Some people embody quiet luxury so well that it can take a minute to realize just how wealthy they actually are. This has happened to me: one time, a friend and I were talking about taking a trip, and she casually mentioned we could potentially use her dad's private plane service. I was like, "We can use his what now?" So I asked the BuzzFeed Community if anyone else ever had a similar experience, and the responses did NOT disappoint.
Here they are: 1. "While growing up in Mexico, I had a friend in high school, a regular guy who was a little bit nerdy. Once, we were talking about the upcoming Super Bowl, and he asked a group of us if we wanted to go.
We said 'yes,' thinking we were getting together to watch it at his house. No, he actually invited us to go to the stadium." "Long story short, he was the son of the Mexican president, and we even flew in an official aircraft.
Since then, everyone has wanted to be his friend and get free stuff. We are still good pals. He's a politician now.
" —Anonymous 2. "I had three roommates during my first year of college, and we all got on quite well. One of the girls was clearly wealthy but quietly so.
She didn’t have a ton of clothing or spend ostentatiously, though she did have some very high-end pieces and wouldn’t bat an eye at ordering food from a restaurant if she didn’t like what the cafeteria had." "Fast forward 6 months, and a group of us are chatting about COVID. At some point, this roommate mentioned how hard it was when .