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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We work very hard for what we have also and both come from blue collar humble beginnings. But, being in such a different status now and having it acknowledged by them especially, makes me feel weird.[/quote]

I still wouldn't feel guilty even if they are blue collar and you aren't. Likely you worked hard through college, grad school, and any number of jobs to get to where you're at. I fee like people assume that those who have some money were just handed said money. I'm an atty and have put up with some difficult firms and my current shitty govt job to make money, so I won't be made to feel guilty about it.[/quote]

People who count others' pennies have zero idea what it takes to earn their own.  [/quote]

This. I have extended family in rural Pa that literally says - I'd be rich too if I went to a fancy Ivy League college. Not realizing that that involved - being at the top of my high school class to get into said ivy; loans; working my ass off to do well in college to get into a top 10 law school; more loans; working 24-7 in biglaw for a decade; getting pushed out and sucking it up in the govt until I figure out my next step.

Somehow people think money just shows up for the asking once you get admitted to a certain school by luck.[/quote]

This is a great post.  [/quote]

I honestly don't get the small town/blue collar mentality sometimes even though I grew up there. So many are content to go to high school and pursue the same jobs every generation before them did, but they complain/make comments about all the things city folk have - while criticizing those same people for being "snobs" bc they went to an ivy or "abandoning" the family bc they moved to a bigger city 2 hrs away for a job.[/quote]

This. Being "rich" was a bad word in my blue collar family growing up. It implied you were snobby, thought you were better than everyone else, etc.  So now, to be seen as "rich" by our family is obviously a bad thing.[/quote]

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