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[quote=Anonymous]Much like you OP I grew up a very privileged background.  Everyone I knew went to college and usually had their masters at least.  DH grew up in a very working class town.  He says he remembers knowing from his earliest memories around age 5 that he was going to make it out of there.  Most people there don't leave, including his 3 siblings.  He worked very hard throughout hs to get a full scholarship to college, get a lot of play money from his aunt, joined a fraternity and saw his friends coming from a much better life.  He knew he wanted that and was going to do anything to get it.  I met him when he was already very established.  He was friends with all people that grew up with a similar background to myself.

Sure there are some things that he looks at me like I am from another planet.  Sometimes he can laugh about it, other times he seems horrified.  When he left home about 20 years ago he really left that whole life behind and has very little interaction with his family still there because they have nothing in common.  He considers his aunt his greatest inspiration (she made it out too and lives in Greenwich, CT) and she is more of a mother too him.  So I don't really have to deal with the miserable sisters, who all resent me.

I have had some crazy stories happen though.  When we got engaged and he bought me a 3 carat engagement ring, his mother asked if it was glass.  When she found out that it was a diamond she went home, googled and approximate cost and decided if he had that type of money for a ring, she deserved some of it...

Long story short, I feel for you OP.  I love my DH to death though and I think that our varied backgrounds will make our children more well rounded. [/quote]

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