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Anyhow, our friends don't know about our "McMansion" because we never invite anyone over.  I love the house and we definitely made the right decision, but I feel too self-conscious about what people will think (that they won't want to be friends with us) if we invite them over.  We are super low key and drive really old, crappy cars (because we have no interest in cars), wear cheap clothes from Target because we have no interest in brands or labels, and I don't have any jewelry, so people assume we are not financially successful.  [b]I want to keep that image going, so we do not invite anyone over to the house.  It works for us. [/b][b] I don't like entertaining at home anyway, and it's hard enough to make new friends (we are new to the area) without having them make negative comments (or think negatively) of us because of our house purchase[/b].[/quote]

This is just so bizarre.  You've never invited any friends over to your house?  It sounds like you are working so hard to hide your good fortune that you are not enjoying it.  Why do you think anyone cares THAT MUCH about your house, of all things?  I cannot imagine being this uncomfortable and self-conscious.

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I wrote the above.  The reason we don't invite anyone over anymore is because of the negative comments we got when we did invite people over.  People shouldn't care about these things but many do.  Some people didn't want to be friends anymore after they came over to our house.  So to prevent that from happening again, we just prefer to meet friends at restaurants, etc.  [/quote]

WTF?  People made negative comments about your house because it is too nice?  Who does that?  This is just so unheard of to me.  I can't even imagine someone walking into my house and saying something mean.  You didn't need to stop inviting people over, you needed to re-consider what you look for in your friends and what kind of people you're attracting.[/quote]

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