pretending to be rich

I know of a classmate when we were in primary school. She was like that. She'd tell us that they were super rich and was the only child so she had everything. I don't know why she needed to be that way, I guess she was envious of other students and wanted to be like them. I am not one of those rich kids but I don't really want to be like them. I never heard about that classmate after 4th grade. They say she transferred schools and was now married with several kids. It was a pity that when her mother came to school she told her classmates that she was their maid. Tsk tsk tsk..

I do not appreciate people like that! We should always be proud of who we are because we are all unique on this earth, I can be rich but I can be very poor in love, same as the one who is very poor but has many genuine friends, loving family, respect in life, good character, I prefer to be very poor and have all of these but I will never make my parent's hard work seem futile for others! There was a girl in my class when I was 17 years and she was always telling lies like this, she always says that her aunt bought her many outfits from Italy and Europe but she was always seen with the same outfits every now and then so this was a lie.

Hiii there Well i know some people who pretend they are extremely rich but in real they aren't.I do think they do ahve very strong desire to be rich but they are not able to fulfill it.There was this guy in college who used to come to college with his uncle's ca.He told everybody its his ca and he was trying to hook up with college girls by showing it off.

a lot of people are like that... better not pay attention to these people.

I've seen my share of people who pretend to be richer than they are. When I was in school, there'd be girls who would flaunt this and that. But, when you go to their house, they're not really that well to do. I pity these people. They think that they need to portray a certain image in order for people to like them.

it seems that i have somewhat the same story with that... during in my high school days i also met someone like that, she keeps on bragging to us that they have all those stuffs that only rich people could afford... but as the time goes by we discovered that they are just living with her aunt, that she happens to be a working student there.... poor people like those....they are not contented of what they could just afford to have....

Well, such persons do exist. I don't know why, maybe being rich is their dreams. But, I have to admit that, I don't like these people. They want to other people's attentions. They don't like their current lives. It's pretty sad. Well, luckily, I don't have friends like her around. If some day we make ourselves being a rich guy, then there is no need to pretend.

I actually know someone who is like that right now. They are constantly boasting about similar things that you mentioned but we hardly pay attention since we know most of the stuff coming out of that person's mouth is a lie. The person used to be quite well off but they fell into hard times. But the problem is that they are in denial about it or something.

Hi bautisaanna04, I have had new friends who embellish their lives. They go on and on about how much they have in the bank and the big house they live in, all which was not true. I guess they wanted to make new friends because the old ones found out about their lies and moved one. It is so much better to be truthful about who you are. Why be ashame of who you are and where you live? there usually is someone worse off than you are. When the lies you tell is unveiled, your creditability is ruined and you lose good friends. Your ex-classmate, seems to have a problem telling the truth period. She obviously has a problem with who she really is, so she creates the world she wishes she had. This is an unhealthy habit to have. If she never gets caught, which she has, she will go on lying through out her life. How can you trust a liar?

There a lots of People around us that act that way,just to be seen on the front lines, but hey let them do it,they are not fooling us,but they are just Fooling themselves....A true rich or and Old rich never brags about anything because they are trained not to, a nouveau Rich, is Different from an Old Rich....Thanks!

Ahahahaha my own bestfriend since I was 9 year old (we are now 26 year old and we are still bestfriend) is exactly like that, and she never changed. She is getting worse nowadays with car, credit card, and all this kind of stuff. It is the same for her family. They are our neighbour in village and they don't have many friends apart from their own family and cousin. They are not rich, they borrow so much money for education, but then they all brag about it. But people in village don't care anymore because we actually know and can see if they are really rich or not. But now my bestfriend is in another state, and one of her friend reported to me lately that she is telling all her friends that her family have been the richest in our village since she was little until today. I found it hilarious, I thought she would have changed by now. I'm still her bestfriend maybe because I never took care of her attitude :D It's a bit pissing me off though to hear that she was also telling people that only her family and siblings from our village who were able to go to the University though, because my own younger sister is about to graduate from a very popular University in a few months from now :D

There are a lot of people like this. I encountered one who tells everyone that she does not know how to commute, and that her driver always drives her to and from school. Until one day, while I was in line waiting for my ride in the jeepney... I saw HER also in line but was in front of me. I did not bother to say hi to her. We saw each other in the waiting shed where the jeepney stops and would unload all the passengers. And she said that the van of another friend had dropped her off in the shed, when I saw her ride a jeepney! I did not tell her I saw her.. such a fake!! There is nothing wrong with riding a taxi anyway!.. Its much more embarrassing to be caught lying!

Well its funny and the sad at the same time .... she is so insecure that she has to get attention from people by pretending to be rich ... not a similar story but i have a friend who keeps on falling sick whenever he messes up or some trouble comes up to him in the office so that other people can do what he is supposed to do ...

Well its funny and the sad at the same time .... she is so insecure that she has to get attention from people by pretending to be rich ... not a similar story but i have a friend who keeps on falling sick whenever he messes up or some trouble comes up to him in the office so that other people can do what he is supposed to do ...

I often see this kind of people in our "teleserye" or Filipino TV drama series. It may seem to be just in a television but I know there are really people like these. I just don't understand why do they have to pretend being rich. Some just says that they need to so that they could have friends or they could be accepted by their wanna be friends. Others just do it too just get that much attention and fame that they want. I have a nephew that pretends to be rich too and me and my parents even felt like he was pretending that he lives in our home just because our house was a bit bigger than theirs. But I never confronted him because it never really confirmed. We only based it to his actions and with they way he talks to his classmates while walking into house before going to theirs. Our family was not really rich but I never felt that I have to pretend being one just as what the others reason out. I have my friends and they accepted me for what they have known as me. Maybe those kind of person aren't just confident enough that they could have good relationships with other without being rich. Or probably they were just dreaming too much that they were rich that they almost forgot that they were actually not.

it is a quite common phenomenon in the socity now. definitly, this beheviour is quite wrong. but i think there is no wrong with your classmate, but the concept. maybe around you, there are many people saying about their rich family or their happy life, and behave quite different that will make an effect on others.