Last year, we wrote a post where people shared subtle differences between "old money" and "new money." In the comments, more readers from the BuzzFeed Community chimed in with their observations — and many shared their firsthand experiences with the rich. Here are the fascinating results: 1.
WHISPERS OLD MONEY: "We were family friends with a woman from our church who was old money. I had no idea how freakin' wealthy she was until we got to know her and her family better. All of them were kind, generous, and great fun to be around.
None of them were pretentious, and they never mentioned their wealth." "They’d throw fun neighborhood parties where the kids could swim in their pool and eat barbecue. I loved all of them.
New money? My first-hand experience with new money: Ugh. Nasty. NASTY.
" — pieladyjack 2. SCREAMS NEW MONEY: "I went to the most expensive high school in my state. Since it was a boarding school, we had serious old money from all over the world.
The bit about how old vs. new treats staff and how nice or rude they are is spot on. The very worst kind of nouveau riche are the kids of first-generation movie stars.
" "Oh, and it's funny, but I just realized recently that at most schools, the parents without jobs are poor. At my school, the parents who didn't have jobs were the richest. " — siouxsy 3.
WHISPERS OLD MONEY: "A lot of these differences are true in retail as well. At Nordstrom, it was almost always the people who were dressed down that paid a small fo.
