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[quote=Anonymous]My childhood best friend grew up rich and then her father went bankrupt and died when she was in college. I know the friend racked up so much credit card debt in college and never paid. She has the worst credit of anyone I know. It is like she never stopped spending except her dad wasn’t there to pay off the credit cards.

She has extremely expensive tastes in everything. This has caused a lot of problems in her relationships. She is divorced twice. I don’t think she means to be this way but she comes off snobby. She is well spoken, polished and pretty and has absolutely no problems attracting men.

First marriage was so full of love. Her husband came from a good family but the husband himself probably barely broke 100k. Granted they were young. She had the good life when his parents were footing the bill for outings and vacations but they couldn’t afford anything on their own. Both of them could not get out of debt. His parents bailed them out several times.

Second husband also came from a good family and he made very good money. Nothing was ever enough. They fought over money constantly. My friend is very giving and she can spend money like no one else I know. I wonder if she would be different if her father never died and they still actually had money.

I, on the other hand, was her poor friend when we were kids. I was the poor smart kid. I married another poor smart kid. HHI of almost $3m. We support both our parents. Our parents were not able to pay for college. We were scholarship kids. DH and I just don’t want that much of material items. We try not to spoil our kids.[/quote]

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