To think most rich people don’t understand how the rest of us live?

You clearly know some very stupid rich people @MyAmusedOpalCrab

nobody I know would ever say such utter bollocks.

I don't care about anything outside of my lane.

I agree but then most people on mumsnet are fairly well off and often don't understand how many on low incomes manage.

I can see that this might be true , DH and I come from working class backgrounds , both our parents lived in poverty as children . I would say we are comfortable but aware of the differences . Our DC - despite our best endeavours have no idea what it feels like to have nothing . Describing it just isn’t the same as feeling hungry or cold

It’s a mix.. some people are clueless. I have friends who were born rich and don’t understand why I take the bus or tube 😂

I know what you mean OP,

I was on a very low income as a single mum 15 years ago. I had days I wouldn’t eat so DD could have a good meal. I’d quite often be at the shop with a handful of 2Ps to buy a loaf of bread. We were happy but we struggled.

I met DH during that time and we dated for 2years before moving in together. He had his own business, money he’d inherited and his own house.

He’s never experienced the struggles I had. He is the most kind, generous person I know and would help anyone, anytime he could but he just doesn’t understand how anyone could “not have enough money to pay their electric bill” or not have enough to buy “their kids new trainers” he seriously can’t fathom that some people, although they work hard, can still be left with nothing once bills are paid.

I try my best to explain to him that he’s always been very fortunate. He’s never been in the position of having to go without food so your child can eat, or without new shoes so they can go on a school trip.

I like to think that I’ve remained understanding of different peoples circumstances and although I work and earn a decent wage, I know that 75% of what we have is down to him.

This

I've never known anyone well off to be that out of touch. We are comfortable enough but have been on the bones of our backside for many years when younger. I'm not rich but would have thought today me was at the time we were really struggling. To me then, rich was anyone who could just pay all the bills when they came in. I haven't forgotten what it was like. They were also the happiest years of my life, in spite of the struggles.

This is precisely the problem with politicians. Although they’re not all super-rich, they’re wealthier than average, some of them were born into wealth; they make decisions which affect the poor much more than the rich (who can pay accountants to work around them), and many politicians simply have no idea how poorer people live. As I have said before, we need a requirement to have worked minimum wage for a year before entering parliament.

Absolutely, look at recent thread being condescending and judgemental of those who never leave their home area, and that those that don't travel and live in a multitude of countries throughout their lives are close minded and haven't lived properly!
There's so many people who can't even get funds together to leave their parents home, never mind multiple countries across the world!

Well, the examples given suggest that the defining characteristic of the suggester is that they are a stupid person, regardless of their income.

And I don’t think those on a low income understand how those on a high income live either. You see it all the time on here. Oh you earn £100k you must be rolling in it! Well not exactly. When you take off tax, nursery fees, mortgage, council tax, bills, the fact that you get zero child benefit or any other benefit; the take home pay is certainly not four times what someone on minimum wage with UC top ups gets.

I think this is even true for those who have only experienced middle class lifestyles as well. A lot of my in-laws and peers would fit this and why not rich they’re all comfortable and have very little understanding of what it is to struggle financially.

Define “rich”…

I very much think of this when someone on a thread says 'being well off is relative to your outgoings' as if someone on 26k paying 1200 a month on rent is in a similar financial position to someone on 70k spending 2500 on their mortgage a month....