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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get jealous.  [b]We send our kid to a preschool in a higher end part of town where all the parents have so much more money than us and I get intimidated by them and get kind of embarrassed by where I am in my life and the neighborhood we live in[/b], but the reality is that my family is doing so much better than so many other families out there and i feel  fortunate for what we do have.  And as a pp stated, it's all relative - you have no idea what's going on in anyone's lives.

Maybe it's an age thing, but the pursuit of money and wealth  matters less and less than leaving a positive legacy on earth while you are here - make the world a better place while you are here and the energy it takes being jealous is energy that can be used in so many other positive ways.[/quote]

I don't get jealous of this because I grew up this way -- faculty brat who attended private school for free b/c my mom taught there. We were by no means poor -- my dad is a doctor -- but we were definitely not as well-off as most of my classmates. No designer clothes, no car at 16, etc. Classmates took vacation in places I'd never heard of and still have never been to (Aruba, etc). It was actually quite a good way to grow up; we had enough that I was never envious, but less than those we were surrounded by, so we could keep perspective. That is pretty much how I feel now when hanging out with people far richer than I. Sure, I wish I had a hell of a lot more money -- but I don't want to do what is needed to obtain it, in terms of insane work hours or professions. We worry about money all the time but it's in a how-do-I-send my kid to college way, or recognition that our standard of living is lower than my parents' at the same age, not in a how-do-I-pay-the-rent way. So we are very fortunate, really, and I am conscious of that every day as I step off metro and see the guys hawking Street Sense, or holding out cups on the street.

I do wonder if the super-rich are really happy. I hope they are. It seems a shame to have so much and still not be happy! More money would make my life  easier, but I can't say for sure it would make my life happier. I have what I need; what I don't have I can either get or do without. That's enough.[/quote]

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