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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything is a consideration, but you cant generalize - it really depends on the people.  Where this match is most likely to have problems that aren’t obvious until it’s too late is kids, like if [b]the UMC partner wants private school, golf lessons, SAT tutor, etc., and the LMC one thinks its a waste of money because they turned out fine without it.[/b]  Money issues with parents too - go to the family forum for plenty of those stories.    [/quote]
All of this. My ex-DH envies all the ways I have given our kids a headstart in life. I don't think he realized just how early the upbringings of UMC kids diverge from that of LMC kids until he saw [b]all the ways I strategize our kids' success[/b]. It's really weird how resentful he gets about it. Almost as if he doesn't want the kids to do better than him on a very deep level that he denies to himself. I think even the sincere desire to have your kids do better and the willingness to work to ensure that (not just vaguely hope for it) also differs among the classes.[/quote]

This just made me vomit in my mouth[/quote]

It’s TRUE though.  Poster is correct and a good parent.

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YOU might think it's true. Of course I make decisions that I think are in my kids' best interests, including where they go to school, etc., but I would never, in a million years, say that I am strategizing their success. I think basic parenting requires that you teach kids about good sleep, hygiene, healthy eating, exercise, education, and pursuing interests. But if someone said the above to me in real life I would have zero interest in being friends with them. Sounds like some kind of SAHM BS.[/quote]

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