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[quote=Anonymous]Elementary -- sweet, VERY into dolls; later on lots of reading esp Babysitters Club, Boxcar Children (I think?). Always liked sports but never really played which was more our fault -- non sporty immigrant family who acted like we didn't have time for it; we came from a country where organized sports just weren't a thing so I think we didn't understand why parents were spending all day Saturday on a soccer field when a very small % of kids will be soccer professionals. She still liked sports though -- played pick up games; lots of bike riding in the neighborhood. Got good grades (as much as there are grades in elementary) but never really focused on academics -- loved the social aspects of school more.

Then in 6-7th grades she discovered COMPETITION -- as in I MUST get straight As and be the top of the class. We always expected As and Bs but never pushed re academics, never scolded for a B -- this was self driven. She did well in middle school but not quite the TOP of the class -- maybe more like the top 10 kids in the 8th grade class. Not being middle school val (yes there was such a thing at her school) fueled that fire all thru high school where the ranking obsession continued. Still didn't graduate #1 (was #2 actually) but did hit her goal of an ivy.

As a college kid/young adult it switched from grades to money. So ivy, JD, MBA, biglaw etc. and MANY convos are about net worth, her market investments; to be fair she has a very deep knowledge of the markets/finance.

Honestly IDK how the sweet little girl with the tea set morphed into an adult who can tell you the 200 day moving avg of the market off the top of her head (and she doesn't work in finance -- she's a lawyer - but $$ is what she thinks about). She claims she's happy but I do wonder and worry sometimes.[/quote]

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