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Originally Posted by srmom
What y'all don't get is how you come off sounding. Bows and Toes, I'm sure if your dad read your last post, he'd cringe at much of what you say. You are young, and you don't understand nuance.
When you talk about wealth and exclusivity, it sounds ridiculous to me because you have earned nothing - your father has. It is great that you respect him, I'm sure he appreciates it. But, I'm also sure he would be disappointed if he knew that he had created a monster - a snob.
I was raised to appreciate where I was, what I had, and where I came from, but to never look down on others because it is a short fall with a few mis-steps. I hope I have instilled the same values in my children. I'll tell you that the first time I hear any ticky-tacky, classless garbage coming out of any of their mouths, will be the last!
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The problem is, raised as members of the upper class, we are taught these things. How to have the same work ethic as our ancestors. Alot of us aren't given brand-new SUV's because we are given the old work truck until we earn it. We're taught to respect property. I worked in the cotton fields from when I was 10 till I was 17 because my parents, as well off as they are, aren't going to give me money easily. Don't assume that we are given everything. One of my good friends who's family owns several yachts doesn't own a car, because things don't come that easy unless he's willing to work for it and he's not.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance it happens very far away way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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