To ask if you believe you’ve lived a luckier life than most?

People born into rich families shouldnt be saying "im so lucky". They should be helping to fix the inequalities in the system

The 2 are not mutually exclusive. Acknowledging one's luck says zero about whether someone also recognises inequalities in our system or not. Or whether they are also seeking to redress the balance.

What a warped perspective, more so because most responses haven't talked about luck in relation to physical wealth but rather an appreciation that they live a better standard of life than many.

Yes, I feel lucky. Both in a 'net beneficiary of being born in the West in the late 20th century', but also in what I have in my life and what I've been able to achieve. I have a lively family, a nice house, an interesting job and have got two degrees and another in progress. I've been able to travel a fair bit, and look forward to doing more in the future if I can sustain my health.

I had a rocky start and have had a few tragedies and false steps, but feel I am pretty resilient.

To be born in the late 20th century with modern healthcare and vaccinations, with clean running water, indoor toilets, washing machines, cookers, microwaves etc and good housing compared to.history, yes very lucky. (enough money to live on if not many extras. )

Compared to fellow British people, not so much. (Two disabilities, several illnesses, two disabled children, single parent, survived DV, CSA, and a difficult upbringing, long term bullying at school, redundancies, town centre/inner city life, arson attack in our complex, a couple of minor car accidents with minor injuries )

Yep. I think being born in a relatively safe time and country, without any severe life limiting conditions, and without suffering significant abuse makes me luckier than the vast majority of people across the world/history.

All of this was luck and circumstance of birth. I'm proud of the things I've worked hard for, but I try not to forget how heavily the hand I got in life was stacked in my favour.

Yes I do feel lucky. No major health issues in the family, happy family life, fell on my feet with a great job, ok money wise, good set of friends etc. I wasn’t blessed with the looks and figure though but who has everything!

rich by global standards, not necessarily uk standards.

On paper possibly not with regards to loss, finances or material things. But I feel very lucky in almost every way; a safe and stable homelife growing up, marrying an exceptionally lovely dh, raising dc some of whom have health issues but each one a wonderful, resilient, kind and funny person. Having security in terms of housing, strong and supportive relationships with siblings and good friendships.

I was additionally lucky in terms of timing for milestones such studying when university education was free, having the opportunity to travel & live abroad and moving into a profession that is both interesting and flexible. I don't take any of it for granted.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=36l-6GZHC-M

Sums it up

Yes life is unfair. I don’t know what else to say x

"Equality of the sexes" lol.

Yes, more than some other countries.

But it is not equal

And nobody has denied that.

Lucky to be born in a country with free health care, education and equality of the sexes. Lucky to be born to parents who valued education and tried in their own way to help me. Lucky to have extended family who care for me and look out for me. Yes I have had to work hard but I definitely had a much better start in life than most of the world.

So your lucky unless there is noone else alive on the planet has it worse than you?

No one said it is exactly the same.

I said there is desperate poverty in the UK. Which there is.

I think you make your own luck.

Despite a couple of fairly significant disadvantages, yes I think I've been luckier than average.

Not just you.

It just irritated me: all the posters on this thread writing "i was lucky to be born into a rich family".

No. You benefitted from an unfair system, whole many others are suffering in poverty!

Yes, I'm having a very lucky life- born healthy in a rich country to a rich and vaguely well-adjusted family who love me, great education, decent career, healthy and happy children, very happy marriage to a lovely man, good friends, plenty of money. Bad things have happened to me, of course, but very much the things that happen to everyone and are a common part of life- grandparents and pets dying, miscarriages.

I do think people make some of their own luck, through hard work and willingness to take a chance. Not all of it though, and ultimately even things like willingness to work hard come from somewhere, where it's nurture or nature, so that's down to luck as well. And of course many people never have a chance at all.

I was born healthy and have suffered no serious health problems. I had parents who loved me and did their best to provide for us. I am reasonably intelligent, which allowed me to do well in education and have never struggled to find a good job. I would say that I am lucky.

It's really not the same.

i volunteer at least 10 hours of my time every week for various causes so spare me the lecture on making the uk better for others.

The food poverty is the same the children suffer is the same.

If charity aid can get into help, depends on how much help they get, yes.

And there is not always enough food in the food banks to go around everyone in the UK.

Yes where you were born was not your choice.

But you can then to choose to continue to benefit from an unequal system, or make it better for others.

Yeah, and in some countries there is no food bank. They just starve to death. So comparativley they're lucky.

The poverty is not that fucking different.

Families cant afford to even feed their children in the UK.

That is an extremely basic need.

My colleague volunteers in a local food bank, and she told me that many families don't even have 10 pounds left in a week to pay for food