I completely understand. My father is a movie director so my family is very fortunate. My parents aren't the snobby type but they do buy a lot of things that they don't need like cars or they hire other people to clean the yard or house, things that they or I could easily do. I just feel so bad when my friends tell me stuff like "you don't have to worry cause you're rich"
Also, I want to be an actress when I grow up and being keep telling me that it'll be so easy for me since my dad's a director and I can just use his success to be successful but I hate that because although I'm extremely grateful and I know taking advantage of his career could really help me, I don't want people to think I worked any less hard than anyone else to e an actress. I don't want people to say "oh she just used her dad's success, she's so lazy"
I understand where you're coming from
I can sympathise so much with that. My parents are both successful doctors, and sent me and my sister to private schools. I am now in medical school myself, and I feel like my peers respect me less for my background. They organised their own work experience - i did it with my dad's friends. I get to drive to the hospital, they get the bus. I worked really hard at school but I know my peers all think they must have worked harder. I'm at home studying in my parents house today, and some builders are here installing a new bathroom. Even they look at me with disgust, the medical student with doctor parents revising on his iPad in his big house with shiny new fittings. I wouldn't be surprised to find a steaming shit in the new toilet when they leave. I suppose it's just capitalism for you. I sometimes think i'd rather i'd had a rougher life, but I know that isn't true, that i've enjoyed my cushy existence. I only learnt to iron clothes when i was 20 years old for Christ's sake. It's not my fault my parents worked hard their whole lives, but I'm starting to hate myself for the things I must take for granted every day, and I just can't stand the jealousy I sometimes see around me. If the guys upstairs wanted an iPad they'd work their asses off. I got one for my birthday, as well as the latest iPhone. Somehow, that just isn't right. But hey, rich people problems.
I am embarrassed that my family has money.
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I completely understand. My father is a movie director so my family is very fortunate. My parents aren't the snobby type but they do buy a lot of things that they don't need like cars or they hire other people to clean the yard or house, things that they or I could easily do. I just feel so bad when my friends tell me stuff like "you don't have to worry cause you're rich"
Also, I want to be an actress when I grow up and being keep telling me that it'll be so easy for me since my dad's a director and I can just use his success to be successful but I hate that because although I'm extremely grateful and I know taking advantage of his career could really help me, I don't want people to think I worked any less hard than anyone else to e an actress. I don't want people to say "oh she just used her dad's success, she's so lazy"
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I can sympathise so much with that. My parents are both successful doctors, and sent me and my sister to private schools. I am now in medical school myself, and I feel like my peers respect me less for my background. They organised their own work experience - i did it with my dad's friends. I get to drive to the hospital, they get the bus. I worked really hard at school but I know my peers all think they must have worked harder. I'm at home studying in my parents house today, and some builders are here installing a new bathroom. Even they look at me with disgust, the medical student with doctor parents revising on his iPad in his big house with shiny new fittings. I wouldn't be surprised to find a steaming shit in the new toilet when they leave. I suppose it's just capitalism for you. I sometimes think i'd rather i'd had a rougher life, but I know that isn't true, that i've enjoyed my cushy existence. I only learnt to iron clothes when i was 20 years old for Christ's sake. It's not my fault my parents worked hard their whole lives, but I'm starting to hate myself for the things I must take for granted every day, and I just can't stand the jealousy I sometimes see around me. If the guys upstairs wanted an iPad they'd work their asses off. I got one for my birthday, as well as the latest iPhone. Somehow, that just isn't right. But hey, rich people problems.