If you can say yes to forty or more, you're spoiled.
DO YOU HAVE:
(1) your own cell phone
(2) a television in your bedroom (I have a bachelor apartment, so I'll count that)
(3) an iPod
( ) a photo printer
(4) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(5) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
(6) DVD player in bedroom
(7) at least a hundred DVDs (120 individual movies, 25 tv show box sets)
(8) a childfree bathroom (since I have no kids...)
( ) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(9) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
( ) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
( ) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
(10) at least ten things from a designer store (CK, Tommy Hilfiger)
(11) expensive sunglasses (prescription lenses, bay-bee)
( ) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(12) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(13) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated 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
( ) a walk-in closet or pantry
( ) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(14) good credit
( ) expensive jewelry
( ) designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now (almost never carry more than $40)
(15) more than two credit cards bearing your name
( ) a stock portfolio
( ) passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund
( ) private medical insurance
( ) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans
Do you:
(16) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics)
( ) at least once a week (only when I do my shopping trips, so not normally)
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores (Safeway count? ;-))
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes
( ) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with (almost) 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/take taxis
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner (O_o)
Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don’t get your way
( ) been on a cruise
(17) traveled out of the country (US and Mexico)
(18) met a celebrity (Michael Dorn at an autograph signing)
( ) been to the Caribbean
( ) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
( ) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(19) take riding or swimming lessons as a child (swimming lessons)
( ) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
Damn. I'm in no way spoiled, it would seem.
Must start working on that... :)
