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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I understand what you are saying. I am new wealth and live VERY conservatively. That is why posting about wealth would be offensive to all my middle class family, friends, and colleagues. After years of regular living, we are in a position to enjoy our wealth a bit.

You have money, but many people will say that if you don't use it, you'd might as well not have it. Why not enjoy yourself more?

It is impossible NOT to post about wealth on FB. [b]FB is all about vacations (I travel to exotic destinations frequently). FB is about food (fancy restaurants and meals and dinner parties). FB is about sharing that new handbag you purchased. Or a new car.  Or that new stainless steel refrigerator.[/b]  Even if you make donations or pursue advanced degrees, people know that you need money to do that. People can be envious that they don't have money to do the same.

My point is that most FB posts are about how you live, which is directly associated to your wealth.[/quote]

Whoa. This is why I am not a fan of "new money" people. Here is what I've posted on FB in the last two weeks: 
1. Something I saw in a store that I would have loved when I was 5 yrs old (I did not buy it, and nobody could tell the store was Gap)
2. A pic of DD's feet while the rest of her body is hidden in the tree she just climbed
3. An article by David Sedaris that I liked and knew many of my friends would also enjoy
4. A simulation of flying through 17th century London done by university students that I thought was pretty cool

In that same two-week period I went to two fancy restaurants and firmed up plans to vacation next month at a beautiful place in Mexico. None of that made it onto my Facebook page. Why? Because I don't brag. It really IS what you make it. You are CHOOSING to use Facebook to brag. Facebook is not at ALL about purchases. Unless you make it that way.[/quote]

OP here. I am afraid to post anything on FB, so I don't. My point is that this anonymous forum is more satisfying. By posting something at the store, people will think you go shopping a lot and that you bought it. Maybe others can't afford it. [b]By posting a picture of a tree, that means you are on vacation or you have lots of free time to go to the park. [/b]Others may be working too much or they have to stay home and babysit a baby or an aging parent. They are 2 posts about living a good life that other readers may envy. While [b]your Mexico vacation isn't on FB yet, I sure bet those beach pictures will be there next month[/b]. [/quote]

You seem to be having a hard time believing others have different ways of viewing and doing life than you. The tree was next to the farmer's market DD and I go to every Saturday morning in the midst of our Saturday morning errands. I do not post the pic everyone else does, of the body of water with the bare feet at the bottom. Your inability to accept that not everyone brags is disappointing.[/quote]

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