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By: stepping over the junk

stepping over the junk — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:54:55 +0000

this makes me laugh because whenever I go back home to L.A., I am shocked by the kinds of cars and well, everything is just so different than in New England. Doh. Although I am “okay” in the financial dept, I own my home, I own my car, I have no debt except my mortgage, which isnt considered debt compared to most people, and I don’t have to work outside of the home (and a single mom), I am very fortunate. Yet, I am contemplating cancelling a snowboarding trip I planned to take alone next week, because I can save a few hundred bucks and buy some art supplies and stay home and watch tv and rented movies and blog, because blogging is in fact, FREE. (if you don’t include the cable internet bill of course, but that is a business write off) Wow, this was long, I forgot I was writing in the comment section, sorry!

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:29:51 +0000

Nelumbo, the main reason we wouldn’t get along in real life is I don’t want your new baby spitting up on me.

By: nelumbo

nelumbo — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:23:51 +0000

You all are way to judgemental about owning 7 cars! Maybe we wouldn’t get along in real life because of those types of misconceptions.

When I first met my future husband I made the same mistake and thought he was bragging about his wealth, since he was had 3 cars, but soon I realized that working on cars was just his passion, and none of them were expensive cars. He collects cars like I collect plants. So now he still owns several old Volvos and BMWs, which he calls “turbo bricks” but that makes him an interesting person to me and not a materialistic person.

My husband loves to hang out with his blue collar buddy and work on cars.

I think social class discrimination is replacing racism to some extent. Calling people “white trash” or “ghetto” or “rich snob” is now becoming the most common hurtful stereotype.

By: Geek Goddess

Geek Goddess — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:57:29 +0000

I had to add my 2 cents, I have a lot of incredibly wealthy friends. While my family is comfortable, my friends are in the extreme wealthy range. That doesn’t stop us from being friends. I think when it comes down to it, it depends on the person rather than their money, and what kind of importance they attach to it. If they love their money they could get all high and mighty, and if they’re practical about it, they make great down to earth friends whose fabulous beach houses you can vacation at

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:24:27 +0000

My mother is always saying she wants to be rich. She lives in Omaha and grew up in a working class neighborhood in South Philly. I worked for incredibly rich people when I was young (worth $60m and up) and I kept telling her it didn’t seem to make them any happier. Hey, just like that old adage says! But I have noticed that money, and influence, do seem to separate people. We send our kids to a Catholic school and there are separations along two lines, money and culture (Korean, American, Japanese). We hang out with those people who have the same concerns as we do, paying for schooling, saving up for newish cars, etc. Let’s face it, you end up talking and feeling most comfortable with people who are most like you, and that may go, too, for people who grew up rich or middle class. Don’t forget that even among the rich there’s Old Money and New Money. And Old Money sees those New Money people as upstarts. I do think you have a great point here, that in the blogosphere it’s a little money blind. But I wouldn’t be surprised if your favorite blogs turned out to be by people in the same economic class as you.

By: sara lee

sara lee — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:21:29 +0000

I have a friend w/ 7 cars…and he is a car fanatic…so yes it seems a bit much, but he loves cars (he even races them)…so it isn’t a big deal. The thing that I find is that we talk about so many other things…money is just not a big topic. When I first met him I was unemployed and very poor…now I’m not…but our friendship has never changed. Don’t know for everyone, but for me it is more about intelligence and the ability to have a good conversation about many topics!

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:41:22 +0000

We’ve been through ups and downs of wealth and have noticed that two situations magnify the financial differences between our ourselves and our friends - when we wanted to go out to dinner or go on vacation together.

When we were grad students in DC, POOR as church mice, we cringed and went into debt to have dinner on New Years Eve at Mortons with our friends who were partners in law firms with huge salaries. It was nice to be able to spend a fun night with them, but I was glad that New Years Eve was only once a year.

By: girl and dog

girl and dog — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:59:45 +0000

I would hate to think that I would lose my friends if I or they became wealthy!!

By: Leezer

Leezer — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:55:03 +0000

Neil:
Wendy has a very good point. How do we know that the seven car-guy doesn’t give half his income to the poor and disadvantaged? He probably doesn’t, but how do we know? Maybe he does a great deal of good for his fellow man, while the poor sod who has nothing spends what little he has on lotto tickets and malt liquor instead of diapers?