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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't explain the difference, but I know it when I see it. For example, I have a friend/acquaintance whose husband has made several huge leaps in his career over the last 5 or so years and now clearly makes bank. Upgraded the house, moved all three kids to private. That alone of course does not make them strivers.

However now, literally every time they go on vacation, she MUST post pictures of her family sitting in business/first class BOTH ways. It apparently is VERY important to her that people know she is flying business/first.

That she flies that way doesn't make her a striver - it's the fact that everyone must know. [/quote]

It's that last sentence, which means you're contradicting your first sentence.  :wink:

I don't think most people are bothered by people who want to work hard and get ahead, at least not if they're doing so ethically. It's the constant demands for attention, the need for everyone to be impressed by them, that makes strivers so exhausting to the rest of us. It's not just bragging about money; it's bragging about who they know, how savvy they are, how well-connected they are. Even if I were going to think "Oh, nice for her!" I'm not going to feel that way when you insist that I be impressed and say so. No, say more. MORE MORE MORE. [/quote]

And she definitely has some striver friends who comment on the photos wanting to know the airline or otherwise comment on *which* particular business class this is and compare notes, making sure everyone knows they too fly business. [/quote]

Some people love to talk about business class, airline experiences, and compare all of these.  For a lot of these people, they’re just immersed in the world, almost like “foodies” they aren’t strivers they’re just totally tone deaf that other people don’t care so they talk about it publicly.[/quote]

Eh, that sounds like a stretch.  Maybe they are just particularly boring strivers then.[/quote]

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