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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It all depends on you. There are many magnificent mansions, diamonds, gorgeous handbags at my DC school. There are less affluent families as well. I might be -while we are high-middle class- on of the poorest families there (all is relative!) I definitely do not feel bad about my simple leather hand-bag. Is being a hard-working professional something to be ashamed of? I don't think so. I cannot throw Pump it Up birthday parties -not if I want to be able to afford tuition!- but that is OK. Really, it is all on you.[/quote]

+1. It's all about how you want to and choose to spend your money. I value good food and education. Diamonds, fancy clothes, expensive shoes and handbags aren't really my thing. That doesn't mean I don't own any, but if I have to choose between the material stuff and an education for my DC education wins out every time.  And the first time my DC looks at me and utters the word "poor" and "us/we" in the same sentence she will have earned her self a day trip to the various projects and low-income housing in DC and MD so she can exactly what poor looks like and what it doesn't. Poor is not knowing if you will have dinner to eat or a warm coat to wear in the winter. Poor is NOT not being able to afford a Range Rover, a million dollar house, a LV bag or any other material thing. [/quote]

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