Anonymous wrote:OP, I feel your pain. In my 20s I worked as an MCPS teacher. I come from a reasonably wealthy family. I routinely receive nice gifts from my mother and grandmother on birthdays & holidays. I also collect checks from a family trust. But I don't talk about it. Ever. A clueless girl at work (from a small town) used to constantly ask me where I got certain articles and how much they cost! I, of course, felt uncomfortable and would say stuff like oh I don't remember or this was a gift. She talked about shopping and her grandiose lifestyle goals constantly and would awkwardly compare herself to me...
While at a holiday party, she had a few drinks and admitted she had $60k in credit card debt. I think she expected me to console her by saying I had debt too...

Anonymous wrote:People, OP is the most obvious troll ever.

Why are you feeding her?

Anonymous wrote:OP's parents living in a McMansion in Potomac does not constitute her being "old money" simply because she grew up where most people do not want to live anymore.

She is working as a secretary. There is nothing wrong with that - except for the fact that she is putting her co-worker down and building herself up based on where they both grew up - which neither of them had control of and they are both working at the same job now.

Trust me, Potomac is mostly Nouveau riche:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouveau_riche

If OP is of such a "higher class" than her co-worker she should be able to figure this little dilemma out on her own but obviously the co-worker is pushing her buttons so something in OP's story rings false.

OP isn't the landed gentry she thinks she is.

Anonymous wrote:For OP

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/07/17/brenda_ann_kenneally_documents_life_below_the_poverty_line_in_troy_york.html?wpsrc=upworthy

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from Upstate, NY and grew up poor, and I didn't finish college. I can tell OP isn't talking about me though because when I brag about something I bought it's because I spent pennies on the dollar.

Ding ding ding. My Revas? Were free99.

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Upstate, NY and grew up poor, and I didn't finish college. I can tell OP isn't talking about me though because when I brag about something I bought it's because I spent pennies on the dollar.

Anonymous wrote:18:49 you are off base. Potomac is not old money and someone who had the characteristics you were speaking of would never post something like OP did here on DCUM. Potomac is very nouveau riche.

OP is either annoyed that she is older and having to work at a "secretarial" job with someone younger who is making the same amount of money OR is from "North Potomac" i.e. Rockville and is putting on airs.

Frankly, OP is annoying.

And OP if you are as cultured and mature as you claim to be, you don't need to be looking for advice here. Simply distance yourself from this girl. It isn't rocket science. You sound very young and immature yourself - read your subject line.

Anonymous wrote:It's the old money versus new money societal differences.

OP was raised as a rich girl and has conservative expressions of wealth. Her coworker has new money and gushing with enthusiasm about her new monetary freedom. Old money never talks about their money, sometimes not even with their spouse. Especially not with a coworker or friend. New money is open about their wealth, they have no issues discussing money with family and friends. If I had to choose between the two for a friend, I'd pick the new money person every time.