How do you get along with 'richer' friends?

India
September 6, 2008 2:50am CST
You used to have many types of friends, may be some economically weaker and some richer etc. Do you treat all of them in similar scale and degree and do they treat you in similar fashion? Share your experience.
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
6 Sep 08
Yup, considering most of my friends can be considered as richer than me. Ain't that hard for me to find people who're better off than I am lmao.
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• South Korea
6 Sep 08
I may not have been richer financially, but it seems like I attract rich people who think I am rich...rich in livelyness in life i suppose, so if you feel rich, even if you don't have it, I am sure, you'll get rich in no time, by not owning the money,but to going where you want to be.
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
6 Sep 08
Hi there Snake Queen! Nice to see you again. Whenever I'm with my rich friends, I try to avoid telling them about financial problems and as much as possible, I avoid asking them for favors because I don't want them to think that I am befriending them just because I have ulterior motives. I don't like abusive friends so I try my best not to be one. Other than that, I treat them just as how I would treat my ordinary friends.
@dantakum (404)
• Nigeria
6 Sep 08
Hello there, I dont see my firneds as any other thing other that people to share you time,consine,care and love to as of those that are rich friends i make sure i put them in there right place,the right place i mean here is there are things i will not say nor do in there mist thats if we nerver grew up together but if we grew up together i dont think i wil keep any thing away from them. as of the less prevlage one of my friends there are the ones i would love being very close to. but i will show no diffrencies between them as long as there meet in my domine.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
6 Sep 08
Many years ago, I was a member of a congregation where it seems that most of the other members were officers, I made one friend, the wife of another NCO. I was so uncomfortable that I soon started attending elsewhere. Nearly 40 years later,in the congregation where I am currently attending, I've become friends with some of those officers and their wives that I originally thought to be snooty. I had not given them a chance. Now, one of my best friends is Colonel's wife. They are not rich by any means, although their income is greater than ours. We run back and forth between our houses and borrow from each other, as necessary. I learned to hold my head up and not be intimidated by rank. note: This is possible because we are both living on the economy. It probably would not be possible if we were living on base where the officer's quarters are separate from the enlisted men. Sorry that I couldn't say anything about my rich friends, as I don't have any. I don't even know any rich people. I do think there is a parallel here, though.
@relundad (2310)
• United States
6 Sep 08
I treat all of my friends the same, as the friendship has no bearing on their financial status, but intangible attributes. But I always tell people that typically your financial status will proballay dictate who is in your circle. Because typically people on the same financial level will put you in contact with people on that same level. For instance if you financial status would allow you to go to luxury spa's while traveling, you can almost be assured that everyone there is probally at your level or higher. If I attend a charity event, that lets say has a $1500 contribution requirement, then you can almost bet that everyone there is not worried about there grocery budget.
@barigwak (97)
• Philippines
6 Sep 08
I have friends and i treat them equally.
@alokn99 (5717)
• India
6 Sep 08
I do not differenciate my friends based on thier economic condition, and i expect the same from them. I've been fortunate in having some very good friends that way.
@kissie34 (2294)
• Philippines
6 Sep 08
yes of course.. I treat my friends similarly.. I don't treat them based on their aspects in life.. Since, all of them are my friends whether they are rich or poor I'll treat them as how it should be.. I don't like treating people in different ways because I know it is unfair and that might cause problems or misunderstanding, and I don't want those things to happen in our friendship.. I love my friends as my brothers and sisters, even sometimes we have some fights but we value our friendship.. Like for example now, I am far from them but distance isn't a reason for us not to become friends, we are still communicating.. We share all our problems, the things that we had experienced and sometimes we are talking all our happy memorize when I was still in our place.. My friends are very special to me because they are there always at my side every time I need them..
• Philippines
6 Sep 08
I get along withmy richer friends quite well we all have the same interests and there are no conflicts of ideas even if one wants the other thing everyone have their say or their own opinion to say so that one wouldnt feel that they are being discriminayed and i guess it goes down to the friends that you choose and their attitudes and their is nothing wrong if he or she is richer or not.its just a matter of getting along with.