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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The recent threads about the affluent Southern family has me wondering where I can encounter them. Everyone in the DMV seems to be UMC strivers from other states and lack manners and class.[/quote]

Your social climbing would be recognized immediately Android or something you would be rejected.[/quote]

+1. Read the sick of strivers thread. The people that you're talking about have cultures that will be completely foreign to you. That's by design. If you're not accustomed to their ways of life, then you'll stick out like a sore thumb in most social situations you might find yourself in with them. I have extended family that is upper class (i.e., uncles, aunts, cousins) with full time household staff, multiple homes domestically and internationally and wealth going back several generations. Their ways of doing things start at birth and are passed down through the generations. It can't be faked or rather, the facade falls apart pretty quickly. Also, in certain cities, it's your last name that matters and what folks think of your parents or grandparents in terms of how you fit in socially. Folks really manage their reputations at the family level because that's part of the bargain of living up to the family name. I moved away from my hometown and am now middle aged but am still known as "so and so's" niece or daughter/granddaughter.

Your post is pretty telling - you basically want to meet people because of the money, wealth, culture and status that they have -- not because they are kind, a good person or because you share common interests -- the very definition of a social climber.  Instead of spending time trying to increase your status by proxy, try building a loving family and a great circle of friends that you care about no matter what their class is. [/quote]

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