I may regret writing this post, or it may come off as sounding stupid, but the recent car posts and a few recent dates I have had got me thinking. If your parents were, to put it bluntly, filthy rich, or close to it, what would you say to dates if the subject came up in conversation? Does it matter what you say if the subject of how/what are your parents doing comes up in conversation?
I don't think I fit the profile of the typical spoiled super rich kid. When I was growing up we were well off, like upper middle class similar to a typical doctor, but not super rich or anything. I was lucky to get my education paid for and a few other things, but growing up we were nothing special. In the years since I left and have been on my own the business that my parents started has done really well. It took them years of hard work to build it up to what it is now, and I remember growing up they often didn't have as much time to spend with us kids as other parents who had regular jobs did.
Now, I think their business is worth around 20 million if they were to sell it today, and they have other investments as well. They also have two multi- million dollar houses, their primary one in Washington with would be fully paid for but I guess they get some tax benefit from owing a little money on it, and one in Florida that is fully paid for, as well as other luxury items like a couple boats and a sports car, all paid for(my dad's attitude is if you have to buy luxury items with credit, you really should not be buying them at all). Then they go on private chartered African safaris and various other world travels. I am happy for them because they worked all their life to get there, but it is something that is sort of new to me. This has mostly happened since I left home, it is like they won the lottery or something.
I am middle class if that, and I don't get millions of dollars in trust fund money every month or anything like is the stereotype. My younger brother is a little spoiled, he is an attorney, but the parents bought him a sportscar as a graduation gift and a nice condo in Seattle. They offered to help me with a house but so far I haven't taken them up on the offer. I am just an average or even below average Joe as far as personal wealth goes.
My question is what are girls going to think when they gradually figure this out, or it comes up in conversation? Is it any big deal? Do lots of college educated people have parents in similar situations? At my age do they care one way of the other? Will they look at me as a spoiled brat? Will they see dollar signs in their eyes?(even though it will be years, if ever, before my parents financial success ever benefits me, perhaps I don't have to worry about personal retirement as much). Just curious if anyone else has had a similar life experience and what they tell chicks when the subject comes up, or if it even matters at all. The subject of parents and what our parents did/do has come up in some conversations with women from this online dating thing, and I am never sure exactly what to say or how up front I should be, and what goes through their minds, what they are thinking based on what I say.
I don't think I fit the profile of the typical spoiled super rich kid. When I was growing up we were well off, like upper middle class similar to a typical doctor, but not super rich or anything. I was lucky to get my education paid for and a few other things, but growing up we were nothing special. In the years since I left and have been on my own the business that my parents started has done really well. It took them years of hard work to build it up to what it is now, and I remember growing up they often didn't have as much time to spend with us kids as other parents who had regular jobs did.
Now, I think their business is worth around 20 million if they were to sell it today, and they have other investments as well. They also have two multi- million dollar houses, their primary one in Washington with would be fully paid for but I guess they get some tax benefit from owing a little money on it, and one in Florida that is fully paid for, as well as other luxury items like a couple boats and a sports car, all paid for(my dad's attitude is if you have to buy luxury items with credit, you really should not be buying them at all). Then they go on private chartered African safaris and various other world travels. I am happy for them because they worked all their life to get there, but it is something that is sort of new to me. This has mostly happened since I left home, it is like they won the lottery or something.
I am middle class if that, and I don't get millions of dollars in trust fund money every month or anything like is the stereotype. My younger brother is a little spoiled, he is an attorney, but the parents bought him a sportscar as a graduation gift and a nice condo in Seattle. They offered to help me with a house but so far I haven't taken them up on the offer. I am just an average or even below average Joe as far as personal wealth goes.
My question is what are girls going to think when they gradually figure this out, or it comes up in conversation? Is it any big deal? Do lots of college educated people have parents in similar situations? At my age do they care one way of the other? Will they look at me as a spoiled brat? Will they see dollar signs in their eyes?(even though it will be years, if ever, before my parents financial success ever benefits me, perhaps I don't have to worry about personal retirement as much). Just curious if anyone else has had a similar life experience and what they tell chicks when the subject comes up, or if it even matters at all. The subject of parents and what our parents did/do has come up in some conversations with women from this online dating thing, and I am never sure exactly what to say or how up front I should be, and what goes through their minds, what they are thinking based on what I say.