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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP wrote: "Fee is waived since DH is in the military." Otherwise, the annual fee is $695.

OP: Your friends probably think that you are paying $695 a year for the AMEX Platinum Card in order to impress others. In reality, it is a meaningful benefit (no annual fee with high rewards) of military service. Your friends are ignorant, shallow, small-minded, and insensitive. If this is the focus--or even a focus-of their thoughts and words, then you might want to consider making new friends.[/quote]

OP here. That's exactly what bothers me. I stopped using the card in person early on when a cashier commented on it being metal, but my debit card had just been stolen and I didn't have a choice. I'm super thrifty and live way under my means, and it hurt that they made assumptions about me.[/quote]

Ok, this just took it to another level. OP. Why would a comment that it’s “metal” — which most credit cards are not — make you stop using it ?  At the worst, someone you encountered once in your life made a random comment that you spiraled into what you imagined— and assumed— someone you’ll likely never see again thinks about you. A random cashier doesn’t know — or care — that you’re “ super thrifty”, and was likely not making any assumptions about how you live or intending to hurt you.  OP, is this a pattern for you beyond issues related to your credit card?  [/quote]

OP here. Yeah - I don't like drawing attention to myself, so anytime some makes a comment about something they've noticed about me, it's uncomfortable. [/quote]

Ok. Then I’d like to gently and respectfully suggest that knowing this about yourself, you ask yourself how you want people — particularly friends who may not realize this — to treat you.  Do you really want people to not notice you? Or to never comment on things that they’ve noticed?  
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