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DMFParadox -> RE: When worlds collide (8/22/2008 3:48:17 AM)
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ORIGINAL: IvyMorgan
I split bills, unless I've invited someone out, then I pay. Call me old fashioned.
Awesome. Just had to single this one out for a clap. [sm=spanking.gif] (closest thing I could find to a handclap.)
Life is strange... My family is upper class on all sides, with a few notable exceptions, and I'm one of them. I come from money but lived very, very poorly as a child; homeless, shelters, ghettos, trailer parks, livin' la vida gypsy.
Intellectually is also potluck, to be honest. Though I have an intense fascination with the world, some things I'm ignorant of, like the working environment of Oman. Though I remember reading about some tidbit country or other down there being an absolute gem of capitalism, ruled by an old-school absolute monarchy; that image stuck with me.
So do relationships where I make less money prove challenging? Sometimes. Depends on the girl. Honestly, it's her expectations rather than her wealth that make the difference. So far though, I'd say that the girls that come from wealth are often better at making themselves useful in other ways; they're twice as likely to wash the dishes when you aren't dragging them out of the kitchen, because the less financially lucky girls tend to fill the gap by exaggerating those traits that emphasize equality. The rich girls already know they're as good or better, at least in one way, so they focus more on contributing in ways that have nothing to do with wealth. And they frequently simply have better habits. The problem comes in during those times when they don't go the extra step, when they simply sit back and assume that you will do something, or that they have done enough; then the gulf between looms. Re-establishing initiative at this point is tricky... but then, it would be when a poor girl is feeling her oats too. Another angle is when the rich girl's habits are too good, when the regimented lives they lead don't allow for enough laxity to explore new things. But, there are poor girls who are the same way, call it gutter snobbish.
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