Mrs. Simpson's Classes

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Anonymous wrote:My family has attended private and boarding schools for generations. However, each generation has felt the need to leave most of their money to charity. I am half Jewish and half WASP, but I chose Judaism since Christianity never made sense to me. I attended cotillion in Phoenix and thy really taught us how to dance. Since most of my family money has ended up in charities, my son is the first member of my family to ever attend a public school. I'm not thrilled about this but it's just the way it is. Through family and Ivy fraternity connections I belong to several private clubs, but my child attending a public school made him ineligible for Mrs. Simpson's program. I sent him for a year to Capitol Cotillion, but it was so inferior to my cotillion in Phoenix that I didn't keep him in there. The dance instruction was so weak it was useless. I am curious if it is any better at Mrs. Simpson's.

Are you for real? This is hilarious. Do people really think like this? Entitlement to inheritance? Negative opinion of ancestors for leaving money to charity? Disdain for any and all public school over any and all private school?

I this is your inner dialog right? You are pretty much confirming that I was correct in my assessment of my DS's preschool classmates' families. Yikes.

Of course I'm not saying thatI'm entitled to a dime of inheritance. At the same time, however, I can't help but wonder how my grandmother, who left almost everything to charity, would have felt if her father had left almost everything to charity.

Maybe your grandmother's wealth brought her problems she wished she hadn't had. Not unheard of for women in our grandparents' generation.

Nope. Grandma quite enjoyed her wealth. If she hadn't, she would have given it away before she died.