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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can provide an example that illustrates this divide. My sister and I grew up middle/lower middle class with parents who prioritized education so we went to good schools and mingled with UMC/MC peers.

I am a “striver” as in I have ambition and want to improve my life and my finances and I am always looking to upgrade and do better and be better.

My sister was exactly like me. Desperate to fit in with her UC peers, dress like them, talk like them but she had this sense of urgency and unease until…she married one of them.

It happened slowly but 5 years in, she has lost some of the striver-ness. Her husband is a trust funder who will inherit like 20 mil down the line. His friends are billionaires and multimillionaires. My sister still works but she isn’t as dedicated to her job and disdains having a career. She makes fun of her single friend who wants to go to an Ivy Business school and thinks it’s not with the hassle.

She focuses her ambition now on fitness, skincare and ensuring her new baby has all she needs.

She doesn’t ever worry about making it or making a certain salary or a certain accomplishment because… she has made it. She will never have to prove herself for the rest of her life. She and her child are in the club.

I am not. [/quote]

That's a pretty low inheritance for a "trust funder." My inlaws ran and then sold a blue collar business and my husband will inherit about $20million too. But he's nothing like what you describe of your BIL or his family. Are you sure his inheritance isn't much higher?[/quote]

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