If you have this in your fridge it's the 'ultimate flex', millennials claim

Aussie millennials are claiming those who had soft drink cans in their fridge while growing up were living the 'high life' - and many agree that's still the case.

Lauren, a 34 year old change consultant from Melbourne , said the class divide was never about clothes or cars, but whether your fridge was full of cans of Coke.

'If you grew up poor, I'm going to show you something because you're going to appreciate how much of a flex this is,' she said in a video.

The Melburnian showed off her own fridge full of chilled Diet Coke and explained why it was the ultimate luxury for kids growing up.

'Having Coke cans in your fridge... rich people, middle class people, you won't understand, you're like... isn't that normal, no, it's not normal,' she said.

Lauren spoke to FEMAIL and explained that growing up she only enjoyed Coke or lemonade 'sparingly', drinking water and milk instead from the family's single fridge.

Whenever she visited her wealthier friends at their homes she was shocked when they told her to help herself to a drink from their garage fridge or second fridge.

'Like what is this, it was insane, it felt like I was grabbing a can of gold,' she said.

'It's good to appreciate how far you've come and just enjoy the win, when you grow up poor you have a different perspective on things.'

The soft drink fan was never jealous of her wealthier friends but simply 'amazed' by their well stocked fridges.

'I remember as a kid thinking this is something I wanted to have when I'm an adult and it's something you can aspire to have that is also achievable,' she said.

The Aussie was prompted to film the video after freshly stocking her fridge with Diet Coke and reflecting on how grateful she was.

'I felt other people would relate with similar experiences of envying their childhood friends available supply of canned soft drinks,' she said.

And many Aussies weighed and agreed that soft drink was considered a 'luxury' or a special treat enjoyed at celebrations.

'We'd only get soft drink cans at Christmas time,' one said.

'We just got a two litre bottle like once a fortnight, and it was always flat,' another added.

'I relate to this big time, I remember going to friends places and they had a garage fridge stocked with Coke...In that moment I knew I was poor,' a third chimed in.

Others said that missing out on little things while growing up made them so much more appreciative of the small stuff.

'My partners family is quite wealthy and they go out of their way to get my favourite drinks when we come over, like what is this sorcery,' one said.

Others thought that well off people would never be caught stockpiling fizzy drinks.

'Rich peoples fridges are filled with fresh produce, abundant leftovers, pate and Moet just in case, what are you talking about,' one said.

Another thought that storing Diet Coke in a vegetable crisper as Lauren does was a 'wild choice'.

'In this economy, that is a flex,' he said.