I noticed a difference between rich people and finicailly challenged people.

If you listen closely, you'll begin to hear the difference between the two worlds. Rich people have entirely different conversations then what we do. Rich people tend to talk about, what trips the rent on, parties they been to, vacations they're planning taking. I'm not talking about the hilton sisters type of rich people.

I'm talking the old school rich people, you know when being rich meant having a little class. Like I use 2 work 4 this jewish white lady, I use to listen 2 conversations and just laugh at how the difference is between the two worlds. I couldn't help, but 2 think what it's like being rich. The only thing I don't like about rich people, is the snobby attitudes they tend 2 have. That's why after being around rich people 4 a while, you have 2 come back 2 the hood, 2 get your self back into prospective or else, you'll be walking around with your nose in the air. Besides that, I think rich people are cool, cuz when you have money, you tend 2 worry about other things in life, other then the daily gossip that most broke people do, cuz they ain't nothing else to do but to talk about other people business. Y'all know what I'm saying all that he said/she said stuff, that bring unesscary drama.


If you had a little bit cash in your pocket, I doubt the last thing that'll be one your mind is worrying about what somebody else said about you, this is one thing I do respect about rich folks. Anyways what do y'all think about this ?

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[This message was edited Wed Jan 14 20:08:52 PST 2004 by DigitalLisa]

The moment if I became super-rich is automatically the moment I wouldn't give a fuck what any of the little people think or say about me...not that I care now

Can I borrow $50?

althom said:

Broke Ass

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

rdhull said:

Does that mean I can't have $50?

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

Seriously the day i become rich is , I won't get mad, I'll just pay somebody 2 kick ur ass

Like I use 2 work 4 I worked for this jewish white lady


I am gonna squash a big misconception here just for shits and giggles. Not all Jewish people are rich...I am not a broke ass, but I am not laoded either...then again I am only a half breed so who knows
[This message was edited Wed Jan 14 20:02:15 PST 2004 by MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld]

DigitalLisa said:

Just give me the $50!

althom said:

I used to work at a gas station in an area that was full of older jewish families, most with money. I used to be that person on the service side of the counter to those people. It was a family own business and for a long while we didn't have uniform shirts, you know the kind that have your name on them. My bosses decided we needed the shirts for aesthetic reasons. The day after I recieved my shirt all of those people who treated me like it was my duty to serve them recognized my name. All of a sudden I was one of them. I was treated much differently after that. That is was what I find funny. The fact that I wasn't worth their time until they realized who my family was.
[This message was edited Wed Jan 14 20:07:10 PST 2004 by prrtybby]

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

yeah I know, I think her husband was just all caucasion he was a heart doctor, so he was loaded too, I swear I couldn't stand their daughter, she was so stuck up

People that dont need worry about money can have many "other" problems 2 deal with. Wealthy ppl dont get through life on a "ticket 2 ride". Theres always that "trading" thing going on. I have come across quite a few "down 2 earth" ppl with $$$. I also come across many "poor" ppl who think "life" OWES them a living and their attitudes could greatly outweigh the wealthy in terms of being "not friendly" plus outright "nasty". Plus although wealthy ppl may or may not have more TIME 2 care 4 OTHER things bcuz they dont have financial matters 2 worry about, lots DONT, (lots do though) & lots of poor ppl tend 2 give more of themselves, bcuz they have been through rough times and can relate. Many ppl talk about "the hungry years" as the best times of their lives, as well as having taught them many of lifes lessons. Being wealthy is NOT all its cracked up 2 B! There R very cool ppl on both sides of the fence.

"Financially Challanged".

I'm not wealthy (yet) and I still thumb my nose at poor people. They should've gotten an education and a better paying job. It ain't my fault their parents and themselves screwed up. (excluding any mental or physical tragedy or fraud of some sort) If you are poor and have children, just amke sure your children don't end up being worthless too. Make sure they do their work and learn the value of earning a dollar. Then your kids can turn into an elitist asshole like myself, thumbing their noses at the poor while they go for the brass ring.

coqui said:

Ain't that what America is all about ?

DigiLisa, I love your threads but I can remember you starting a similar thread to this a while ago.

It seems maybe you have a problem with people who have done well in life and/or are more fortunate (financially) than you.

I dont think you should stereotype (rich Jewish ppl) and certainly not pigeon hole people who do have or seem to have money. That is where you will go wrong. It seems to me that you are either jealous or feel badly done by but cover it up by saying things like, *you have 2 come back 2 the hood, 2 get your self back into prospective or else, you'll be walking around with your nose in the air*

Do you really think all rich people have no perspective on life? And the hood is where it is at?

Look around, learn, if you are not happy the way you are change it, but it seems it is you who has your nose in the air, not them.

REDFEATHERS said:

Listen, I'm just telling it like it is, there is a difference between 2 the world's and this is one thing I've noticed from my experience. I don't know if you noticed, but in America you are judged by how much money you make. A lot of times, people with money look down on people who don't have any money and people who worked hard to get money, move up then forget were they came from, know what I'm sayin' ? This happens all the time, that's why I had said, sometimes you gotta come back 2 da hood, so you can't 4get were came from or else you will loose a sense of you are. I don't have a problem who's successful, Actually I was giving people who made money props on this thread, somehow it got all mixed up. Are you some kind of a replubican ? Just Joking

YEA to what Red and Grandebelle said.

Can you be accused of being financialist?

I think it always comes down to the personality of the rich OR POOR person. Remember Rich has more than one meaning too, and to jump on the financialistic band wagon rich people may tend to be more unhappy because they may have lost touch with the important things in life that the poor people are more likely to depend on for support.

I come from a working class family, with stories from my child hood like ice on the INSIDE of my bedroom window because we didn't have heating and I remember food was precious for a few years. Now, I am pretty "well off" me and my wife are both doctors and earn nice money but as long as you don't loose touch with what’s important in life then maybe we can avoid being pigeon holed.

Maybe our kids will grow to be spoiled little brats, I dunno. But I think it comes from education as a child and doesn't relate directly to the money in your pocket!

DigitalLisa said:

Well my point is that you divide these people into two catagories, two worlds... kinda like black and white.

I have well-off friends and poor friends: We all have not lost perspective on life or where they came from and the value of money, we all just get along and respect each other as we are.

Why do there have to be two worlds?

There was a thread a while back that asked if you would be happy or jealous of your friends success. Now supposing one of your good school friends got lucky or did really well career-wise, would you try and hold her back by telling her to come back to the hood and remember where she came from?

And btw, I am not republican..
[This message was edited Thu Jan 15 4:43:48 PST 2004 by REDFEATHERS]

REDFEATHERS said:

No but it WOULD be great to own your own bar though!!

PREDOMINANT said:

REDFEATHERS said:

see this can be a sticky issue, I'm going to try not 2 make it a racist thing, but the reason why a lot of so-called succesfull black people don't get respect is, because when they do make it, they do try 2 fit in with white people and 4get the grew up in the hood. This is the reason why we have issues in the black community, everybody talks about the problems that goes on in the ghetto, but don't nobody want 2 come back 2 try 2 fix the problems in the ghetto. This is why I like Oprah, no matter how rich she got she never 4got were she came from and she helps out a lot of people who's less fortunate then what she is. Do you think Wayne Brady is going to do that ??

If I had a friend who's from da hood , but then made some money, I would hope she don't get all upiddy and try 2 change just, because her cash. All I'm sayin' you got 2 be down 2 earth and not 4get were you came from and all 2 often when a black person make money, they do exactly that, forget were they came from.

If I had a friend, I wouldn't be jealous of her, I would just hope she don't 4get were she all started. I had a Aunt who married somebody who had some money, she wasn't my real aunt but I still considered her family. Do you know once she got married to this rich man, she started acting all different like she was ashamed about were she came from ?
This is what I'm sayin', don't do that. Cuz ain't nobody better then nobody, I don't care who you are or much money you make.
[This message was edited Thu Jan 15 4:53:48 PST 2004 by DigitalLisa]

I think *rich* ppl who forget where they have come from are called snobs.


So, for instance, it would be tactless if a group of friends were together, gossiping and the ppl with more money were flaunting it and talking about expensive holidays etc when their less well off friends were sat there listening to them.

But let me also add, that people ARE influenced alot by the company they keep, that is why I have a wide variety of friends and acquaintances from all different backgrounds; it helps me learn and keep me so open minded in life.

But also, all my friends I have, I never think or judge them by how much money they have in their bank account. All my friends, wherever they come from give me something special, be it care, humour, inspiration, drive etc etc.

I dont look down at ppl who have less than me, as I do not tut at ppl who have more money than me.


Money is money, why dont we start looking and understanding the people behind what they own?

REDFEATHERS said:

I wish it could be this way, I really do, but I mean if you look at the system and the way the run it, it's all based on your finicail status.

For instants, when a rich kid gets into trouble legally, he gets a warning or put on parole, cuz he has the money , but if a kid who doesn't have any money get into trouble, first of he gets a laywer from the state, who doesn't know him and could really care less about his case, then he doesn't have the money to pay him, so the lawyer just does cuz it's his job 2 do and the poor kid gets sent 2 the juvey, instead of getting a warning like the kid with money does. I've seen this happen so many times.

If I go 2 a rich neighboorhood and walk into one of their stores, what do they do? They keep following me around, asking me for help, when I really know they are just watching me , hoping that I won't steal anything , or the security gaurd is harrasing you just the same, or they just don't ask u 4 help at all, cuz they think you don't have any money.

Not 2 mention that rich people do get treated differently, people go more out there way 2 help people who already got money, this is why they say, they want to keep the rich rich but the poor poorer, cuz rich people get treated better, they even get better mail then what we do

This is all from experience, not just me judging from apperance, I'm not that type of person 2 make any accusastion unless I've experienced it. I know it's some good rich people out there, but i'm saying, you do have money, you do get treated better, people treat you different and look at you differently which is why the reason I believe some people start 2 act different from how they use to act ? See what I mean ?

If money is money why do so many people do crazy things to get it ? Money is power that what is it and you know that's the truth.

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[This message was edited Thu Jan 15 5:40:38 PST 2004 by DigitalLisa]

DigitalLisa said:

This isn't about anyone specifically but about my personal situation and how I feel about it. With that said:

Why would somebody who has become a success want to go back to a place where others have not made their life a success? I know I would not want to associate with those people.
Three quarters of the kids I went to high school with are still stuck in the same shitty town in New Jersey and haven't made anything out of themselves. I got the fuck out and I am on my way. I have no desire to see any of them. What they do with their lives in no interest to me anymore. I want to make my life a success, not sit around smoking pot and going to clubs.
In other words, it isn't about "forgetting who you are". It's about a change in mentality. A change in priorities. A change in lifestyle. And when I have changed my priorities, mentality and lifestyle to become a success, I really don't want to be around people who haven't done that yet.

coqui said:

but see in a sense , you are looking down on them, because you don't think they made the same success that you made and this is exactly what I'm talking about. You don't have associate with these people, but don't look down on them, because you don't the situation and they might not have had the same opportunities as you , you're lucky. A lot of times people don't have that luck, which is why I said, people want to look down on the people in da hood, but don't want 2 do shit 2 help and that's fucked up. I said if i ever do make money, I want at least come back 2 help, my community so some of the kids can have somehting 2 look up 2 and 2 let them know they can become something other then a drug dealer or prositute and they ain't got end up in jail, like so n so did, this why I'm going back 2 da hood rather I have money or not.
[This message was edited Thu Jan 15 5:50:24 PST 2004 by DigitalLisa]

Why did you say "Jewish white lady"?
What's religion and skin color got to do with how much money she's got?

Why not just say "rich lady"? I'm sure her color and religion didn't get her the money she has.

TweetyBird said:

I'm a writer so I was trying to give details that's all

DigitalLisa said:

Details that have nothing to do with money, which is what the topic is about.
These two add-ons did not belong in the story.
If you are a writer, you should know that.