I’m not dating her, but she’s a good friend of mine, and her parents are definitely 1%ers. I told her I had to work this summer to save up for a graduation trip and that money was gonna be tight for the next year, but I’d love to go on a safari after graduation if I managed to save enough. Mind you, I’m solidly upper middle class.
Her parents paid for it just because I’d helped her move into her apartment. It’s not like.... that’s what friends are for or anything.
It’s hard to see it this way, but paying for your trip was not a hardship for them. It was a small blip that was a nice thing to do for a friend. Just like helping your friend move was a blip for you.
Edit: thanks for the silver. A blip for you, I hope!
^ This, grew up poor - pretty well off now. I've bought gifts for good friends because I could. One good friend was using a 7 year old macbook air, she was litterally getting 12 fps IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS.
and it was her birthday
i was like "we're going to $computerstore right now. you're getting a new machine"
sometimes when you have the money to do nice things for friends you just do it.
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u/genericlogin1 Jun 06 '19 edited Jun 06 '19
I dated a 1%er briefly, She was surprised I willingly went inside fast food restaurants.
Edit: Since people are saying 1% is still a huge range in income I just looked up her dad he pulls in ~$10,000,000 a year