People Explain Which Things They Thought Were Fancy As A Kid That Totally Weren't

Mc's Steakhouse

"Getting to eat McDonald's all the time..."

~ 02red

"This was my first thought, and it was also the first comment I came across opening the thread."

"You are so right..McDonald's used to be so exciting. I don't even eat it anymore."

~ kasparzellar

With or Without Crusts

"Cutting sandwiches diagonally."

~ 787la57la47al

"As a college student, I love dressing up my husbands plate when he eats mediocre meals. If he wants a sandwich, I will dress it up like it’s fine dining."

"I made us air fries nuggets and had the ketchup dots and swirls garnishing the plate lol. It makes things more fun."

~ ireallyamtired

Cocktails for Children

"Shirley Temple/Roy Rogers drinks."

"I remember when my parents would take us to a 'fancy' restaurant and we would be able to order these."

"I felt so adult! With the skinny straw and the maraschino cherry..."

~ Iron_Chic

"Okay but low key though… I still love myself a Shirley temple."

"Like if someone were to offer me one I definitely wouldn’t turn it down."

~ faithle97

Welcome to the Club

"As a kid I thought going to a restaurant and having a club sandwich was the height of sophistication. Probably because I learned about club sandwiches from a family friend who introduced me to them."

"I used to think the little toothpicks with the plastic frills that held the sandwiches together were sooooo fancy. I always brought my toothpicks home with me to play with."

~ Bebe_Bleau

Processed Foods

"My friends whose kitchens were filled with junk food like Captain Crunch, Twinkies and Ding Dongs, hot dogs and American cheese."

"I thought they were so fancy and I was so jealous."

"My mom cooked from scratch every day, and we thought we were so neglected because she wouldn't buy that sh*t for us to eat."

"We were so lucky. Thanks, Mom."

~ riceme0112358

Ooh la la!

"Viennetta ice cream cake was the peak of fancy for me."

~ KaleidoscopeVast9290

"I came here to say this! They marketed it really well to 7-14 year olds."

~ Holiday-Armadillo-34

The BIG Box

"Back in my day, kids who had Crayola 120 colored pencils were considered the elites of society."

~ Prism_Red

"Or the Crayola Crayons with the sharpener on the back."

~ Spoozle64

A World Tour in a Mug

"A cup of General Foods International Coffee to cap off your five star evening. Might I recommend the Suisse Mocha?"

~ Smooth_Riker

"That was upper class shiz that I begged my parents to buy for company."

"Turns out, Folgers out of the red can was all encompassing; for home and company. Sigh."

~ burgerg10

"My 10 year old self would walk around my room sipping a cuppa and pretending I was grown in my own apartment."

~ odd_kumquat

It's the Foil Wrapper

"Ferrero Rocher chocolate."

~ SirRobynHode

"Richard Gere did the commercials in a tux. I thought these must be the most fancy and expensive chocolates imaginable."

~ Either-Durian-5517

"Dude I'm 22 and they're still fancy to me."

~ rubbersoulelena

Under Glass

"Desserts in the display cases (eclairs, bon bons, petifores, etc...)."

~ Med_Vamp

"This jogged my memory of those iced cookies they’d have on display at Giant (American grocery store)."

~ nicheencyclopedia

Pardon Me, Do You Have Any?

"For some reason, as a kid I thought Grey Poupon was some fancy delicacy by the French. I imagined some fancy guy with a gray wig slathering it on a baguette."

"Like only the rich had access to it."

"It’s just mustard. WTF. Still haven’t had it."

~ JackfruitCurry

"When I got married, my dad insisted upon renting a Rolls Royce to take hubs and me from the church to the reception."

"I jokingly asked the driver 'pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?' in my snootiest faux-British accent. He popped open the glove box and there it was!!!!"

~ RefugeefromSAforums

Beep, Beep

"Old cars from fancy brands."

"Kids are always like 'whoa he drives a BMW' without realizing it's not impressive to drive a 1999 BMW in 2023."

~ slightofhand1

Get Some Quarters for the Bed

"Hotels were the fanciest as a kid, weren't they?"

~ Non-opisthokont

"I thought a motel or an inn was fancier than a hotel."

~ tobiiam

"Omg, yes! Lol, the vibrating beds were so fancy & fun! I’d always beg my parents to get me one."

~ Sad-Comfortable1566

But There's Cheddar in the Biscuits

"Red lobster."

~ MonsoonMermaid

"A guy I worked with (in the 90’s) said he treated his women right."

"When he went out to eat, he took them to places like Red Lobster. What a baller!"

~ eastcoastme

"Oof, I took my junior prom date to Red Lobster back in ‘00. Sorry, Michelle…wherever you are."

~ kyd712

The Beer Fridge

"I thought that having a second, older fridge in your garage meant your family was rich.

"Actually, hell, if you had a garage at all I thought you were rich."

~ CoolBugg

"Didn’t realize people used their garages for cars for YEARS. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it."

"It feels like such a waste of storage space to keep a car in there. Where else do people keep lol their tools, holiday decor, and sh*t they don’t want to throw out but also don’t want to use anymore?"

~ Ithinkillgrowthis

"When we bought our house it came with a fridge in the garage."

"I audibly gasped."

~ Aggravating-Dig-8987

My Father was in the military, but didn't want to live on United States Navy bases, so we lived off base in a trailer.

Back then, trailers were much smaller and easily moved from place to place. So each time my Father was stationed at a new base, our trailer was packed up and moved to a new trailer park near the new base.

Because of this life of trailer parks, my idea of luxury living wasn't a mansion—it was a double-wide trailer.

What did you think was fancy as a kid?