What qualifies as 'Old money'?

[Anonymous]

Wow, this thread is really shedding light on how desperately people try to pretend (not very well) that money doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Really? How so?

[Anonymous]

It seemed OP wanted to know how to appear to be old money - without saying so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Poor people have grief too."

No kidding.

Why are D.C.'ers only happy when the next person is perceived to not be doing as well?

That is not the point. Many people mentioned how money caused family troubles. I just said that a lack of money, poverty, causes problems too.

[Anonymous]

It did seem that OP wanted to know *how* to appear old money (without saying it).

You just can't tell, is the point. Why are people so nosy? Are they trying to keep score?

[Anonymous]

It's all part of the D.C. omnipresent theme - keeping up with the Joneses. Guess there are just some that you can't keep up with.

[Anonymous]

Old money, new money, who cares? It's all good if you just live for yourself not for other people, people! Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

I think that was the point - how you treat people. It's difficult to think you worked so hard for so much, only to be amongst a bunch of schmucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It seemed OP wanted to know how to appear to be old money - without saying so.

OP here. I hope you're not in any profession relying on evidence-based analysis.
Your impression is based on the wishful assumption that I actually HAVE money, which I do not.

[Anonymous]

People in D.C. wouldn't know old money if it hit them off the head. Maybe it should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

People in D.C. wouldn't know old money if it hit them off the head. Maybe it should.

What a weird thing to say about yourself.

[Anonymous]

Not exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Doesn't make you any less bitter. I'll take annoying and rich!

You are halfway there. Keep saving!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

People in D.C. wouldn't know old money if it hit them off the head. Maybe it should.

Here's a news flash. You are talking about yourself. You can cling to your birthplace, but if you bought a house and are raising your kids here in DC, that exotic place you grew up is your parents' home. You became DC somewhere between when you got new plates for your car and when you signed your first mortgage, but definitely by the time you delivered a baby in a DC area hospital. This is plain old, boring, provincial you. The New York library card you still have in your wallet is a nice keepsake, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

People in D.C. wouldn't know old money if it hit them off the head. Maybe it should.

Here's a news flash. You are talking about yourself. You can cling to your birthplace, but if you bought a house and are raising your kids here in DC, that exotic place you grew up is your parents' home. You became DC somewhere between when you got new plates for your car and when you signed your first mortgage, but definitely by the time you delivered a baby in a DC area hospital. This is plain old, boring, provincial you. The New York library card you still have in your wallet is a nice keepsake, though.

Why would it even be a badge of honor to recognize old money? How is it an insult that this town is oblivious to old money? In my book, that's progress.