<p>but they never pressured anyone to eat expensive dinners out or wear fancy clothing</p>
<p>Again…NO ONE is saying that those with more money “pressure” anyone or even ever SAY anything bad to other kids. </p>
<p>I have a couple of very wealthy friends. They never say things like, “hey, how come you don’t buy a private jet like we have?” lol…but, if many of my friends had such jets and were frequently (but without any attitude) and casually mentioning things like, “We flew to Bermuda last weekend,” or “It just snowed in Colorado, so we’re heading to Aspen tomorrow the skiing will be awesome,” I’d start to feel a little wishful (not much, cuz I’m an old lady…lol…but if I were young, I might be feeling green.")</p>
<p>These more affluent kids aren’t saying, “hey, why don’t you have a purse like mine?” or “let me know when you’re free and I’ll make you a mani/pedi appt with my manicurist.” No, these kids aren’t insensitive morons. But the fact that they’re walking around with their regalia is what often bothers the “have-nots.”</p>
<p>Maybe some of you don’t remember some of the problems high schools had with “bussing”. Experts thought that by bussing low-income kids (for hours sometimes) to “better schools” that lower income kids would be so much happier. In the end, so many of these kids hated being amongst kids who had more than they did. At their old schools, they all were have-nots…but now the affluence was “in their faces” everyday.</p>