" George got a swanky unexampled convertible for his 14th birthday . He crashed into a tree the next sidereal day . "
In many ways, wealthy parents have it made. They often have beautiful houses, happy children, and a great job. Once the kids get to school age, though, another variable enters families' lives:other parents.
Since rich parents are uniquely situated to report back to us about the goings-on in upper-class communities, I recently decided toask themabout thewildestthing they’ve seen other parents do. The answers I got back, from parents and kids alike, were unbelievable. So, here are some of the most exciting:
1.“I grew up in northern Virginia, which is known for affluent families… I had the oldest, lamest car in the student lot [and] I got called ‘white trash’ over my car.”
2.At the preschool [I worked at], a well-to-do parent (ex-wife of an MLB player, [with a] big beautiful house with [an] indoor pool and a nanny, etc) SCREAMED at my boss about her daughter missing a $300 jacket."
3.“Quite a few parents I know are real estate agents for themselves and friends to save on the agent fees for the properties they casually invest in.”
4.“I once sold about $500 of Girl Scout Cookies to the heirs of the Publix fortune. At the time it was $4 a box.”
5.“For a third birthday party, a food truck. Yes, an all-paid food truck, like [an] open bar. [And] live baby goats from a farm for a first birthday party —pretty wild.”
— Anonymous
6.“I was at a PTA meeting where the moms (it was only moms) were deciding how much to charge for a parking space up front at the school. This space would bear your name and be solely resolved for your use.”
" A cleaning lady suggested the sum of $ 1,000 ; I , a humble shoal teacher , balk at this number . She attend me numb in the eyes and said , ' If you ca n’t yield it , you do n’t deserve it . ' I promptly removed myself from the PTA . "
7.“The breastfeeding, in public, of a ten-year-old child. Full-on Robin Arryn fromGame of Thrones. I saw this happening on their front deck while walking past their house… yep, just outside the house.”
8.“My spouse and I are from pretty modest backgrounds, and now we live in a pretty wealthy area, so we find ourselves doing a lot of double takes on the parenting here. Oh, you bought your 16-year-old a Maybach to celebrate them getting their license?”
9."[I know parents who] allow their 14-year-old (and by extension, MY 14-year-old) to have unlimited access to weed because their kid was ‘anxious.'"
" I had no clue it was hold up onuntil another tike got caught , and it was a age - farseeing struggle to keep [ them all ] apart because despite being secern to not allow our kids at their house ( the kid definitely were n’t going to listen — free weed ! ) she continue to allow everyone to congregate because ' If they ’re going to do it , I want them to be safe . ' It took all my restraint to not combust their house down ( when they were gone , of course ) .
10.“They want their child to sit alone on [the] school bus when the other kids are crammed three to a seat.”
11.“Not a parent here, but one classmate’s parents paid the school $30,000 to cover the cost of the musical expenses that year (i.e. costumes, sets, the stipend for the director, etc.) and demanded their daughter be cast as the lead. Surprise, surprise, she was cast as the lead that year.”
12.“My high school was a solid mix between upper class and middle class. My family was rather well off, but I drove a 20-year-old minivan to school, whereas many kids drove Teslas and Jeeps and convertibles that their parents gifted to them.”
13.“We lived in an affluent neighborhood with great public schools and a community pool. Most neighbors were spending $25k+ per child for private school, and my son usually had the community pool to himself because they were at the country club pool.”
14.“Once I saw a mother dressed as a clown standing outside for pickup. She was handing out lollipops. Everyone was terrified.”
15.“My kid’s school in Key Largo does yearly school trips to foreign countries like Chile or Panama. They can cost upwards of $4k. Most of the parents don’t even think twice about this cost. The children of the parents who can’t afford it don’t get the experience, and frankly are alienated.”
16.“There was a family in our neighborhood who held an annual Christmas birthday party for their two children. I can’t remember how old the kids were, but I know they were under 10 years old.”
17.“I grew up in an affluent area. Our private three street neighborhood was bordered on one side by a large lake, and the community’s middle school was on the other side. A bunch of us kids would walk the two blocks to school together during our middle school years. But not George.”
18.“My neighbor sent out invitations for her 2-year-old’s birthday. She would only accept gifts [that were] $500 and up because she wants ‘only the best’ for her kid.”
19.“An 8-year-old girl at my son’s school has a diamond Cartier bracelet. We know it’s real because after the teacher joked about it being fake, the girl’s mom came into the class and made a big scene about how her daughter would never wear ‘a tacky fake.'”
20.“I enrolled my child in an exclusive private school, and I noticed a stark difference immediately. The parents were seriously outspoken with their opinions and behaved however they pleased, and their children were generally more disrespectful compared to those in public school.”
21."[My child goes to] public elementary school, but a high percentage of upper-class families attend. [One day,] a neighbor’s daughter wasn’t paying attention to where she was running and ran into the tetherball pole.
22.And finally: “My parents have a neighbor who was over for a BBQ. While discussing college plans for his daughter, he lamented over the ‘tragic’ housing options for freshman, and then casually mentioned he purchased a townhome for her to live in so she wouldn’t have to worry about roommates or shared laundry and could focus on her studies. She’s attending a school in LA.”
— morgandemkey
