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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Halfway through our second year, and so far, we've been completely comfortable with it -- but then our kid is in lower school, and I imagine it might get worse later.

For now, we're perfectly happy being the Toyota in a sea of BMWs.

But if I ever get the sense that he's starting to think we're "poor" then I will beat him like a French omelet.

Just kidding. [b]But I will have a long, vigorous talk to him about how lucky we are and what actual poverty is[/b].[/quote]

Ayah, I tried that. DC still does not "get it" Thinks that $300 is pocket change and a Range Rover  is an average car. Its what you see around you. I do get very tired of saying "we cant afford that!" when of course we could if we went to public. It is a sacrifice, but my DC needs it. No reason to explain why.[/quote]

Isn't it perverse that you are (or anyone is) so well off in the grand scheme of things that you can afford 30K private tuition a year, but your kid feels poor(er) ,and you feel like a "have not" sometimes?  It is a bizarre world we live in, I feel, especially in this city, where you have constant soliciting for foods and coats at one (public) school and having to explain that no, we will not buy a new 100K car this year at the other (private) school.

By the way, I totally understand what you are saying, I'm just contemplating how different life is here and now, from when I grew up.
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Yes! It's completely perverse. Which is why I know I'll have a strong reaction if my well-fed, well-clothed, safe, iPad-owning son ever thinks we're "poor". I'm going to have to explicitly teach him lessons that he'd learn implicitly if he attended our local high-poverty public school. 
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