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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone is "friends" at school ... but just look at instagram and you'll see the ultra wealthy rarely if ever invite the middle class "friends" to do the cool rich kid activities. The middle class kid is a token to keep around ... rarely extends past high school (or college).[/quote]

Having been a middle class kid at one of the well known independent schools in the area, this was not my experience. My friends ranges greatly in wealth, and many of us have remains close friends for well over 25 years since graduating.  Two of our babysitters, relatively recent grads from the same school, seem to be having the same experience.  I have no reason to believe I was ever viewed as a token, as you put it.  My DH and I are now wealthy and our elementary aged kids have close friends of greatly differing wealth.   We do vacation at times with families I assume are well off financially given their jobs, spending on vacations, and the like.   That's maybe once a year.   Any other events are either quite inexpensive or we ensure that we cover the cost for everyone attending.  Other families at our kids school seem to take the same approach. [/quote]

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