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They were talking about their housekeepers - none of whom were actually named Maria. They just...called them that.
I was horrified.
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You can’t choose what family you’re born into, but you can take responsibility for your actions as you mature. Being lucky enough to be born into great wealth is actually a double-edged sword. It matters for your development how you’re raised, what values your family imparts, how self-sufficient and self-aware you are raised to be, and how much empathy you are encouraged to have.
On the one hand, growing up rich, you have access to a huge amount of resources, great education, top-tier medical care, quality food, constant support, etc. On the other hand, your upbringing can either leave you humble yet confident, and ambitious but charitable, or quite the opposite: entitled, greedy, and lacking true independence.
Entitled individuals are usually incredibly ungrateful, think the rules don’t apply to them, and think that the world owes them something. They believe that they should get special treatment because of who they are. In short, they see themselves as superior.
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He said my parents are in town they want to meet for dinner. I said sure but I'd like at least a shower and change first. No worries. He gets us 2 rooms at the literal Ritz.
Later he's banging on the door of my room because the 'shop down the street' has brought some clothes. On a rolling rack is 5 outfits for me to choose from including whatever I need for the next couple days while I'm in town. It was totally out of the movies. I was utterly dumbstruck for days.
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When I moved to a big city for a film job and then got laid off a year later, I would use my free time to network. But if I ever vented about needing to go back home because I was running out of money, a few people told me
“I don’t get it? You don’t want to move so why move? You’re into film, why not just make a movie and sell it? Why not wait it out?”
Like they had zero concept of having no one to bail me out if I ran out of money. They had no idea why I wouldn’t have money to fund projects while being unemployed.
WebMD stresses that entitlement is a narcissistic personality trait that can develop due to a variety of social factors. These include things like the environment in which the person grew up, how their parents and authority figures treated them, and whether adults solved all of their problems for them.
In the long-run, living with entitlement is likely to harm you. It leads to unhappiness, disappointment, and depression, introduces more conflicts in your relationships, and negatively affects your career.
If you’re not careful, you can get caught in a loop of entitled behavior. Over-the-top expectations lead to dissatisfaction, anger, and feeling like you’ve somehow been cheated. This leads to distress and reassuring yourself that you deserve everything that you wanted. And this, in turn, leads to even more entitled behavior.
#7
She had a magical time.
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That being said our friendship wasn’t the same after living together.
To be fair, it’s not just the rich and powerful who can be entitled. In fact, if you’ve grown up deprived of many things, you might think the world owes you something for all that you’ve been through. Anyone can develop narcissistic traits, no matter their background or financial situation.
Verywell Mind explains that entitled individuals fundamentally believe that they always deserve more than they currently have. “They expect to elevate their lifestyle above that of others without putting in the effort needed to do so.”
Entitled folks put their needs above those of others while, ironically, demanding that everyone else set their needs aside. Aside from lacking gratitude (they think they have a right to everything, so they don’t value anything), they also tend to be incredibly melodramatic, have a victim mentality, and need constant praise. A lot of these points are about secretly being insecure about not having enough admiration, resources, or support.
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The dude literally said "she thinks the blue clashes with her purse" and just casually dropped 200 grand like it was a McDonald's order.
#12
I asked if his (9 year old) kids helped harvest the grapes thinking this would be a fun, outdoors thing to do on the family farm, and he just looked at me in horror as if I had asked if they cleaned gas station toilets on the side.
He really was a lovely person, but we definitely were not raised the same.
What do you think, Pandas? What behaviors of wealthy people have you personally witnessed that genuinely blew your mind? How do you stay grounded and humble and avoid entitlement, no matter your wealth? How much income do you think you’d need to truly stop stressing about financial security? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
#13
That's when I was like, "Oh. It's one level to buy a Lamborghini. Totally different level to not care if you mess it up."
#14
This jerk buys 100s of thousands in art every year. I buy my friends breakfast from time to time. If they shorted me $2.30 I wouldn't worry about it. I have never been able to understand it. She is part of the reason why I vilify the wealthy. She is a horrible person, and not just for that story.
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Meanwhile, we only made $15/hr and I wasn’t even able to make it from pay period to pay period without running out of money, and that was without eating out, going anywhere, or buying anything for myself. It was a night and day difference.
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Purchasing services without comparing costs. Time is more important, thus quick decisions are often more important and if the expectations aren’t meant or services not rendered, they have the resources to fix the issue or sue the person.
Buying things and never using them. Clothes, jewelry, guns, homes, boats, cars, etc.
I can go on. Poor person behaviors are also a thing.
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I could go on and on. They are not like us. Not even close. And they don't get what it means to be like us at all. They can try to be nice, and many do try, but they are out of touch with the reality most of us live in. And shouldn't be given power over us because us flourishing is not their concern. If it was, they wouldn't be where they're at.
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He was one of the investors of our store.
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