The disparity between the rich and poor forces separate lifestyles, which causes the moms on both sides to have different hobbies or interests. The poor moms that share the same interests do befriend the "haves", money has little with actual friendships .... I am poor but I have many friends that are wealthy.

but usually, as with race and age... most moms will shy away from others moms if they feel they may not have anything in common with one another.

I live in a community where the rich and poor collide, many make assumptions about eachother, until they meet me.

May I add this... it takes a mature and confident woman to walk up and start conversation with any women of a different race, age, look.

Many women do NOT do this and keep to people that look and act like themselves because of fear and immaturity.

I applaud any women that steps out of her "comfort zone" and befriends people of all backgrounds.

paintedlady said:

May I add this... it takes a mature and confident woman to walk up and start conversation with any women of a different race, age, look.

Many women do NOT do this and keep to people that look and act like themselves because of fear and immaturity.

I applaud any women that steps out of her "comfort zone" and befriends people of all backgrounds.

for me period

I'm very shy

ZombieKitten said:

paintedlady said:

May I add this... it takes a mature and confident woman to walk up and start conversation with any women of a different race, age, look.

Many women do NOT do this and keep to people that look and act like themselves because of fear and immaturity.

I applaud any women that steps out of her "comfort zone" and befriends people of all backgrounds.

for me period

I'm very shy

I disagree... I think you are quiet, but shy? Naw... the boob shots prove differently.

paintedlady said:

ZombieKitten said:

for me period

I'm very shy

I disagree... I think you are quiet, but shy? Naw... the boob shots prove differently.

I'm not that quiet, but I am VERY shy with complete strangers.

I've never let a complete stranger touch my bosom (and get away with it!!!!!!)

ZombieKitten said:

paintedlady said:

I disagree... I think you are quiet, but shy? Naw... the boob shots prove differently.

I'm not that quiet, but I am VERY shy with complete strangers.

I've never let a complete stranger touch my bosom (and get away with it!!!!!!)

There goes my shot at grabbing those famous boobs.

paintedlady said:

ZombieKitten said:

I'm not that quiet, but I am VERY shy with complete strangers.

I've never let a complete stranger touch my bosom (and get away with it!!!!!!)

There goes my shot at grabbing those famous boobs.

but you're not a complete stranger

ZombieKitten said:

paintedlady said:

There goes my shot at grabbing those famous boobs.

but you're not a complete stranger

YAAYYYYY we can do a boob mash!

ZombieKitten said:

kimrachell said:

that's good, then you don't have everybody trying to keep up with one another.

although I'm probably in denial, I wouldn't recognise designer stuff if it slapped me in the face. If it looks nice, I think it must be from Target, not K-Mart or Big W.

me too! hehe

paintedlady said:

The disparity between the rich and poor forces separate lifestyles, which causes the moms on both sides to have different hobbies or interests. The poor moms that share the same interests do befriend the "haves", money has little with actual friendships .... I am poor but I have many friends that are wealthy.

but usually, as with race and age... most moms will shy away from others moms if they feel they may not have anything in common with one another.

I live in a community where the rich and poor collide, many make assumptions about eachother, until they meet me.

thanks for your thoughts on the topic.

I think it has to do more with social standing, not how much money you have. Of course, most people who are very rich blue bloods don't usually run into the lower middle class or downright poor unless they're the help. They don't attend the same parties/social functions and their children do no go to the public schools.

Now the nouveau riche are just that, "newly rich" and are not necessarily used to having money/social standing. They are the folk who can turn into complete assholes and are usually very pretentious with their wealth.

I just don't think that if I came into a huge sum of money that I would change that much. Of course, I would quit my job and build the house of my dreams, but believe me, that house would not be some mega mansion on 15 acres. All I would want would be a nice, 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath one-story, bungalow/cottage house on about 2-3 acres of wooded land by a lake or a river. It would have a pool, greenhouse, garage and space for vegetable and flower gardens. I would have ONE car, an SUV. My clothes would be bought at department stores. Even if I had the money, spending $1500 on a pair of shoes is just sacrilege to me.

kimrachell said:

so as i was walking home from my son's school this morning i was thinking about this topic. the neighborhood i live in is very wealthy. most people make over $200,000 a year. and in the city i live in the average yearly income is over $100,000. but there is some poor people here as well, and we do have some low income apartments in the city. what i've noticed is that the people with money seem to stand and talk in their own little groups in the morning in the school yard before school starts. and most of the mom's look each other up and down as if to try and guess what designer clothing the other is wearing. and the people with less money seem to be sort of the black sheep of the crowd. the poor people don't get invited to the house parties, or to lunch, or their kids to playdates. i find all of this odd. becuase i really could care less how much money a person makes. i'm no where near wealthy. my husband is an operations manager of our local walmart.and i've noticed that when the other parents at my son's school find this out, my son stops getting invited to birthday parties and playdates. what do you think? can rich people and poor people be friends? i see a big divide in my own community.

Walmart is evil!!!