Clipping coupons is tedious and time-consuming if you’re out to save any appreciable amount of money. I’d never dream of trying to force my spouse into doing it unless it was already one of his hobbies. If clipping coupons is so important to you, why don’t you do it yourself and give the coupons to her? (Assuming…

I teach philosophy. You get an A+ in trolley problems for the day.

There were other hits?

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The real Sisqó is threatening legal action against the Fake Sisqó.

I just had a sort of similar situation as Gayle and I don’t get it! Not so much dating but banging....I met a guy off tinder (which I hate, but whatever it’s good for finding a hookup) and I’m just looking to get laid, preferably by the same person somewhat regularly but no relationship/dating stuff.

Would a land war in Asia be justifiable if it were 100% guaranteed of ridding the world of Chris Brown?

Yeah, but nobody thinks that they’re “rich rich.”

I find that people who grew up well off usually add some sort of exception “but my parents never told me how much we had so I didn’t grow up thinking we had money” or “but they always asked me what I was spending it on so it’s not like I had an unlimited account”.

Ha! I was just going to say, the only people who say “money is strange” are out of touch rich people.

I can’t remember when I first realized we were in the upper middle class (dad’s a prominent attorney, mom was in entertainment business), but I do remember my parents clearly teaching me that their money is THEIR money. I was being a snotty 13 year old and begging my mom for the latest trendy jeans - they were like…

If you went to private school and your dad had six cars, you grew up “rich,” relative to the vast majority of the population.

My husband got called rich by all the other kids in public primary school, and then went to a private high school and he was the “poor” one to the other kids. How kids perceive themselves is probably relative to their peers.

I don’t think this person was “poor,” but she probably wasn’t rich either. Going to private college doesn’t necessarily mean wealthy, maybe she got a scholarship or something. But, going on trips to Europe is likelier evidence of wealth. Even so, a lot of poor immigrants make regular trips to their home nations.…

As someone who used to babysit rich kids in CT, I agree. They don’t know any different. Everyone else involved in their lives is rich or help and kids don’t assume the help is poor. Even the moms would forget sometimes and give me some time off to “hang with my friends” while we were on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard…

It’s amazing how the words “we can’t afford that” get stuck in a kid’s brain. I think most of us heard that to one degree or another growing up, but it meant vastly different things for all of us - and we all took different meanings than what our parents intended in a lot of cases, too, I think.

Were you actually poor, or just not “really rich”?

Doesn’t really sound like a “money is strange” situation. Sounds more like a “you grew up quite rich, and around really rich people” situation.

Spoiler alert you grew up rich. The evidence I used was trips to Europe and Private college.

I don’t know if Blue Ivy understands yet that her family is “special.” She is a very little kid and has lived a rarified existence, so it’s likely that she thinks everyone lives this way. I imagine it’ll be quite some time before she understands the broader world and her family’s place in it.