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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a crazy upbringing when it came to money.  My parents were wealthy and we lived in a large house and had many luxury cars, and went to a very fancy college prep private schools, but my father was secretly a massive verbal and physical abuser.  Then it all went to hell, he left with ALL of our money, and I stayed at my private school as a scholarship kid, am lucky to be intelligent, so got a scholarship to a top college. I was totally poor in college and had to work 4 jobs while in class, and then managed to squeak into a good job afterwards, and married into moderate midwest money (some family help, nothing crazy).

So I've got this weird feeling that having been in all these different situations, I am obsessed with neutrality.  I don't want to look rich, I don't want to look poor. I just want to look "medium", if that make sense? Nice things for nice occasions, but no designer purses or overly fancy cars. My husband and I have been pushed to join various country clubs in MoCo, but we are just going to go to our local pool club. I dunno, maybe we are dumb, and we need to hang out with rich people to make money, but we've done pretty well so far with our wits and values. Honestly, I just want to feel and look good, but not fancy, have my kids get an excellent education, and be able to travel again when coronavirus is over.

So, long story, but OP, I feel you.  I don't want anyone to think I'm "rich".  And I'm okay with that attitude.[/quote]

Does it feel like you may end up behaving like your dad if you did have consumption habits that made you look rich?[/quote]

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