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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to school (not here) with some incredibly wealthy people who lived in 15,000 sg. ft. houses.  One of them was the nicest, friendliest families we have ever known.  In fact, my parents were shocked to find out how rich they were.  They had a 10-car garage but huge hearts and I loved playing at their house (although I did find it weird that we weren't allowed in the "formal" part of the house).

My thoughts on seeing your house would be (1) it's way bigger than anything I would want (just from a practical point of view, I guess I'm not enough of an environmentalist to be offended by the size), (2) you obviously like it or you wouldn't live there, and (3) I hope I (or my kids) don't get lost on the way to the bathroom.  Otherwise, if you are nice and we click, I wouldn't care what size your house was.

I honestly find it very odd that your house size is so offensive to so many people on here.  I imagine that shock is what led some people to assume it's jealously since the responses were so vehement and didn't really make sense to me.  I couldn't afford a 15,000 sq. ft. house but I also can't afford to have vacation homes or new cars every year or multiple international trips for every school holiday.  [b]That doesn't mean I'm not friends with the people who do have those things.  I guess I also don't judge my friends based on whether or not they think the same way I do about things.  I find it possible to disagree with people about things but still be friends.  I'm actually sort of puzzled by people who can't/don't do that. [/b]  [/quote]

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Maturity and not being insecure enough to judge others is all I ask, so I am easy to please.  People who can't/won't do that are not either of those things. Bonus points if you know how to have fun without anyone else's expense, and have a great sense of humor.  I hope I don't know any of the judgy byotches IRL, but I suspect I do - everyone does.  You can smell them a mile away. [/quote]

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