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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always down play.  I never tell people we just meet or don't know very well what DH's occupation is.  And I never invite people over to our house.  [u]We bought a $1 million house as first time home buyers at age 30 with no family help and I don't want any of our friends to see it. [/u] The few times we've had friends over we've gotten obnoxious comments about the house.  I prefer to entertain in restaurants or meet friends at other places.

My co workers have already formed a negative opinion of me based on the fact that I drive a luxury car and I've heard several negative comments about it.  I work in a low paying field.

We wear dress really cheaply (we prefer clothes from Old Navy), DH drives a 15 year old car, and I don't have any jewelry so it is easy to downplay.  I'm just not interested in brands or labels.

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Do I remember you from the baby shower post?

First of all, $1m dollars homes in many places (NW DC, McLean) don't always look terribly impressive. Secondly, nobody would know HOW you bought it if you didn't discuss it.  That's a stupid reason not to invite people over.  I'm going to guess that you don't have too many friends if you don't invite people over so that they won't see your house. What kind of friend does that?[/quote]

The reason I don't invite people over is because of the comments we've gotten when we did invite people over.  I don't want to hear the comments because they bum me out.  We are happy with the choice we made but I don't see any reason to entertain at home (and I don't enjoy cooking or entertaining at home particularly, would much rather meet friends out at a restaurant or theater).  And we bought in a distant suburb (Great Falls) so we got a huge house and a huge yard (2 acres).  [/quote][/quote]

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