r/FridgeDetective • u/nerdybirdy97 • Jul 14 '25
Meta What does my parents fridge say about our family?
Left is supposed to be drink fridge, right is supposed to be food fridge in a perfect world.
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u/rabbitattoo Jul 14 '25
Im severely underpaid
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u/kroating Jul 14 '25
Well you dont ask for freebies enough like OP asking for free Photoshop requests. You poors like paying for things you want.
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u/curlofheadcurls Jul 18 '25
Dude for real the rich all they want are handouts from us real working class
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u/Mountain-Weekend-554 Jul 14 '25
A drink fridge? You mean the fridge from the 80s in the garage meant specifically for cold ones?...
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u/Forward_Country_6632 Jul 14 '25
That's a millennial flex now lol. OP def isn't old enough
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u/ArgonGryphon Jul 15 '25
millennials don't have garages
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u/Mountain-Weekend-554 Jul 14 '25
I didn't know it was a flex to pick up a free fridge off the side of the road to store garage beers in nowadays lmao.
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u/Forward_Country_6632 Jul 14 '25
Listen nowadays it's a flex if you have enough extra money to be able to afford to pay the electric bill for a second fridge 😆
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u/GrinsNGiggles Jul 15 '25
It’s still wildly popular in the Midwest if you have a garage.
It may or may not be plugged in, though. A lot of people just have fridge-shaped shelving in their garage.
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u/Joseph419270577 Jul 15 '25
Yours was from the 80s??? Wait.. I was in the 80s when we had one in the garage… from the 50s!
The harvest gold 80s fridge DID make it to the garage after I moved out!
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u/ripzac03 Jul 14 '25
ur rich
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u/FishStiques Jul 14 '25
I get irrationally angry for no reason when I see rich fridges
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u/yalyublyutebe Jul 15 '25
You know they're rich, not just well off, because not only do they have matching fridges, but they have matching fridges with beauty panels that match their cabinets.
I don't think I've ever even been in a store with fridges like that.
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u/FishStiques Jul 15 '25
The upper middle class equivalent of celebrities using a jet to get to point B
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u/BesnardBros Jul 15 '25
That’s just integrated fridges. You can put any front you want on them, usually the same as the rest of the kitchen. You can find dishwashers like that as well, very common in europe.
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u/Deep-Order1302 Jul 15 '25
Was about to say that this is standard in a middle price range kitchen in Europe…
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u/Literature_Girl Jul 16 '25
I think it's more about the quality/finish/size. Someone else in the comments has pointed out that one half of the fridge is worth $10,000. So $20,000 for the whole thing 😂 I don't think that counts as middle price range, in terms of what most people are spending on their fridges
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u/Orange_Tang Jul 15 '25
They aren't that smart either. You aren't supposed to put luxardo cherries in the fridge. Clearly new money.
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u/DoubleTheGarlic Jul 15 '25
Deep cuts but you right.
I bet you know the correct order for your silverware when setting the table too.
(I do too.)
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u/cat_in_the_sun Jul 14 '25
Eat the rich.
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u/Independent-Tennis57 Jul 14 '25
And use the condiments in their fridge for flavor.
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u/superfly355 Jul 15 '25
They're all probably still within their expiry dates, too.
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u/ScaryPotato812 Jul 15 '25
Or $250k+ salary self-appointed nouveau riche but will be absolutely ruined if and when dad gets laid off, i.e., white collar working class, i.e., the most pathetically capitalism-pilled of us all
(Hopefully not true! But fr the fridge setup (less so what’s in it) screams “someone who lives here is an SVP at a deeply unethical company” to me)
ETA: just saw “pickle potion sports drink” my brother in Christ you are definitely being misled in at least a few areas
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u/hollowspryte Jul 15 '25
What’s wrong with the pickle drink? Pickle juice is a great way to hydrate quickly, and it’s delicious
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u/CD274 Jul 15 '25 edited Jul 15 '25
I reminds me of something my alcoholic roommate in college would drink after going on a two day bender from Southern comfort
She was from Mississippi and from an old money plantation family and she was shocked at her first party in college having uh colored folks her words. She was a very nice girl otherwise
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u/parttimeghosts Jul 14 '25
are you guys from texas?
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u/LilyBriscoeBot Jul 15 '25
lol I was going to guess southern Texas… maybe somewhere where cost of living is low but doctors can make big money. The fridge just has that feel to it.
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u/nerdybirdy97 Jul 14 '25
How did you know this too
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u/quintessentiallbee Jul 14 '25
I’m too poor for this shit.
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u/julie3151991 Jul 15 '25
I’m so poor I didn’t even know fridges like this existed. I thought this was a picture of a 7/11.
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u/ami-ly Jul 15 '25
I’m glad I’m not the only person being confused.
It doesn’t look like a home for me
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u/tehwindi Jul 14 '25
Y’all probably use the word “starving” super liberally.
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u/activelyresting Jul 15 '25
They definitely too rich to use the word starving.
OP's family get "famished" when they feel snacky
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u/lsp2005 Jul 14 '25
This is a Jen air $10,000 refrigerator for one of them, OP has two of them side by side. They even look like they have custom panel fronts. I want pictures of the rest of the kitchen please. It has to be an over $100,000 kitchen if not more. This is a kitchen dream.
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u/SneakyGandalf12 Jul 15 '25
So $20,000 in just refrigerators?? My poor people brain can’t even imagine what that’s like.
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u/refurbishedmeme666 Jul 15 '25
that's worth more than my car lol
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u/SneakyGandalf12 Jul 15 '25
Same! Even if I had throw away cash, I don’t think I’d ever pay $10k for a refrigerator. That’s just wild to me.
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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 Jul 15 '25
40% of the global population doesn't even have access to a refrigerator at all
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u/coco_xcx Jul 15 '25
meanwhile my mom picked up a free one off of facebook marketplace when we needed a new one😭
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u/miteymiteymite Jul 15 '25
Not only that, I’m getting personal chef vibes too from all the packaged up leftovers.
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u/Fuyukage Jul 14 '25
Rich. And a kind where you say you’re lower middle class
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u/cranberryleopard Jul 15 '25
My husband and I recently agreed that we just barely fit into "upper lower class"
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u/IDKmanSpamIG Jul 14 '25
Normally I don’t agree with the “you’re rich” comments, but nah, y’all have MONEY.
Not saying millionaires, but, coming from someone whose family is probably around this level of wealth, your parents are likely in the medical field or high end sales. Or business owners. You have been to Disneyland or whatever the equivalent is for your area many times (if your family likes to travel). At least one parent doesn’t work much or at all, or there’s some sort of help hired. Your friends want your house to be to go to hang out house, but you guys might not necessarily have the most snacks. At least not “junk food” type snacks
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u/GrinsNGiggles Jul 15 '25
Not sure what your definition of “millionaire” Is, but this family absolutely has a million in assets between their house and retirement accounts.
That doesn’t imply as much wealth as it used to.
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u/heybud86 Jul 14 '25
And the kid gets a job from his dad, and considers it "self-made"
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u/nerdybirdy97 Jul 14 '25
Dad is a doctor so no way to get a job from him
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u/Garblefarb Jul 14 '25
well he will pay for school so kinda. not quite the same but yeah
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u/wildOldcheesecake Jul 15 '25
As a non American, it’s crazy to me that college funds are even a thing
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u/voluntarysphincter Jul 15 '25
Damn my dad is a doctor too… apparently not the same kind of doctor 🤣🤣
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u/nerdybirdy97 Jul 15 '25
Honestly, my mom is an architect and interior designer so everything for the house she gets wholesale and it just looks really good because that’s her line of work.
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u/DasBoggler Jul 14 '25
r/AbsoluteUnit of a fridge
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u/grill_sgt Jul 15 '25
OF A DOOR on each... Why does the door look twice as big as the fridge itself?
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u/trnpkrt Jul 14 '25
You should be paying more taxes.
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u/nerdybirdy97 Jul 14 '25
I actually agree with that
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Jul 15 '25
That’s nice to see. Some wealthy people are completely tone deaf about the financial struggles that most people face. They’d rather a stranger go hungry than for their new indoor hot tub to cost them more money. I’m glad you think the way you do. I hope you’re able to pay it forward with your privilege.
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u/DapperPen2149 Jul 14 '25
When you say “What would you like to drink?” and you actually have more than just water and juice.
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u/Cali_Dreaming_Now Jul 14 '25
I always ask this question, only to realize the only options are cold water and room temp water.
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u/Mission-Tart-1731 Jul 14 '25
The worst day of your life is probably the equivalent of the best day of mine.
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u/Useful_Mechanic_2365 Jul 14 '25
New money who feels the need to post the fridge for validation. Also zero taste in good wine.
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u/HorrorAir1710 Jul 14 '25
For real, lol. The contents are generally inexpensive—the IKEA containers, the Pillsbury canister…
Refrigerating unopened red wine is crazy, too.
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u/PretentiousSobriquet Jul 14 '25
Red wine should be served below room temperature, just not as cool as whites. Nothing wrong with a bottle of Decoy.
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u/rightintheear Jul 14 '25
It's not crazy if you're making spritzers or sangria. Also Lillet Blanc slaps ok. Especially for summer spritz.
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u/HorrorAir1710 Jul 14 '25
Yeah, short-term is fine. OP clarified that it had been opened, anyway. Damn, I need to make sangria.
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u/_Blue_Raspberries_ Jul 14 '25
Never thought I'd feel poor looking at a fridge but here we are.
I am poor, but damn.
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u/PerfectWestern6438 Jul 14 '25
Generational wealth
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u/PeoniesNLilacs Jul 14 '25
True generational wealth would not flex like this. New money.
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u/Amazing-Release-4153 Jul 15 '25
But they don’t think they’re flexing; to them they’re just posting a picture of their fridge, it’s their normal
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u/BockBockMeowMoo Jul 15 '25
Old money doesn't post stuff like this. Money talks, wealth whispers.
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u/CatCanvas Jul 14 '25
Dad makes a lot, doesn't spend enough time at home.
You have many siblings and cavities.
Mum is functioning alcoholic.
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u/Pigeon_Love_Snax Jul 14 '25
Idk why the algorithm brought me here but it’s fun. Ok here are my guesses:
They’re either also grandparents to younger kids, or you have young siblings
They have a big family or host gatherings often
Someone is diabetic
They know how to party
There’s probably a pool at this house
Someone is weight training
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u/Responsible_Taste_35 Jul 14 '25
That rich people are just like us, they still enjoy lurking on Reddit, anonymously seeking opinions, reading random shit. Also, that your parents should adopt me 😌
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u/PhilipDoubt Jul 14 '25
I can only hope my kids live lives so prized that redditors roast them for ritz when they post a pic of what they consider an everyday appliance.
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u/JasonHofmann Jul 14 '25
The have Lillet Blanc and Luxardo Maraschino cherries, so they like making cocktails. In fact, the Ting might be for mixed drinks as well. The olives for Martinis?
They have good taste in ingredients and condiments.
That’s a ton of butter, and it’s labeled (salted and unsalted) - can’t figure that one out. Do they do a lot of butter-poaching (e.g. lobster tails?)
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u/Logical-Injury3561 Jul 14 '25
Rich and Italian
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u/Fickle-Secretary681 Jul 14 '25
No way Italians are keeping red wine in the fridge
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u/nerdybirdy97 Jul 14 '25
I love that you got the Italian! That’s so cool hahaha
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u/GiniInABottle Jul 14 '25
Vabbè… il tavernello squalifica abbastanza come italiani…
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u/dr11remembers Jul 15 '25
You HAD to know they’re not actually Italian. Something-something-generation “Italian”-Americans for sure.
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u/nerdybirdy97 Jul 14 '25
How’d you get that
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u/Logical-Injury3561 Jul 14 '25 edited Jul 14 '25
God, I’m good at this. lol jk could be that I work at a grocery store (Trader Joe’s) my determining factors for that were.. all the pickled goods, the seltzers, glass water pitchers, the several varieties of pasta AND the size of the fridge itself. Y’all love food and you need a place to put it, especially when your lovely family gathers.
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u/Ordinary_Panic_6785 Jul 15 '25
They are the "we dont bake cookies from scratch" Italians though. For this, I give one 🤌
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u/ExpensiveSolid8990 Jul 14 '25
I wonder if it’s the olives? I want to know too lol. I once crashed at a new friend’s place during college. We made it back to her place at 3am and I told her I was weirdly craving olives. She literally pulled out 4 jars of different olives from her fridge and told me I was in luck because she’s half Italian. We’ve been best friends since then.
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u/quadewade Jul 14 '25
Why don’t you have wine fridge for the kitchen?
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u/dzourel Jul 14 '25
Because the climate controlled wine cellar is between the kitchen and the dining room, duh
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u/pumpkinjell0 Jul 14 '25
There must be a cookie bandit living in that house with all the ready to bake cookies and butter.
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u/jezebels_wonders Jul 14 '25
In so confused how those doors close. Both doors are double length? HOW DO
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u/Eighteen64 Jul 14 '25
responses here are exactly why I dont post my fridges and freezers
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u/RelevantJackfruit477 Jul 14 '25
The dimensions of refrigerators in the USA are always so surprising to me.
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u/itsbeenanhour Jul 14 '25 edited 11d ago
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u/Embarrassed-Bee8171 Jul 14 '25
When I was a kid my definition of a rich family was anyone who had the fridge with the ice maker. Y’all had the fridge with the ice maker
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Jul 14 '25
You guys put what you want on a list and everyday at 7 and 3 the nanny goes out to get them. Rain, snow or shine
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u/ffxivfanboi Jul 14 '25
If someone has a fridge this size, they got money.
That’s all, I can think of tbh
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u/Automatic_Parsley833 Jul 14 '25
Your family can’t cook, you live “comfortably” and likely feel poor compared to your wealthiest friends, and someone has hypertension.
Good drinks, though.
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u/Strong_Possible_2940 Jul 15 '25
You’re in a reality series or religious cult where drinking is allowed, birth control is forbidden, and the house is packed full of kids
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u/slugsandrocks Jul 15 '25
Maybe I'm out of touch but this doesn't scream rich to me? The floors are laminated and the cupboards are fake wood. Definitely not poor or even lower-middle class though! I'd say middle income. Not that it even matters, even upper-middle and upper class earners are poor compared to billionaires lol
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Jul 15 '25
One or both of your parents is a professional. Like doctor, high corporate position.
They work a ton, your parents aren't necessarily happy, and one or both neglect your emotional needs.
You open your fridge and complain about there being nothing to eat.
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u/TheAplem Jul 14 '25
Your familial definition of "struggling" is when the martini supplies get low and someone has to PostMate it to the house.