DS not interested in befriending UMC/UC peers

[Anonymous]

We are a middle class family. My husband did not go to college but started a technology shop which did well enough to let us send our academically gifted ds to private school starting middle school. We were happy and eager to give our child opportunities we never had. Our son hated his private middle school and fell into a deep depression. He also would not befriend the well rounded UMC or UC kids in his class and gravitate towards the misfits and less well adjusted kids. I tried to guide him but to no avail.

One summer he also started dating a girl from a trailer park when we were vacationing in NC.

This streak has stuck throughout college. He is currently attending a private college with lots of rich goods from rich families. It’s silly to say but part of the reason we wanted to give him the experience was so he could mingle with and befriend kids from upper classes and get an upper hand in life.
It doesn’t exactly work if he chooses to befriend the misfit and loser kids.

First world problem, I know. We may as well have sent him to a random public school!

[Anonymous]

I assume this is a troll but if not it is sort of funny.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a middle class family. My husband did not go to college but started a technology shop which did well enough to let us send our academically gifted ds to private school starting middle school. We were happy and eager to give our child opportunities we never had. Our son hated his private middle school and fell into a deep depression. He also would not befriend the well rounded UMC or UC kids in his class and gravitate towards the misfits and less well adjusted kids. I tried to guide him but to no avail.

One summer he also started dating a girl from a trailer park when we were vacationing in NC.

This streak has stuck throughout college. He is currently attending a private college with lots of rich goods from rich families. It’s silly to say but part of the reason we wanted to give him the experience was so he could mingle with and befriend kids from upper classes and get an upper hand in life.
It doesn’t exactly work if he chooses to befriend the misfit and loser kids.

First world problem, I know. We may as well have sent him to a random public school!

Well, Troll, this sounds like a YOU problem, not him

[Anonymous]

Trailer park? I think you mean a mobile home community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a middle class family. My husband did not go to college but started a technology shop which did well enough to let us send our academically gifted ds to private school starting middle school. We were happy and eager to give our child opportunities we never had. Our son hated his private middle school and fell into a deep depression. He also would not befriend the well rounded UMC or UC kids in his class and gravitate towards the misfits and less well adjusted kids. I tried to guide him but to no avail.

One summer he also started dating a girl from a trailer park when we were vacationing in NC.

This streak has stuck throughout college. He is currently attending a private college with lots of rich goods from rich families. It’s silly to say but part of the reason we wanted to give him the experience was so he could mingle with and befriend kids from upper classes and get an upper hand in life.
It doesn’t exactly work if he chooses to befriend the misfit and loser kids.

First world problem, I know. We may as well have sent him to a random public school!

You may as well have sent him. And then just think of all the Teslas you could have bought from the savings.

Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Yes you should’ve moved to a nice area and sent him to public school.

[Anonymous]

🤣

[Anonymous]

I grew up upper middle class and was a misfit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up upper middle class and was a misfit.

+1

[Anonymous]

Did you consider that your child is being rejected by these peers you fawn over (and their parents)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you consider that your child is being rejected by these peers you fawn over (and their parents)?

Assuming this isn’t not a troll, I was poor kid at elite college and this. Unless you are a hot girl or a star jock, being poor is a scarlet letter at $$$ schools. Also, you don’t have shared experiences (how was Europe last summer, Aspen skiing, Broadway shows, I’m still not rich so I don’t know what they do nowadays but those were all foreign to me).

[Anonymous]

*Ugh, didn’t mean double negative

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you shouldn't give your kids names like Kennedee and Zayden. Dead giveaway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you consider that your child is being rejected by these peers you fawn over (and their parents)?

Assuming this isn’t not a troll, I was poor kid at elite college and this. Unless you are a hot girl or a star jock, being poor is a scarlet letter at $$$ schools. Also, you don’t have shared experiences (how was Europe last summer, Aspen skiing, Broadway shows, I’m still not rich so I don’t know what they do nowadays but those were all foreign to me).

Same. My freshman roommate was a private school girl from NYC. She was truly the sweetest girl ever but sometimes talking to her was like talking to an alien. We just lived such different lives and the lack of shared experiences was foreign (and kind of embarrassing) for me. She invited me to her Upper East Side townhouse once during fall break and I felt like I was living in an alternate universe. It was hard (but also a great experience that I never would have gotten otherwise).