV room:
4.And a Bose CD player also in the TV room:
5.A "computer room" that had a computer with unlimited internet access:
For those too young to know, once upon a time, internet access was limited to a certain amount of hours per month.
6.And had fancy mouses that didn't come with the computer:
7.A CD storage cabinet that wasn't meant to look like it stored CDs:
8.A BIG collection of Playmobil toys (nothing screamed "rich kid" more than Playmobil figures and accessories):
9.And the Playmobil Victorian Mansion:
10.Beanie Babies collection that wasn't meant to be played with:
11.And, of course, also the Princess Diana Beanie Baby:
The epitome of wealth.
12.A large collection of chunky VHS tapes:
Disney+ before it existed.
13.TVs and VCRs in every bedroom:
14.Also, phone lines in every room, and when your friends got older, they got their own private lines:
15.A giant armoire in the primary bedroom meant to hide the TV:
16.A jetted tub surrounded by tile in the primary bathroom:
17.Several of the latest Super Soaker guns so that no one would have to share:
18.A huge playhouse in the backyard (that was, honestly, bigger than some studio apartments):
They were always made out of wood too and looked straight out of a fairy tale.
19.Along with a trampoline:
Everyone from the neighborhood wanted to jump on it. Everyone from the neighborhood got injured falling off it.
20.Five-CD boomboxes with remote in the bedroom of any of the kids that were older and into music:
21.A refrigerator that looked like a cabinet:
Everyone's rich friend's kitchen wasn't complete without a refrigerator camouflaged as a cabinet.
22.A trash drawer that was also a cabinet:
Rich people love a cabinet!
23.A second sink (a bar sink) in the kitchen:
It was a useless sink really.
24.A small TV with a built-in VCR in the kitchen:
25.A collection of herb-infused oils and vinegars bottles that sat on a giant kitchen window ledge:
26.An old-timey popcorn cart "for movie nights":
27.A rec room or basement that had a pool table...
28....and a *WORKING* air hockey table:
Anyone could own an air hockey table, but only the 1% had an actual working one.
29.A rec room or basement closet stacked full of board games
30.A very fancy chess set that was purely decorative:
31.A ~quirky~ side-table that cost like $800:
32.Encyclopedias that were replaced every few years:
33.A fountain:
Rich people had fountains. The *richest* kid in school had one that actually worked.
34.Every gaming system and almost every game that was released for it:
And sometimes, they had more than one of the same gaming system.
35.And lastly, a huge collection of American Girl dolls and accessories:
Basically, those dolls lived better than you.