Shocked at how many families in nice DMV neighborhoods are living in relatives' homes

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Anonymous wrote:Call me a snob but I personally would much rather be around the old money, quiet, artist/consultant couple living in an inherited house than the striving, new money big-law lawyer couple renovating things every year. NO CONTEST. I would take the old money inheritors every single time

Not if they are rude!!! Our neighbors are living off their parents, but they act like they have enough money to support their lifestyle. It’s disgusting!

I hope this is facetious... because it's not up to anyone to disclose their finances to anyone else. It should even concern anyone else!

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Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

Huh…you still didn’t describe nearly anyone in CC DC who belong to zero CCs or any exclusive club.

Not sure why you are creating a fictional group of people supposedly living in CC DC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

It’s clear you don’t live in CC DC as you know nothing about the community.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

oh the horror

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Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

It’s clear you don’t live in CC DC as you know nothing about the community.

More like the reverse. And youll never belong and you know it

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Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

Huh…you still didn’t describe nearly anyone in CC DC who belong to zero CCs or any exclusive club.

Not sure why you are creating a fictional group of people supposedly living in CC DC.

Just because you dont belong to this crowd and never will doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

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Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

Khardashians are basically the personification of new money…so why would anyone conjur up an image of old money people looking like the Kardashians?

The most important criterion for old money is that is has to be old…as in the great grandfather earned the fortune and passed it down to the next generation which passed it down and so on.

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Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

Huh…you still didn’t describe nearly anyone in CC DC who belong to zero CCs or any exclusive club.

Not sure why you are creating a fictional group of people supposedly living in CC DC.

Just because you dont belong to this crowd and never will doesnt mean it doesnt exist.

Again…you believe this exists in CC DC? This isn’t an “old” money neighborhood or the homes would be worth a ton more for the median.

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Anonymous wrote:None of this is rocket science and it is baffling that the OP got any traction on the original post that doesn't seem to be credible.

I doubt that in one year (kindergarten) at his kids upscale neighborhood school, he had TWELVE separate families confide the financial arrangements of their households. If you have been on a pick up line or on a playground, you know that does not happen, even for the most aggressively curious among us.

But, OP does presume that we will believe that folks have confessed these intimacies and then he goes on to OUT them by posting a “shocked” post on DCUM. All of this seems creepy.

Who knows why OP exaggerated facts to create a "SHOCKED" post leading to banal conclusions. But we all fell for a pretty low level of tabloid click bait ....

I think it's probably just a bit of jealousy and also probably being triggered by the reactions (or lack thereof) of the old money types in his neighborhood. Probably the people back home in Kansas think it's absolutely amazing that OP worked so hard in school and got to their position in biglaw or whatever, and now they're living in *OMG* Chevy Chase. Then contrast that to the 40-something non-profit worker who breezes past OP in their khakis and polo shirt, unconcerned with whether they'll get a Christmas bonus, living in the same neighborhood despite not caring about money or achievements. That same person also has a higher status in the local social crowd because they went to a tony Northeastern boarding school, got into an Ivy-adjacent because of legacy or donations, and belongs to the most exclusive country club in the area. They hang out with a crowd that would probably find OP a grating nerd and try hard. This seems like a maddening up-ending of the natural order to someone like OP, who DESERVES that house in a way the inheritor did not. And an ultimate reminder that no matter how hard OP tries, there are some things he cannot work his way into.

Sure. And the Ivy adjacent country clubber can't raise his IQ two SDs, either.

The Ivy adjacent country clubber likely has a pretty high IQ. And if it wasn't any higher, it doesnt seem it would improve his quality of life nor happiness anyway.

really? based on what?

Have you ever interacted with these people? most of them have a fairly extensive vocabulary, can be pretty philosophical, etc. Much more so than the new money strivers, actually.

An “old money” artist or NPO child or whatever is living in a $10MM dollar house somewhere, not hoping to inherit their parent’s CC DC house.

The latter is just a failed adult.

Some of them are. You seem to have some kind of Hollywood idea of old money families, no actual experience in the real world.

No, my idea of old money is rich…and certainly survives more than one generation…and while CC DC is UMC, it ain’t a place with lots of truly rich people.

For every elderly person who owns a home in CCDC that has some $$$s, there are 10 that were able to buy their house 40 years ago and could never afford that house today and have limited incomes. Their kids aren’t members of some gilded class.

Okay, some kind of caricature from a Ralph Lauren ad? I think you'll be sorely disappointed by the reality of most old money people. Theyre not swanning around in Kardashian gowns in marble mansions, most of them prefer to live low key, belonging to the most exclusive clubs, using hand me down furniture that would be worth thousands per piece, and maybe driving a Volvo. You wouldnt get it because your a striver and a middle America type

Khardashians are basically the personification of new money…so why would anyone conjur up an image of old money people looking like the Kardashians?

The most important criterion for old money is that is has to be old…as in the great grandfather earned the fortune and passed it down to the next generation which passed it down and so on.

Because most of the middle America crowd has never met an old money east coast WASP and has no idea what theyre like. Just like when Meghan Markle went to Prince harry's home in England and said she was shocked by how shabby and small it was They have this stereotype of mansions and Bentleys and living large that actual WASPs, similar to the British aristocracy that many of them descend from, have a deep aversion to.