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vanillafluffySometimes, upward mobility isn't all it's cracked up to be.
When, for instance, the lawn crew begins work at 7:45 right under your bedroom window.
I was going to say "being rich" as opposed to "upwardly mobile", but I suspect the Cs don't regard themselves as such.
What criteria do I use to proclaim upward mobility?
Okay, for starters, they have a home in a desirable neighborhood. If my house was the Taj Mahal, it would still be in a crap neighborhood.
When things break, they repair or replace them. Which sounds like a no-brainer, but if you've got zero savings or credit, easier said than done.
They have domestic help inside and out, a weekly or bi-weekly (as needed) cleaner in addition to the yard service.
They have automatic bill-pay on everything. I don't have it on anything, because my finances have *never* been that secure. One payment at the wrong time could topple the whole house of cards.
They buy new things. As in, lots of books and videos. I have yet to see a used bookstore stamp or a pawn shop sticker on any of them. I *have* run across a few 3-figure Barnes & Noble reciepts.
They both drive new cars. Not new as in "this model year", but as in "not previously owned".
They have savings, retirement accounts and credit. I have four bags of aluminum cans.
They win. I can't begin to comete. Not that it's a competition---keeping up with the neighbors is a mug's game---but I'm completely outclassed.
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When, for instance, the lawn crew begins work at 7:45 right under your bedroom window.
I was going to say "being rich" as opposed to "upwardly mobile", but I suspect the Cs don't regard themselves as such.
What criteria do I use to proclaim upward mobility?
Okay, for starters, they have a home in a desirable neighborhood. If my house was the Taj Mahal, it would still be in a crap neighborhood.
When things break, they repair or replace them. Which sounds like a no-brainer, but if you've got zero savings or credit, easier said than done.
They have domestic help inside and out, a weekly or bi-weekly (as needed) cleaner in addition to the yard service.
They have automatic bill-pay on everything. I don't have it on anything, because my finances have *never* been that secure. One payment at the wrong time could topple the whole house of cards.
They buy new things. As in, lots of books and videos. I have yet to see a used bookstore stamp or a pawn shop sticker on any of them. I *have* run across a few 3-figure Barnes & Noble reciepts.
They both drive new cars. Not new as in "this model year", but as in "not previously owned".
They have savings, retirement accounts and credit. I have four bags of aluminum cans.
They win. I can't begin to comete. Not that it's a competition---keeping up with the neighbors is a mug's game---but I'm completely outclassed.
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