You know what f-cking makes me so damn mad? Bloody rish ass kids globe trotting around the world thinking that they are so “adventurous” taking trips funded entirely by their parents.
They go to obscure places like Peru, Thiland etc. and live these minimalist “close to nature” lifestyles for a week or two and pat themselves on the back for it. Oh – and the rich kids always make sure they post ridiculous amounts of pictures on Facebook for their “friends” to see how “adventurous” they were hiking a random Peruvian mountain in all their spanking new, $300 hiking boots from Aigle or some other expensive outdoor store.
THEN they return to their hometown just to fall back into their materialistic, gluttonous lives, sporting their newest designer clothing.
But of course, what gets me the most is that they also rub in everyone’s faces how much “world experience” they have. Yes, we’d all have that much “experience” if we had unlimited funding for our trips.
F-cking rich kids.
—A middle-class kid with a boring life
This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2009.
Sour grapes? And you don’t need to be rich to travel the world, if you’re a student, you can work your way through it with the right programs. Hell, across Canada if you’re anyone, really. I’ve run into many backpackers dinging around Atlantic Canada, everything from yes, rich kids, to some middle class kid who was traveling before entering the seminary.
You jus’ jealous.
If my parents were loaded you’re damned right I’d travel the globe on their dime to “Find myself”.
I kind of get a kick out of it too, not because I’m jealous because I really don’t have a desire to travel all that much, but because they honestly DO think they’re adventurous. Backpacking around Europe with $300 bucks in your pocket is adventurous, backpacking around Europe with an endless supply of daddy’s money? Not so adventurous.
If they have the means and desire to travel, good for them, I just think it *is* funny that they think they’re SO cutting edge.
Now me? I preferred to use my parents’ wealth to fund some rent here or there, or perhaps some groceries, or maybe my internet bill before my self sufficient days rather than trips here there and everywhere…just meant I didn’t have to work three jobs when I went to school and that meant more than a trip to Thailand 😛
fuck you man. i’m going to honduras for community service and it costs 1,300 bucks. Guess what? I raised it 100% myself. Spent an entire month fundraising b/c my parents couldn’t afford it.
Sour Grapes. While I feel that I appreciate the things I work for ; They are still having great experiences. Having to stay in dive motels and sleep on park benches doesn’t make you more adventurous.
I used to feel a bit this way when I was younger…
but then I realized that you aren’t jealous of the kids, you’re jealous of the parents.
You don’t want to be the kids you loathe, you want to be you… with money coming out your ass. Truth is, you wouldn’t be anything like you are if that were the case and you should count your lucky stars. You wouldn’t learn the value of a dollar and what it is to budget.
Your parents have taught you to fish…. and soon those prissy pratts will learn they’ve just been given fish all their lives. wow, the feeling of being a human sponge….
I know medical students lke this – boo hoo daddy bought me a condo, sent me aroud the world and is leaving me his antique car collection when I get my MD …. but oh the pain of moving into that condo…. and you see endless posts on facebook about how much of a pain it is to move and how med school is so tough. But as a previous poster said as jealous as I get atleast I know that everthing I now have I worked for myself – and that once every two year trip to Montreal or Toronto is that much sweeter when you’re not doing it every month on daddy’s dime only beacuse you cant find the jeans you want in Halifax.
lol I am in a state of contradiction here. I feel the pain of the original poster…and for the obvious reasons. I’m jealous. I won’t deny it. But I agree that seriously kid, don’t compare your money-laden 5 star trip to those who hike around Europe working to get by and hitching to get to the next country. The same thing? I think not.
I sympathize. It’s hard not to feel sour grapes in these kinds of situations, unless you’re a fucking saint. But you can also fundraise, take out a loan, or as the other posters suggested, work your way through your travels. I heard those organic farm WOOF programs are awesome and you get to feel righteous AND have amazing stories to return home to. Don’t feel stuck just because your parents can’t foot the bill.
I have to say, aren’t these people (the ones who travel on their parents’ dime) few and far between?
I did both of my degrees here, and during those years I met maybe one or two people who fit that description. These days, I have a pretty varied group of friends thanks to my job and the organizations I belong to, and I can’t think of a single “rich kid” whose parents are footing the bill for global excursions. The OP (and some of the commenters) make it sound like this is the norm, not the exception. I respectfully disagree.
There will always be people who are more “advantaged” than you. It’s the way of the world. It’s not worth getting bent out of shape because someone has more than you.
Well I was raised middle class, and guess what I backpacked around the world a couple times on my own dime. I worked my a$$ off and bought the tickets and everything else myself. There were some hungry days but it was a blast!
Travelling is for sure not for everyone, but don’t hate on the kids who did it.
And as far as returning home and becoming materialistic and sporting new clothes…well I don’t live out of a backpack anymore. I’m not materialistic but I like to present myself in a plain, clean manner.
You don’t have to have dreads and dirty jeans to be a travellor. Just a kind heart and a sense of humour.