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[quote=Anonymous]This thread has been helpful. I’m like this, and I had not thought about why, but it comes back to my own hang-ups. I grew up poor. I felt uncomfortable around rich people. And felt embarrassed sometimes. Whether right or wrong, that’s how I felt as a kid.

I guess deep down, I felt like flaunting my wealth would make my friends uncomfortable in the way I felt uncomfortable. And I don’t want to do that. As I think about it now, I don’t feel uncomfortable visiting someone in a mansion or a tiny apartment  (although I do notice, not in a snobby way, but I guess going back to my own hyper awareness of it as a child). I would think my friends are the same way now. They might notice but it doesn’t actually change anything.

I guess I also worried that people would hold back - a friend who may have previously complained about daycare costs might hold that back. But I’m sure she probably is holding back other information for various other reasons, just as I do.

I will also admit that I think people who show off a lot of material wealth are superficial, so I wouldn’t want people to think I’m superficial in the way that I judge. Again, that comes back to my own hang ups and I should just get over it. [/quote]

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