Meme: Am I spoiled?

[curgoth]

If your score is over 40, you are/were spoiled, according to this quiz. Quizzes like this remind me how much of the Blogosphere are teenagers.

Do you have:
(X) your own cell phone
( ) a tv in your bedroom (But it's not hooked up).
(X) an ipod (well, an MP3 player)
( ) a photo printer
(X) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(X) high-speed internet access (aka not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) dvd player in bedroom
( ) at least a hundred DVDs
(X) a childfree bathroom
(X) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(X) a queen-size bed
(X) a stocked bar
( ) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
( ) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
( ) framed authentic art (not lithographs)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(X) a multi-speed bike
(X) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
(X) your own set of golf clubs (technically - I haven't seen them in 15 years or so)
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
( ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area (not yet, anyway!)
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members (this depends on your definition of wealthy, and family)
( ) two or more family cars
( ) a walk-in closet or pantry
( ) a yard
( ) a hammock
(X) a personal trainer
(X) good credit, I am unsure, but I'll say yes for the time being.
( ) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
( ) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
(X) a stock portfolio (does one stock count as a portfolio?)
(X) a passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
( ) private medical insurance
( ) a college degree, but no student loans
Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at
least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not
counting dry-cleaning)
(X) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
( ) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
( ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
Have you:
( ) been on a cruise (Thanks to Fred)
(X) traveled out of the country
( ) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
(X) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
(X) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
( ) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast (in any country)
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
( ) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
(X) attend private school (Montessori, grade one)
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you.

My score - 20. Not spoiled. Since a lot of these are things I do for myself with my own money, if I were spoiled, it would be spoiling myself, anyway.

Comments

[solar-mango.livejournal.com]

28!
But I think it's unfair that swimming lessons and such carry, the same wieght as cruises, Hawaii, Europe and a tennis court etc.

[curgoth]

I that sort of thing just shows how canted towards teenagers this quiz is. I mean, having your own phone line when you're 14? Big deal. When you're 40? Not so much.

[witchicist.livejournal.com]

I think you shouldn't even have to count swimming lessons. Riding lessons, sure... (which I confess, I did have). But swimming - not so much with the 'spoiled' idea.

I think I would also only count your 'own phone line' if you have an EXTRA one that you don't have to share, or something. Having a phone is pretty much basic functioning in most budgeting schemas. (even though, yes, i know there are people who don't have one)