How can you tell if someone used to have money, but no longer does?
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Anonymous
| Can you spot downward mobility? |
Anonymous
| Have you watched “Grey Gardens?” I never heard of it but watched it the other day after reading threads on DCUM about downward mobility. Good movie! |
Anonymous
| Home in disrepair. Yellow teeth. Dents in the Mercedes. Younger sibling(s) may go to public school while older one finishes at the private one. |
Anonymous
| If we’re talking about men in their 50s to 80s: they wear sweatshirts from the universities they attended, and have estranged children from their past life (failed marriage(s)) living in the enclaves they too used to inhabit. |
Anonymous
| When everything about them seems rich except their home. Good taste, don’t complain about rising prices, prefer high quality goods/restaurants/vacations. It’s housing where it falls apart. |
Anonymous
| Old wardrobe they keep recycling |
Anonymous
| Makes a dress out of curtains and says "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." |
Anonymous
| Has nice antiques, family silver, and a phd in something useless. |
Anonymous
| Has a family crest. |
Anonymous
| Asks Jeeves to fetch his slippers before realizing that Jeeves left 20 years ago. |
Anonymous
| When the mom gets a job and it's something pretty unappealing, not interesting, not ideological, not easy. |
Anonymous
Lol |
Anonymous
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Talks about their hs & college days and old haunts ad naseum
Is a drunk and/or smokes Drives you by their old house |
Anonymous
This. Talking about the past or the last time period that they were even with peers. |
Anonymous
| Their vacations consist of visiting other people's vacation homes. |