People who grew up middle class but then became rich, what does it feel like?

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Anonymous wrote:It's lonely because it becomes awkward with your old friends. The new people in your income bracket don't treat money the same way because they didn't have to work so hard for it.

You don't really know that.

One of my friends who definitely did not grow up with the level of wealth she now has (more than $20m) throws it around far more than I do--but I grew up with a lot more of it. Sometimes it's just a personality difference, not based on who worked hard for it.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re flying to Australia in economy. We can afford the business tickets, but I just cannot justify it for a family of 5. I think it would have been about 15k more.

I’m also not ready for my kids to get used to business lol. I have a feeling we’re all going to be regretting it.

So if your kids are old enough to sit together without you, put them in economy and you go business. We have done that since the kids were old enough to manage (8 and 12 sitting
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That doesn't send a very good message in my opinion. I am the PP who is traveling to Europe with adult kids and we intentionally bought economy so we could sit together. Starting the trip off separated like that just seems selfish on our part and creates the wrong tone. We will all suffer together!! We are staying in some pretty decent hotels though! That is one area I do not like to be cheap about. And I don't like AirBnB unless we are staying somewhere long term (more than just a few days).

I managed to sleep pretty solidly on my last trip to Europe in economy. Just took a Klonipin and I was out for a few hours and feeling rested upon arrival. No need for a larger seat for that!

I guess you you. Not sure why it sends a bad message to let teens sit in economy (or economy plus) while the parents who earned the money sit in business.

Once my kids earn their own money they can have the luxuries. I was 29 before I went to Europe...they first went at 8 and 12. I'd say they should consider themselves lucky.
And yes my teens and now 20 something's are just fine with their seats. One is on a college grad trip with friends. Everyone else is in economy (not even economy plus). My kid and one friend are in premium select. That reminds them how lucky they are. And everyone in economy has never been to Europe before (or only once if they studied abroad in college). Whereas my kid has been 8 times previously. And if they didn't appreciate it (and complained about premium select or economy plus I'd put them back in economy)

Hey thanks for the spiel. I am the PP with UHNW who booked economy for ourselves and our adult children. You inspired me to take a look at our outgoing seats to Rome. I certainly was being cheap and at the time of booking, I didn't even want to spend the extra $200 to get preferential location, so our seats were three rows from the back near the bathrooms. Upon further reflection, I decided to splurge using points to upgrade to a better spot. Thanks DCUM! FWIW, upgrading to business would have cost $6K per person and to premium would have caust $700 per person. Nope!

If you’re actually UHNW and worth $30M plus you should realize that $700 pp is probably less than your daily portfolio gains.

Ha. DH and I flew EconPlus to Europe and booked a bit late, so had the center bulkhead behind the bathroom. Goddamn people are obnoxious about where they stand there. Upgraded return flight to business while still in the air, after realizing this.

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Anonymous wrote:I was fortunate because even though I grew up poor my family always had a lot of class. Therefore I learned early that money doesn’t give you class; it’s just a tool to make life easier. So the biggest change is that I no longer have to be aware of every cent— I can buy the nice pens, let my children use up all the paints on a project, etc.

Which ones are the nice pens?

Montblanc. Duh.

They're the 3rd graders with the Montblanc pens.