tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post1331273465247629176..comments2024-02-15T00:57:03.420-08:00Comments on - Privilege: High = Money, Final InstallmentLPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-21253234871524174722009-04-30T21:14:00.000-07:002009-04-30T21:14:00.000-07:00Agreed. No need to explain. Only not to feel embar...Agreed. No need to explain. Only not to feel embarrassed if it's something you *want* to talk about.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-56842680791355158192009-04-30T20:50:00.000-07:002009-04-30T20:50:00.000-07:00But money is also just boring (to those who have ...But money is also just boring (to those who have it). It's a fact of my life. I cannot be asked to explain it to everyone. I feel the same way about my religion and my family, they are not for explaining, they just are.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424710533603846341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-46523837284275609442009-04-30T15:13:00.000-07:002009-04-30T15:13:00.000-07:00Infra dig is a synonym for "not the done thing." I...Infra dig is a synonym for "not the done thing." It's a symptom of the embarassment. Is this a good thing? I don't know. Is it a necessary thing? It turns out, not.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-35447551484377481102009-04-30T09:13:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:13:00.000-07:00and yet such an emotional object. I am very old s...and yet such an emotional object. I am very old school and can't bear talking about it seriously with people, if they ask I joke about how I am desperately poor and what my parents do with their money (fund my car, my horses, my clothing, my years abroad and international holidays, my life...) is their affair. It all seems so deeply infra dig.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424710533603846341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-8434213757404199562009-04-29T20:21:00.000-07:002009-04-29T20:21:00.000-07:00I am still trying to convince my family that money...I am still trying to convince my family that money is not an emotion, but rather an object.Kaitlin Wainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10441798371617926431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-34453703976105357322009-04-29T07:22:00.000-07:002009-04-29T07:22:00.000-07:00"Embarrassed most of all that they like having it...."Embarrassed most of all that they like having it."<br /><br />I know that I am making a gross generalization here, but is this what leads to wealthy, guilty liberals? I am not embarrassed that I like having money. I have worked really hard for what I have and I deserve what I have and I want to keep it. I certainly do not want the government to take it away from me!<br /><br />I am not trying to start a political argument here, but I am genuinely curious. I have never been embarrassed about liking and wanting to have money and I don't begrudge others their money. More power to them! It is security to me -- it means not having to eat beans instead of meat at the end of the month (among many other things).class factotumhttp://class-factotum.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-61507818123874611302009-04-28T18:51:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:51:00.000-07:00PS: I haven't asked about "the numbers" in quite a...PS: I haven't asked about "the numbers" in quite awhile and don't see a need to bring it up again until I'm making a law school deposit. I did ask in the fall how the country's economic situation had affected us, and they redirected the conversation towards how this affects those in the country without significant savings or a safety net. Typical of them :)The Cape Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055280258764294994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-18618822347982770222009-04-28T18:41:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:41:00.000-07:00Oh yes, I've certainly had the "suitors talk." It'...Oh yes, I've certainly had the "suitors talk." It's hard though, to know at what point someone is a close enough friend to be given this information, and friends occasionally ask questions. Finding a response that is accurate but not more info than you're comfortable sharing can be tricky.The Cape Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055280258764294994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-21435252922656202342009-04-28T15:49:00.000-07:002009-04-28T15:49:00.000-07:00I agree. If you don't talk numbers then how will ...I agree. If you don't talk numbers then how will they prepare to be responsible when they have no idea what the magnitude of their responsibility will be??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com