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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To put it in perspective, how often do you (UMC) hangout and socialize with your landscaper?  ...not the owner but the guys cutting your lawn?  The is a far greater difference between someone with $80million+ Net Worth and your, say, $2 million NW than between your $2 million NW and that of your landscaper’s.

The ultra wealthy are an entirely different stratosphere of power and influence able to affect many areas of our society and future.

The UMC and lower wealthy live luxurious lives compared to most but still have little or no power in comparison to the ultra wealthy. 
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This is a great point and eye opener for me - possibly, if I connected at a spiritual level, I'd spend time with anyone.  But if not, it comes down to conversation material I suppose?

in my 20s, I rented a room from a family with a much higher income than I was raised with and got along fine (DW wanted to have easy money for herself I think).  I was constantly intimidated (my issue).  They wore their fancy loafers/shoes in the house all the time instead of kicking back in fuzzy socks, and never changed into athleisure LOL. They were buttoned up.  I once saw the DH looking on ebay and I said "oh are you looking at houses?"  and he said somewhat condescendingly "they are [i]chateaus[/i]".  LOL  I remember trying to scrounge around for snacks late at night, and they simply did not have easy food around, it was all stuff you'd need to prepare.  I drank a lot of freshly squeezed OJ and the delicious milk that was delivered weekly in glass bottles.

I will tell you this - it was the best lesson to me to see first hand that money does NOT buy happiness.  Terminally ill DH, the DW spent 4 hours a week in therapy, and the DD had tics from stress. [/quote]

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