Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 13:05     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
I call troll because a coach would never let one of his scholarship athletes be housed with a wealthy party-boy jet-setter of a booster. Way too much opportunity for distraction, drugs, encounters with law enforcement, etc.

Athletes are housed with athletes because they keep the same schedules and face the same pressures on their time. The last thing a coach wants is having the roommate of a star player burst into the dorm room at 11pm and start cutting lines on the desk, entertaining a few guests on a random Tuesday night.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 13:03     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:My 18 years old college freshman DS's dorm roommate is from a super wealthy family.  The roommate, according to my DS,  has a 2022 Porsche 911 Targa 4 on campus.  The dorm room is filled with expensive gadgets.  My DS is on a 50% athletic scholarship and is a music major.   We're a family of two Fed workers.

The roommate really likes to hang out with DS because DS is an athlete and popular with girls.  He always picks up the check whenever they go out and he even lets DS borrow his Porsche.  Last week, he invited DS to his parents' vacation home for a party in Florida and they flew on a chartered jet.  DS said that he had neve met so many rich people.

I told DS that he should be careful because rich people always want something from you.  The roommate wants to hang out with DS because he is an athlete and is popular with girls and that might be something the roommate wants to like like my DS.  Or the roommate is just genuinely a nice person. 

thoughts?


My thought is that the roommate is used to a certain lifestyle and wants to continue going to fancy restaurants/bars/whatever and traveling in the way he is accustomed, while also hanging out with new friends. So he picks up the check/invites them along. It's both generous and selfish.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 12:55     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Are you that insecure and negative? Just make sure he doesn’t party himself out of his scholarship. Otherwise, let him cultivate the friendship.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 12:45     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:My 18 years old college freshman DS's dorm roommate is from a super wealthy family.  The roommate, according to my DS,  has a 2022 Porsche 911 Targa 4 on campus.  The dorm room is filled with expensive gadgets.  My DS is on a 50% athletic scholarship and is a music major.   We're a family of two Fed workers.

The roommate really likes to hang out with DS because DS is an athlete and popular with girls.  He always picks up the check whenever they go out and he even lets DS borrow his Porsche.  Last week, he invited DS to his parents' vacation home for a party in Florida and they flew on a chartered jet.  DS said that he had neve met so many rich people.

I told DS that he should be careful because rich people always want something from you.  The roommate wants to hang out with DS because he is an athlete and is popular with girls and that might be something the roommate wants to like like my DS.  Or the roommate is just genuinely a nice person. 

thoughts?


“Rich people always want something from you?” LOL Are you Johnny from Dirty Dancing? Conversely, does your kid just want to hang out with the roommate because he is rich? Sounds like a mutually beneficial relationship. You sound insecure, don’t put that on your kid.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 12:30     Subject: Re:How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:100% troll

Find a hobby


Nah, I'm thinking frustrated screenwriter.


I don’t think you know why a troll is. If it’s not who the person portrays herself to be, it’s a troll. So a screenwriter would still mean a troll.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 10:48     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is, what the second week of his freshman year? The roommates are gong to find new friend groups in a month. The wealth isn't the problem. The problem is that he has been raised in a house that thinks it's ok to bring a Porsche to school.


Fall semester at most schools started on Aug 22nd and freshman moved in a week before that. Athletes report three weeks before that. All the fresh meat on campus loves athletes, they don’t care about guys with money, not at the age between 18 and 20. Athletes rule.


Most college aged girls would absolutely fall for guys who can whisk them away in their private jet over an athlete on scholarship.


Right?! Sportsball is great, but I would have been mouth agape at having access to a private jet. We were in BFE so a freshman having ANY car was a big deal. 🤣


I played QB at a P5 school and my roommate was from a very rich family. I always had better looking women than he did.

Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 08:56     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is, what the second week of his freshman year? The roommates are gong to find new friend groups in a month. The wealth isn't the problem. The problem is that he has been raised in a house that thinks it's ok to bring a Porsche to school.


Fall semester at most schools started on Aug 22nd and freshman moved in a week before that. Athletes report three weeks before that. All the fresh meat on campus loves athletes, they don’t care about guys with money, not at the age between 18 and 20. Athletes rule.


Most college aged girls would absolutely fall for guys who can whisk them away in their private jet over an athlete on scholarship.


Right?! Sportsball is great, but I would have been mouth agape at having access to a private jet. We were in BFE so a freshman having ANY car was a big deal. 🤣
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 08:49     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
What color is his Targa? That is my dream car and near impossible to find in 2022. Just saying...

Tell your kid not to drive the Porsche. You can't afford to replace it and insurance will go after the driver.

Ultimately, it is a peek into another world that your child probably won't ever experience again. Let him/her enjoy it and hope that you raised them well enough not to get in trouble. Use it to his/her advantage and get some internships or work out of it.

Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 08:24     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:My 18 years old college freshman DS's dorm roommate is from a super wealthy family.  The roommate, according to my DS,  has a 2022 Porsche 911 Targa 4 on campus.  The dorm room is filled with expensive gadgets.  My DS is on a 50% athletic scholarship and is a music major.   We're a family of two Fed workers.

The roommate really likes to hang out with DS because DS is an athlete and popular with girls.  He always picks up the check whenever they go out and he even lets DS borrow his Porsche.  Last week, he invited DS to his parents' vacation home for a party in Florida and they flew on a chartered jet.  DS said that he had neve met so many rich people.

I told DS that he should be careful because rich people always want something from you.  The roommate wants to hang out with DS because he is an athlete and is popular with girls and that might be something the roommate wants to like like my DS.  Or the roommate is just genuinely a nice person. 

thoughts?



You're quite funny, OP
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 08:13     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is, what the second week of his freshman year? The roommates are gong to find new friend groups in a month. The wealth isn't the problem. The problem is that he has been raised in a house that thinks it's ok to bring a Porsche to school.


Fall semester at most schools started on Aug 22nd and freshman moved in a week before that. Athletes report three weeks before that. All the fresh meat on campus loves athletes, they don’t care about guys with money, not at the age between 18 and 20. Athletes rule.


Most college aged girls would absolutely fall for guys who can whisk them away in their private jet over an athlete on scholarship.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 06:25     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:This is, what the second week of his freshman year? The roommates are gong to find new friend groups in a month. The wealth isn't the problem. The problem is that he has been raised in a house that thinks it's ok to bring a Porsche to school.


Fall semester at most schools started on Aug 22nd and freshman moved in a week before that. Athletes report three weeks before that. All the fresh meat on campus loves athletes, they don’t care about guys with money, not at the age between 18 and 20. Athletes rule.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 06:03     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
This is, what the second week of his freshman year? The roommates are gong to find new friend groups in a month. The wealth isn't the problem. The problem is that he has been raised in a house that thinks it's ok to bring a Porsche to school.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2022 16:59     Subject: Re:How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
Anonymous wrote:100% troll

Find a hobby


Nah, I'm thinking frustrated screenwriter.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2022 16:34     Subject: Re:How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
100% troll

Find a hobby
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2022 16:07     Subject: How to determine if the frienship is authentic from wealthy people?
OP, the situation could be reversed - the roommate could worry, if they choose to worry, that your son doesn't have good motives.

What an awful way to go through life!