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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have friends in houses ranging from condo to 6k sq ft homes. We are all varying degrees of middle class and all live semi-similar lives (i.e. saving for college, kids in daycare, PTA meetings, summer vacations to different locations, etc). I would likely be put off by a 15k household with a housekeeper and a SAH parent. It's the opulence of it that would put me off. There is no need for that large of a house unless you are showing off. And if you can afford that house, SAH and take extravagant vacations, etc, I would likely think we have nothing in common.

With that being said, if I continue to host you and have no idea about where you live and you were secretive about it, I would be put off by that too.

You will probably need to make friends that are similar to you. It will likely be the 1%. If we met as adults (ie you weren't a childhood or college friend), I probably would back away a bit. [/quote]

I agree that most people jump to conclusions about people in large houses.  Of my friends who live in large houses - we knew each other many moons ago, when we all had small houses ( I still do, in fact, we rent).  We support each other, because we know each other as truly good people (who don't have to talk about how they are good people and so and so with a bigger house must not be a good person - because it is not true).

Point is, some people have too much time on their hands, OP, usually not the ones in big houses (who are working hard to pay for them).  PP here.[/quote]

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