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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t care. I’m only annoyed when those people are clueless about how fortunate they are and get snotty about things.[/quote]

Now THIS I can get on board with. [/quote]

+2.  I have a friend whose grandparents send him $1,500 a month to help supplement his income (and have for ~20 yrs) because he and his wife are both ES teachers in NoVa and don't make a lot.  They also gave my friend the house they used to live in near West Falls Church, and two new (~$40K) cars over the past several years, oh and $50K towards a home renovation a few years back.  Over the past 15 years I know of at least two times he admitted to racking up over $10K in credit card debt only to have his grandparents pay it off for him after he complained about how they couldn't get out from underneath the debt  :roll:  (yeah, with no mortgage, no car payments, supplemented income... wow!)

Meanwhile this friend doesn't hesitate to make critical comments about how other people spend THEIR money, and acts like they are better than people who aren't middle/upper class (often the parents of the kids he teaches).  He also places no priority on saving any money for retirement or their two kids college.  Am I jealous? not at all, I would never want to live this way and I am convinced he's enjoyed this support for so long he is oblivious to how hard other people have to work to live/earn the same lifestyle he lives and how ridiculous it is that he acts like he's often better than others because he goes out to nice restaurants a ton, buys expensive TV's, takes expensive vacations... [/quote]

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