starkitty said:

this was poor form.

i'm sorry, 9s.

Anxiety said:

dig it, you make a lot of sense here. i think it's a little different when you grow up with and are accustomed to those things, though.

starkitty said:

dont apologize.....

sosgemini said:

nah. when i'm wrong, i'm wrong.

starkitty said:

yeah, i guess. i know a trust-fund kid who, to meet him, you'd think he was a scrungey little moneyless moppet...but this little moppet travels to new york to bid on art auctions and he throws lavish dinner parties every few weeks, just for kicks. and he doesn't really think of these activities as being "upper crust" - it's just what his family has always done and it's what he does. it's very weird - he lives in a world where he can't really differentiate activities by "class", he's just been conditioned for a certain existence and he doesn't weigh things in terms of class structure..."doesn't EVERYone bid on paintings sometime?" ay yay yay.

sometimes i wonder if i grew up the same way on the opposite side of the boat. i grew up poor, but throughout my life i've had friends and we've had friends of the family who were wealthy. it's never really phased me because, i dunno, money and "things" don't really mean much to me. if anything, i'm more envious of the experiences wealthy people are able to have than anything else - travelling, getting out into nature more often, being able to do what you want with your life moreso than the average wage slave - all the toys and big pretty houses in the world don't really phase me. if anything, i'm afraid i'll break something if i sit down.

i guess what intimidates me most is when someone has this kind of wealth and expects me to sorta rise up to their level of appreciation and "refinement", for lack of a better word. i'm always gonna have more than a touch of bohemian in me, no matter how well-off i should ever become. it's where i come from - it's my personality. and when i run into people who care more about antique furniture and, i dunno, market shares, than all the artsy-fartsy stuff that obsesses me continually, i get a little skeeved. not to say that one lifestyle is better or worse than the other - maybe my concept of "leagues" is a lateral thing.

Anxiety said:

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was gonna say.

Although I will also say that the last guy I dated I had a crush on for like a year and when I finally got him drunk and we made out I confessed my crush and he was flabberghasted. He never would have guessed I had a crush on him cause he thought I was out of his league. Which I found absolutely rediculous and asked in what sense. And he said because I seemed to have this totally fabulous lifestyle. Which I admit I do. So apparently he thought by having lots of friends and going to lots of shows and liking cool music and travelling when you can afford it and stuff you're in a different league also. I still think that's silly. We didn't date long.

CarrieMpls said:

lol@ 'got him drunk'

i'm sure you didn't have to

cool points, anx.

when i'm lying on my deathbed, for sure i'm not going to be thinking about that fur coat or the rolex i bought. it'll be the memories and the people close to me.

I always trip on this. Classes of people. I am a better model than you. I shouldn't be seen with you because i an in the elite. God complexes used to piss me off. Now i just laugh at them. Nobody is outta anybodys league. Just some people are out of their damn minds.

CHEECHWIZARD said:

I am laughing to myself... I can't take it. I need a break, a long break... shall I go out into the 110 degree weather?

Yes, I can relate to some of this. My word.