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

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Whether it’s down to circumstances, timing, support, or sheer chance - do you ever stop and think, “I’ve had it easier than others?” Or do you believe we mostly make our own luck?

Many many people live in utter poverty in the UK.

Sorry, are the rich people on this thread blind to this or something?

It's not the same poverty as in some other countries. You're massively privileged if you can't see that.

you seem quite chippy in your posts. I didn’t say I was born into a rich family..I was born into a supportive family environment and never experienced poverty.
lucky is exactly the word- I was very lucky in the uterus lottery. Where I was born and into which family is chance and is not influenced by my own actions. This is the very definition of luck.

Yes-not solely down to money - we didn’t have a lot growing up, but we’re ‘comfortable’ (DF engineer). I definitely lucked out with having
a) parents who loved me
b) parents who put family first
c) parents who genuinely loved one another/rarely if ever, argued
d) I wasn’t born in a war torn country. For that I’m grateful every single day
e) Health wise I’ve been lucky - many of my friends have not reached mid 50’s
f) my DC are happy and healthy
g) lucked out ultimately, after my exH cheated, and turned into an utter cunt when my DC were aged just 2 & 1. His company had just taken off and we had invested in property. Post divorce I invested wisely and am now retiring mid 50’s. Karma.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

It's really not the same.

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.

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.

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!

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

I think you make your own luck.

No one said it is exactly the same.

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

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

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.

And nobody has denied that.

"Equality of the sexes" lol.

Yes, more than some other countries.

But it is not equal

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

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

Sums it up

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.

rich by global standards, not necessarily uk standards.

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!