In Steenrijk, Straatarm, the lives of the rich and the poorer families often differ enormously. Once again, business partners Emel and Nina find themselves in a completely different world. They end up in the social housing of Jacqueline and her daughter Esmee, who clearly live with cats. This is especially visible in the bed full of cat hair, which causes dirty faces among the ladies and viewers on social media.
Emel and Nina in Steenrijk, Straatarm
This time, business partners Emel and Nina exchange their luxurious life in Dubai for a poorer life in Zutphen. Jacqueline lives there with her daughter Esmee and their three cute cats. Something that the wealthy ladies immediately notice, because the litter box is directly in the entrance hall. The house they end up in is very different from their own luxurious home in Dubai. Everything there is completely clean, grand and they all have luxurious resources within reach, such as a jacuzzi. Jacqueline and Esmee’s social housing is of a completely different caliber.
They live in a “nice working-class neighborhood” where they have nice neighbors and a shopping center within easy reach. Mother Jacqueline thinks it is a great home. She once had a family, but unfortunately her ex was not a sweetheart. He abused not only Jacqueline, but also her children. Everyone has now grown older and two children have left home. Jacqueline now lives alone with her youngest daughter Esmee, with whom she has a very good bond. Although there was a time when Esmee was unfortunately removed from her home. This was a difficult time for Esmee, who was very attached to her mother. The situation still occasionally causes Jacqueline to struggle with her self-confidence. “You just get a blow to your self-confidence. It’s really like: see, I can’t do this,” she says. “I still have that even now.”
Dirty cat hair
Jacqueline has many worries on her mind. She is now debt-free, but she still receives help from an administrator. Money is a weakness. She also has little left over because of all the expensive, fixed costs. She also has some physical complaints. For example, she has two knee prostheses and scoliosis in her back, but she still does quite heavy production work. Things are not going well for her, but luckily she has her children and the cats. And it is really included within the family. Their cats get all the space in the house, Emel and Nina see. Not only is the cat food on the dining table, the cats also apparently sleep well in Jacqueline’s bed. This creates a lot of cat hair on the bed, which scares the rich ladies. “If there’s one thing I don’t like, it’s door odors where I go to sleep,” says Emel. “And what I also don’t like is hair on the pillow where I sit.”
Well, a lot of viewers agree with Emel. For example, someone writes on social media channel Another calls this “the reason why they should ban cats.” Ouch. Emel does have respect and “understands it very well”. “For example, I would now have a cleaner come in, have it completely cleaned and leave one door closed,” she says.
Bah, I wasn’t going to sleep in one of those beds with cat hair.#steenrijkstraatpoor
— Marianne (@madelief114) December 13, 2023
Gadverdamdamme…#steenrijkstraatpoor
— Daan (@daantjeRdam) December 13, 2023
Exactly why they should ban cats…. #steenrijkstraatpoor pic.twitter.com/ZHbGQDTclQ
— Mike De Vries (@MikeDeV75061620) December 13, 2023
No matter how many cats I would have. The food is on the floor and they don’t go into the bedrooms. #steenrijkstraatpoor
— Saskia (@swekema) December 13, 2023
Cat food on the table… what a disgusting mess. #steenrijkstraatpoor pic.twitter.com/Xezu62B1bN
— Mike De Vries (@MikeDeV75061620) December 13, 2023
Course gift for online business
The rich ladies did not arrange a cleaner, but Jacqueline and her daughter Esmee were able to enjoy themselves for a while. This way they have no less than 8,000 dirhams to spend in a week, which is almost 2,000 euros. Emel and Nina, on the other hand, only receive fifty euros, something Jacqueline always has to make do with.
Later the ladies will have a nice gift for mother and daughter. After a nice haircut and a luxurious dinner with a view, they also receive a course from Emel and Nina to start an online business. Only Jacqueline and Esmee don’t have a laptop, but no worries: they’ll get one!
