Private school parent small talk in December: EVERYONE bragging about upcoming ritzy trips

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the Happy Holidays vacation photos a classmate of my DD posted of her family casually had several bottles of empty French wine on a table. I Googled the wine. $500 a bottle lol

So what? Is there a certain wine price point at which you are 'allowed' to leave an empty bottle in the background of a photo?

Many of you are sad and petty. Be happy with what you have and what you spend money on. There will always be wealthier people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every and I mean every rich classmate of my daughter’s has ALREADY posted detailed photos on instagram of their ski chalet or Caribbean trip.

So, you're not allowed to post photos while skiing? Can you please provide me a list of things that are appropriate to post on insta?

[Anonymous]

Let me guess, you think there’s absolutely nothing wrong with humblebragging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, you think there’s absolutely nothing wrong with humblebragging.

Living life is not humble bragging.

[Anonymous]

We have posted a few photos of our extended family at my parent’s beautiful home in Naples, Florida. My father is dying and this is likely his last holiday with his grandchildren. You really don’t know what is going on in other people’s lives from social media. Count your blessings and I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday wherever you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every and I mean every rich classmate of my daughter’s has ALREADY posted detailed photos on instagram of their ski chalet or Caribbean trip.

Yes, many well-off people are shallow, insecure, and buy into the idea that wealth somehow makes them more special or better people.

But you don’t have to buy into that. Your daughter doesn’t have to be on social media, neither do you.

Funny how so many of the tech bros that created the social media nightmare have their kids attend Waldorf schools and keep them off tech. Why do you think that is? Because they have access to the data that shows how bad it is for kids’ brain development and mental health.

Ha! This response wins the day, for me.

Me, too.

If you don't like the shallow nonsense on social media, stay off social media.

I don't get why any adult spends any time on this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the Happy Holidays vacation photos a classmate of my DD posted of her family casually had several bottles of empty French wine on a table. I Googled the wine. $500 a bottle lol

So what? Is there a certain wine price point at which you are 'allowed' to leave an empty bottle in the background of a photo?

Many of you are sad and petty. Be happy with what you have and what you spend money on. There will always be wealthier people.

Not a single bottle, nearly a dozen empty bottles at $500 each lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the Happy Holidays vacation photos a classmate of my DD posted of her family casually had several bottles of empty French wine on a table. I Googled the wine. $500 a bottle lol

So what? Is there a certain wine price point at which you are 'allowed' to leave an empty bottle in the background of a photo?

Many of you are sad and petty. Be happy with what you have and what you spend money on. There will always be wealthier people.

Wealthy classmates weren’t shoving it in everyone’s faces in the 90s. As someone posted earlier, the only way you’d know your wealthy classmates went away for holiday was if they came back from break with a sun tan or lift tickets on their winter jacket. But even then, you never knew how lavish their holiday was. Now teens post a daily play by play of their decadent trips, often beginning with the family on a NetJet private plane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have posted a few photos of our extended family at my parent’s beautiful home in Naples, Florida. My father is dying and this is likely his last holiday with his grandchildren. You really don’t know what is going on in other people’s lives from social media. Count your blessings and I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday wherever you are.

I am sorry about your father and hope you are having a wonderful vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the Happy Holidays vacation photos a classmate of my DD posted of her family casually had several bottles of empty French wine on a table. I Googled the wine. $500 a bottle lol

So what? Is there a certain wine price point at which you are 'allowed' to leave an empty bottle in the background of a photo?

Many of you are sad and petty. Be happy with what you have and what you spend money on. There will always be wealthier people.

Not a single bottle, nearly a dozen empty bottles at $500 each lol

OK but you googled the bottles?

[Anonymous]

Even teens know - it's not their money. They haven't accomplished anything. Their parents have. Tweens and teens of ordinary maturity and emotional health know this. Any peer who is viewed as bragging, isn't taken seriously.

[Anonymous]

Most of the Uber wealthy people we know *never* post on social media.

At the end of the summer, I post a couple of photos of how we spent our months but never in the moment and never subliminally “look at this $500 a bottle French wine I drank last night”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, you think there’s absolutely nothing wrong with humblebragging.

Living life is not humble bragging.

Is there no difference between living life and publishing it for the whole world to see?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the Happy Holidays vacation photos a classmate of my DD posted of her family casually had several bottles of empty French wine on a table. I Googled the wine. $500 a bottle lol

So what? Is there a certain wine price point at which you are 'allowed' to leave an empty bottle in the background of a photo?

Many of you are sad and petty. Be happy with what you have and what you spend money on. There will always be wealthier people.

Not a single bottle, nearly a dozen empty bottles at $500 each lol

OK but you googled the bottles?

Sure did. When DD’s classmate posts photos and reels of their lavish family winter break trip and you see an empty case of French wine in one of the photos, natural to be curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess, you think there’s absolutely nothing wrong with humblebragging.

Living life is not humble bragging.

Is there no difference between living life and publishing it for the whole world to see?

So you’re against posting any life details on social media? Or only against it when people wealthier than you post?