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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We pretend to not be financially stable (used that wording b/c we're not wealthly, but very well off compared to friends"). If I was honest about not having to work at our age and paying cash for cars and vacations, it would not go over well.

Friends ask "What interest rate are you paying on your house?" Well, we paid that off a decade ago answer will not go over well. I just lie. Trust me, friends, even great ones, aren't happy for you. Even if you worked for it and there is no inheritance or trust fund.  [/quote]

I don’t volunteer financial information but if someone was to ask me about my mortgage, I wouldn’t lie about not having one. Same with being full pay at private school. [/quote]

So if everyone is sitting around having drinks at the end of a hard work week and you're the one person not struggling, and asked, you would just say "yeah, sucks to be you?"  That's how it feels to me coming from a family with very little. If people are struggling with mortgage payments, say your best friend, you just say "well I don't have a mortgage" and let it be?
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