CLASS IS AS CLASS DOES.......................
In my course of business I interact with people that come from a myriad of means and backgrounds. Don't be intimadated, we have met people with no money to speak of that are true ladies and gentlemen. We have also met people with scads of money that are absolute boors. It is the person and not the wallet that counts.
An interesting character is the "Old Money" type. I grew up in a small Massachusetts town that was founded in 1621, incorporated in 1628. There are families there that are decendants of the founders and have been existing on the interest drawn on the family money since the mid 1700's. 99% of these people have had real money for so long that they are in no way impressed with it, it means nothing to them. They have their pet charity projects and very few outside their circle know what they are, as they would be embarrassed if the news of their involvement ever reached even a local newspaper. Their business activity usually amounts to working behind the scenes in real estate development of some sort, usually commercial where a front company bears its own name and takes the credit for what is done. Their dress doesn't belie their demeanor as they usually wear clothes that they purchased from LL Bean ten or 20 years ago, that stuff never wears out or goes out of style. My dad knows a fellow back there that paid for a hospital wing and still sits around the locals coffee shop in boat shoes that are held together with duck tape. It takes all kinds. Don't ever be fooled by the wrapper people come in.
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