I only found out I was underprivileged (grew up not so well off, no formal education, etc) when I started talking to the privileged. Once I became successful,

I only found out I was underprivileged (grew up not so well off, no formal education, etc) when I started talking to the privileged. Once I became successful, those same people said I wasn't underprivileged anymore, but was privileged (parents didn't divorce, white, male, etc).