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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in my 50s but hearing from my daughter and her friends, it seems gen z is more cognizant of “family money” when dating?

I hear from her about her friends talking about prospects and she says young gen z men also make it a point to know if a young woman is coming from “family money” or not.

I grew up mc/umc (friend group was all parents who were engineers, attorneys, primary care physicians) but not “old money”/high finance/biglaw/“movers and shakers” and none of my friends thought if someone came from generational wealth when we were dating.

Are you also hearing this from your children? [/quote]

Not from my kids, but I have heard it from a few people I know.

I have friends who are from Modern Orthodox or Conservative Jewish families. Their children have dated other young people whose parents want to make sure that there is money to buy an apartment in Israel if the young couple marry and decide to immigrate there. They also want to make sure that any grandkids could go to Jewish day school if they stay in the U.S.

On the other hand, I have friends who (like DH and I) are from families that often have to scrape together money to bury someone. I’ve had a few friends have to take in in-laws who are homeless after skyrocketing rents or losing a house to unpaid taxes. They don’t want their kids marrying into a situation like that.[/quote]

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