I know "H" really well. I would consider her one of my closest friends.
She went through a rough patch in her life when I got to know her. She's got a heart of gold but she's also got what you and I would consider expensive taste. She has a rich daddy, but is now on her own trying to sink or swim. Her Daddy has retired and sold off his business to pay off some debts. She lives with her longtime boyfriend, a chubby, nerdy, quiet, insecure guy. A techie type. He's all rough edges, which is fine, but he wants to be smooth and thinks he is smooth. There ain't nothing smooth about him.
I was at their expensive RENTED apartment recently BUT they have no couch, no car BUT they have a Sony flat screen TV BUT it sits on its cardboard box. She carries her LV and Prada bag everywhere and criticizes me when I prefer to carry my brandless (Esprit is not really branded is it) soft leather bag instead.
I know her man earns exactly half of what I earn, yet he wants to act like a big shot. He wants to pay for our dinners and our lunches together. Which is fine, but why not split the bill?
She just quit her customer service job recently. And it was a shitty job. The kind you have to wear a uniform for. And she's a lady of leisure these days, meeting us, her friends who work hard for what we have, in the city for lunch. She's still under the illusion that she's a Stepford Wife.
I want to open my mouth and tell her to wake up and smell the cafe latte but I don't think it makes a jot of difference to people like her.
2 comments:
Ahh.. The chronic daddy dependent.. will continue to have expensive tastes farrr into debt.. trust me.. Gf has an aunt just like that.. Family usually supports her tastes and bails her out.. Until life support is cut, her expensive ways will remain.. If you treasure her as a friend, do discretely ask her to smell the Kopi 'O'
Good to know there are people out there who are of the same mind. I will bring it up next time she swans past my way. AND I'll blog about it too, baby!
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