'There's this weird internal community of people with money and power, who are willing to make things happen as long as you're in. It's like the other side of the 'it's expensive being poor' concept.'
"There's this weird internal community of people with money and power, who are willing to make things happen as long as you're in. It's like the other side of the 'it's expensive being poor' concept.""They don't really have a concept of how rich they are. My ex-boyfriend was WEALTHY but had a complex about how he was super poor.
"I dated a man who didn't work and lived off a trust fund. Since he could afford nearly anything, nothing had any value. He'd buy a $400 KitchenAid mixer and burn it up making Christmas candy the first week. If he decided to make more candy, he'd just go buy another $400 mixer. Nothing meant particularly ANYTHING to him.""I only went on one date with him. He booked out the entire bowling alley so we'd have privacy for our date.
"One time, the dishwasher in our flat broke, but we didn't have to pay a dime for repairs, because his friend from high school's parents own the building, so they fixed it for free as a 'favor.'" "The women I've been in relationships with, though, seem to have none of this fear. They always assume that things will work out. Plans don't need to be made because there's always some way to solve a problem with money. Objects don't get much respect because they're always readily replaceable.
"In the end, I think what I actually learned was that even though my childhood was rough , I valued my parents so much more. Once I had seen what life was like for rich people, I was just so proud of my family for making it work with so much less." "Well, I wasn't that poor, and she wasn't that rich, but it was enough of a difference that I was shocked at how often she just took planes. Like, she flew more in a summer than I had my whole life. Apparently, they went to Hawaii for a week every year, which was fun the time I got to tag along, but it's pretty wild to me that they could just do that. Even if I could afford it, I don't have enough vacation time to do that every year.
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