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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "poors" are reading through this thread confirming the obliviousness of the "wealthy" and the deathly fear of "sliding down the social ladder." We all want to leave a better starting point for our children and subsequent generations, but we see the gate-keeping, the born-on-third-base, but-I-hit-a-triple mentality.

We are all afraid of falling, and it is heartbreaking knowing that the world treats you differently depending on how money you have or don't have.  You are all going to be fine; once your dc sees how the lower rungs live, they'll come running out of steerage, and will gladly struggle to live on the interest from their trust fund.[/quote]

This is me, and my husband thinks I'm crazy, but if i am honest with myself this is why I check this forum, I will always wants the best for my kids if I can help it. They are both smarter than me, but admittedly snowflakes, they don't have the immigrant and lower class grit of my husband and I. Odd that many of my friend's kids are the opposite and "play the game" of sports/frats etc. Not mine, who are the intellectual bleeding heart type, and they grew up in the same environment. It's really odd how different kids are.[/quote]

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