Money dripped from this little girl's tongue. She talked about several things, and I am quoting 95 percent of our talk:
Her pendant, and where it had come from
Her hairband and where that had come from
Her heart-shaped make-up mirror, and her lip gloss (Please!!!)
The new furniture she was getting done for her room
How her microwave was not working and she wished her mother got it repaired soon enough
The discount coupons she had for a reputed local hotel (and that it belonged to her friend's father)
Her baby bro playing with his father's premium brand pen.
And I told hubby that this was the fruit of 'new money'. DH's response:
"Oh Come on, they have had it for seven years now, it is not new anymore."
I still think that it is the 'new money' speaking. Old money is more graceful!
^WiseGuy^
12 comments:
Heh. You're new money until it's been in your family at least three or four generations!
whenever i see stuff like that i think....wonder where she got all that from? she obviously hears it from someone :)
I doubt the new money business would be flying around if she earned it herself. If her parents earned it, then I can see it! But again, if her grandparents earned, I think she would care less.
We have friends who are both old and new money (we are neither :), and it is so obvious the new money ones (some of them are just credit rich). In every conversation (it can be about anything) they will tell you how much something costs or everything that they have bought. While our old money friends NEVER talk about how much something costs. Crazy!!
Boring is right...
Lol for your DH's response...
Children do not just learn what is explicitly taught to them, but everything, everything, everything. They are little sponges, little parrots.
*yawn*
Old money, new money. Who cares?
What a shame that this is what the little girl has been taught.
That's definitely new money. Color me unimpressed. DH and I will do our best so our son does not think or talk like that. Especially about the lip gloss. ;)
That's a shame that she is learning to talk this way. Children should not be bragging about money and objects. It looks horrible on them.
*HUGS*
Hahahahaha! I'm with Phtogrl on this one - who cares really?
Money is just money it should be enjoyed forget the snobbery behind old versus new money. Its just money & its NOT what makes you rich!
Most old money families, at least in the U.S., teach children never to talk about money (even when they probably should be talking about it).
I don't know how it works in India, but aside from the nouveau riche, there's a segment of the poor in the U.S. who are also very conscious of brand names. I find it bizarre and inappropriate to carry a designer handbag to the welfare office, but you will often see many fakes and several real ones.
I agree - old money is much more graceful.
God save us from the nouveau riche!
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