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of course. I don't get this anger and resentment towards others be they rich, smart, athletic, etc
My son's best friend can buy me out 15 times over from his personal checking account but he is still is a good person and has always been there for my son. I can't see where money ever mattered to the boys as they grew up.
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Is it at all possible or will there always be animosity between the two of you ?
There is lots of hate in America for well off people due to the economic hardships this country is facing.
Don't be shy. Sound Off.
Do you hate people with money and privilege even if they are nice people and want to be your friend or does jealousy rain supreme ?
Should people with money stay with their own kind ?
As someone who grew up in a working-class/middle-class background. I cannot imagine relating enough to well-off people to befriend them. I know I'm surrounded by well off people in Washington DC but I can't really think of very many of those people I'd actually be interested in building a friendship with.
Is it at all possible or will there always be animosity between the two of you ?
There is lots of hate in America for well off people due to the economic hardships this country is facing.
Don't be shy. Sound Off.
Do you hate people with money and privilege even if they are nice people and want to be your friend or does jealousy rain supreme ?
Should people with money stay with their own kind ?
I came from a solid upper middle class family. I have very rich friends, and I have very poor friends.
I have people from very liberal states, I have people from extremely conservative states. I love them all.
I have a different definition of "my own kind." My own kind means people who are responsible, kind, giving, loving, money really is not an issue for my friendship.
As someone who grew up in a working-class/middle-class background. I cannot imagine relating enough to well-off people to befriend them. I know I'm surrounded by well off people in Washington DC but I can't really think of very many of those people I'd actually be interested in building a friendship with.
Thanks for posting. Can you please elaborate ? What if you met somebody with similar interests and he or she was a really nice person. Would you judge them harsher because they had more money ?
* I am asking this question because I am THAT guy. I just moved to a new place and prior to moving people liked me. One guy caught wind that I was comfortable financially and commented that " So you like to slum it huh? " I like real people so I tend to gravitate towards normal people. People with money can alienate themselves which I find boring.
Anyway once other people caught wind of who I am their attitudes towards me changed. It has happened so often it is monotonous at this point.
I like to dress well but I don't brag and I am a really nice guy...never fails though people hate on me for the $.
As someone who grew up in a working-class/middle-class background. I cannot imagine relating enough to well-off people to befriend them. I know I'm surrounded by well off people in Washington DC but I can't really think of very many of those people I'd actually be interested in building a friendship with.
How would money even enter the equation?
It's irrelevant in my friendships.
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