It seems life gets more luxurious the older you get.

An online question on the ‘fatFIRE’ Facebook Page, prompted a lot of discussion of things that were viewed as luxuries when we were growing up in the 1970s/early-1980s. 

These were the things that made you say ‘cool!’ if you saw them at someone’s house when you were a kid. I certainly thought a car with electric windows, a backyard pool, or a home computer were amazing. Only someone whose parents were loaded had those luxuries!

Many of them are still pretty wonderful, but many seem pretty ordinary now … 

• Swimming Pool
• Kids With Their Own Bedrooms
• Car With Electric Windows
• Fridge w/Ice Maker
• Airplane Tickets to Anywhere
• Family Ski Trip
• Grey Poupon Mustard
• Wall-To-Wall Carpet
• Central Air Conditioning
• Birthday Party at McDonald’s
• Air Jordan Nike Shoes
• Extra TV In Bedroom
• Pinball Machine
• Backyard Trampoline
• Real Cheerios instead of ‘Tasty Os’
• European Vacation
• Redwood Hot Tub
• Laundry Chute to Basement
• Electric Garage Door
• Multicomponent Stereo ‘Stack’
• HBO Subscription
• Apple II Computer
• Eat Steak At Ponderosa
• ‘Princess’ Phone in Bedroom
• Plexiglass Basketball Backboard
• Going to Walt Disney World
• TV with Remote Control
• Hot Lunch vs Brown Bag at School
• Designer Jeans/Calvin Klein
• LEGO Space Sets
• Mercedes-Benz / BMW / Saab
• Leather Sectional Seating
• General Foods Int’l Coffees
• Trapper Keeper Notebook
• VHS/Beta Machine
• In-Ground Sprinkler System
• Trash Compactor
• Eating Shrimp/Lobster
• Tickets To Pro Sports
• Fashions from Spiegel Catalog
• House with Spiral Staircase

What did you grow up thinking was luxury that has become ordinary now? What would you add to the list?