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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people enjoy one-upping others, especially when it comes to money. Maybe the friend is just going through an adjustment stage and will settle down. But maybe not.

I'd give it some time and if it doesn't change, I'd slowly fade. [/quote]

It's only one-upping to the insecure and frankly, poor. To the rich it's just a normal conversation. Rich people do in fact casually talk about big time real estate purchases, rebuilds, renovations... pricey luxury vacations... how their new 2025 911 Porsche is subtly so much better than the 2023 model they traded in.[/quote]

It is tiresome to talk only about material things, regardless of income. My brother and SIL are much more well off than the rest of us, but we talk about family, work, entertainment, the news, books, health, pets, etc.  [/quote]

Even those can be conversational avenues to money. 
Health - we loooove our concierge doctor. Do you want her number?
Books - I buy so many books now. I think I’ve had time to read only one I’ve been sooo busy with the remodel. Hey but at least our living room bookshelves look nice and full
Pets - I know ‘adopt don’t shop’ but we love our breeder. $7k later and we love our little Sam. He is so spoiled. We got him his own doggy house but it’s his ‘style,’ you want to see it, it’s adorable. Just don’t mind the pool construction as we walk past.[/quote]

PP you nailed it! Spot on. This is exactly how my nouveau riche long-time friend talks now. For ~13 years she managed to talk about how much fun she had playing frisbee with dog Beau in the park, or how worried she was when Beau developed a limp. Now, $20 million lump sum later, any dog conversation omits those kinds of universal dog topics and veers immediately to the **ticket price** of Beau’s  private hydrotherapy or concierge pick up/drop off day camp.

Previously the cost of the frisbee did not enter the conversation.

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