18 Love Stories Between People Who Were Born into Totally Different Social Classes

It is very common for people to say that love does not understand social classes, cultures and languages. Do you agree? To some extent, this thought makes perfect sense, after all when we fall in love we rarely think about these aspects. But being in love with someone is not the same as building a solid and lasting relationship. It is in this second moment that the differences between the couple are really put to the test. Often, it takes much more than love for all obstacles to be overcome.

we, from awesome.clubwe’ve always bet on love, that’s why we’ve separated 18 stories of people who were born in completely different worlds and still managed to balance the differences and live happily together.

Although I was a spoiled rich boy, I grew up knowing that I would never achieve the same success as my father. But I never gave up. I received a typical upper-class education and never faced financial difficulties. He could have expensive hobbies, lived in a big house, and always ordered food. My girlfriend, on the other hand, lived in a simple house with her family. When they let me sleep at her house, we slept on the floor, on a blanket. They never turn on the air conditioning or the heater because of the price of electricity. Her father is a mechanic and is teaching me how to maintain my car. Everything they eat is homemade because it’s cheaper. They were always nice and generous, even though they didn’t have much. I’ve dated some well-to-do women with whom I could have a very good life financially (mostly because of their families’ wealth), but I never felt good about them and they never suited me. My girlfriend is making me the best version of myself. Also, she is much smarter than I am and has a bright future ahead of her. I love her and I can’t stop being amazed at what she’s capable of. © DudeThatsAGG / RedditSince I’m not rich, my story isn’t too exaggerated. However, I definitely had a very different childhood and opportunities (university education, stable home, work, etc.) than hers. She worked as a waitress at the restaurant where I ate every Thursday. There was a connection, I gave her my phone number, she called me and here we are, 11 years later. But wait, the story gets more interesting. Since I’ve been with her, I’ve had a lot of trouble with the police and the law. Do you know why? If you tell my wife you’re cold, she’ll give you her shirt and you’ll suffer the law for indecent exposure. She prepares food for those who live on the street and will fight with God and the world to defend someone from injustice. Our perception of life is very different, but together we are better. © diegojones4 / Reddit We met after a hockey game. He supported the same team as me and that’s how it all started. His father gave us money so we could buy a house, a car, etc. We live comfortably, paying only for the maintenance of things. Everything has always worked out, although sometimes we fight over money; not because it lacks, but how we should spend it. Sometimes I think he’s reckless; besides, when he’s not satisfied with a job, he quits without thinking about a plan B. I’ve never been able to afford that luxury and that’s why I have a hard time understanding it. Shortly after we started our relationship, I also started making a lot of money, but that didn’t make us any happier. In the beginning it was quite chaotic, mainly because there were no challenges, goals and dreams to achieve; since we could have it all, nothing felt exciting. Therefore, we had to organize ourselves differently and set limits on personal expenses, expenses with gifts, travel, etc. Another important point we had to resolve was not letting his family intrude on our lives. I realized that when someone is rich (with family money), the family feels entitled to meddle in everything. In our case, it got to the point where his mother tried to take away a property that I had paid half of because I didn’t name my daughter who wasn’t even born at the time. © WillyNillyLilly / Reddit

We met through a mutual friend when I was finishing my degree. He was in his early twenties. I’m not exactly poor, but compared to the scandalous wealth of her family, it’s as if I were. In general, everything is great, but I still find some of her obsessions with money very strange. For example, we live on rent because she doesn’t think she’s ready to buy something yet, even though she can buy it without any problem. I know the house wouldn’t be mine, but I’d rather pay the rent to it than to another owner. I think people who have family money have a strange psychology on this topic. Her aunt won’t let her kids use any of the family money because she claims the inheritance ruined her life. Really weird. © howdidthishappen777 / RedditIt’s tricky when two people come from very different backgrounds. My wife lived alone from the age of 15 and this experience without family structure really affected her. For example, regarding constructive criticism. If at any point I say something that isn’t even a big deal but that I don’t think is right (for example, serving food with my hands instead of using the cutlery on the table), she takes it as a personal attack. , when it is not; like I’m saying she’s not good enough. I remember something that happened when we were starting to hang out. We participated in a marriage preparation course and the conversation was about how couples who came from similar backgrounds (socioeconomic, cultural, etc.) tended to be more successful than those where the differences were large. We couldn’t be more different in all these ways, but since we were already engaged, we didn’t give it much thought. It was certainly one of the great challenges of our marriage, but we are still married, and in 2022 we complete 15 years together. © bakerzdosen / Reddit I grew up in an upper middle class family (my dad is a surgeon). I met my wife a year after she arrived in my country. She is a foreigner and when she arrived she did not speak our language. An important detail is that my father raised us to be simple, humble and generous. He donated a lot of money annually and drove a regular car. My wife is very kind and together we started offering food in a pickup truck. We organize specific days where we give food to homeless people in the center of the city. We decided to do this because we now live in a privileged place, an affluent zone, but we want our children to see other realities and learn to help and try to alleviate the suffering of others. We want them to grow up to be compassionate people. © voigtster / Reddit

For now, all is well between us. Of course, it is still very uncomfortable to see her arrive in a Ferrari, especially having been raised by a single mother who received a minimum wage in one of the “worst” cities in the country, both in terms of safety and poverty. Her family is fantastic, everyone treats me like family, but of course we disagree on a lot of things. I met her on the internet, on a dating site. I don’t expect to keep any of her money, and that’s okay, I never counted on it and I never will. © killy666 / Reddit I met my husband at university. We are very different. He has a hard time getting rid of things, and I feel like we have a lot of unnecessary items in the house, a lot of mess. But he’s the type to fix everything and always tries to find ways to solve the things I can’t (and I’m not a zero left). And he also worries less about money, or whether we’ll make it to the end of the month. I think, in general, we complement each other very well. © Jensdabest / Reddit I worked hard and saved up to get a scholarship to go to a “rich-people” university. I’m paying it myself, no debt, and I’m about to graduate! I met my husband in the choir; after our first concert, we all went to eat together. He sat across from me and I kept saying he didn’t want dates while he was at university. Check it out! Honestly, I think we complement each other perfectly well. He is very hardworking and wants to take care of me and our possible future family. I’m the type of person who would never spend money on myself, or do anything to pamper myself or enjoy life. I was taught to treat money accurately, because we didn’t have it. My husband is responsible for using the time, effort and money to have fun, even though as newlyweds we have certain financial difficulties. We’ve only been married a year, so we have a lot of life ahead of us, but he takes care of me and I try to take care of him too. We had to learn a lot about life to understand that our relationship could work, and here we are. © akfireandice /RedditMy wife grew up with a lot of money. Her father was a doctor and hospital executive and her mother was a teacher. My parents worked in a factory. My mother was a secretary and my father was an electrician. I was the first in my family to go to university and I graduated in computer science. I learned to earn my money, lived within my means and bought my first house when I was 23. A few years later, I sold it and enrolled in graduate school, where I met my wife. We have two beautiful daughters and a beautiful home. Today she is a housewife and we live off my salary. All is well. © HitNRun_ / Reddit

It’s not a big difference, but my girlfriend belongs to a higher social class than I do. When we first met (on a mutual friend’s birthday), I was out of work and she was a software engineer leading a team made up of people from all over the world. I was 25 years old and still living with my parents and she had her own apartment in the city center and lived alone. I have no higher education and she has many titles. This year we celebrate 10 years together. I work in a restaurant and get paid a low salary and she earns four times as much as I do writing computer code and developing amazing apps. I’m saving up to buy an engagement ring. © SpookyVoidCat / Reddit I grew up in the middle class. My parents had good jobs. I studied at a private school and entered the public university. Vacations every two years and weekends in natural landscapes during the summer. When my wife was 15 years old, part of her house caught fire and she continued to live there, as she had, without heat, for a year. Later…