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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how do you know how much they (or other parents) make? Also, if you have "hit it off" with that woman, and your daughters get along well, why would you search for reasons to severe the relationship? Do you fear something will come up that will embarrass you?[/quote]

[b]I am somewhat afraid that I'll break something super expensive in her house.  Some million dollar vase.[/b]
Seriously, I'm more worried that my daughter will think, why don't we have all this stuff.  Why aren't my parents this.....rich.  I haven't been to her house, so maybe she doesn't have a huge one, but I am assuming (yes, yes) she does.  And I don't want my daughter to think suddenly that we are poor.

I know.  It's wrong....and it's bad.  [/quote]

In case any part of your first statement was serious, I doubt she has a million dollar vase out where it would get knocked over by playing kids.  One of the things you learn fairly quickly is that stuff is stuff, and it all can break whether its a $1 vase or a $1 million vase.  Would I prefer that my nicer stuff not get broken?  Sure.  But you can't be so enamored of your stuff that you are warning everyone to be careful every 5 minutes or that you throw a fit if a house guest accidentally breaks something.

On your second point, she may not have a huge house.  Or she may.  But she invited you to her home, and you should accept and learn to be comofrtable in any sort of place.  It would be great to teach this to your kids, too.  And appearances can be very deceiving.  For the price of our not huge and not glamorous house in the city, I could get a huge house in Potomac.  It's key not to judge a book by its cover and also not to care about how expensive the cover is.  I try to teach this to my kids.  Susie has a pool and a tennis court?  How nice!  Did you have fun at Susie's house?  Good. I like Susie.  She is a nice girl who seems to treat you like a good friend should.[/quote]

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