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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father was a first generation college attender and so was my mom. He became a doctor and made a lot of money but we definitely weren’t “classy”. My grandparents all had dentures and read tabloid newspapers. My father was permanently a fish out of water, too intimidated to join a country club or go to a fancy restaurant, stay an expensive hotel. He pushed his kids into elite schools, music competitions where it felt like [b]we were always kind of clueless, playing catch up. We didn’t have the cultural capitol - didn’t recognize those key words people throw out.[/b] For example, knowing that Rye NY or Grosse Pointe are where the rich people live, that the Ethical Cultural Society is like “rich people church .”’I do okay financially and have a fancy job but am also a perpetual outsider. I have tried to give my kids the cultural capitol but don’t know if I succeeded. [/quote]

I’ve been in this position as well because my UC mother was a mentally ill wreck and taught us nothing and she drove my dad off when I was 4. It’s fine, we don’t need the cultural capital of the 1%. It’s overrated. Especially on DCUM. Just enjoy life.[/quote]

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