7+ Ways to Trick Rich People Into Thinking You Are Wealthy Like Them
It’s Not Just About Clothes and Cars
As I wrote recently, I live between two worlds. One side has money. The other does not. And I have not found a way to connect those two worlds.
I have tried for years to find a way to connect the two worlds, without success.
So when I read this Washington Post article it made a lot of sense:
There was only one catch: I would have to stop acting poor, which meant polishing aspects of myself that would prevent those friendships from sticking. Smoothing those edges paid dividends, but at the uncomfortable cost of erasing parts of myself. To create a better life, I had to mask the outward signs of a chaotic home life, troubled self-esteem and the mental health effects of growing up for stretches without even basic amenities. Everyone’s history, painful or not, is intertwined with who they are.
It’s a benefit for those with less money to hang out with their richer family or friends.
The study analyzed 72 million Facebook relationships of U.S. adults ranging from age 25 to 44, a very large sample. It found that poor children, if raised in neighborhoods where a majority of their friends were wealthier, enjoyed a 20 percent jump in earnings on…
