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If your parents never talked about money, you're lucky - you probably grew up having enough of it not to worry. In poor families, money is a popular topic. I su
by lazyjones 14y ago
If your parents never talked about money, you're lucky - you probably grew up having enough of it not to worry. In poor families, money is a popular topic. I suspect that is one of the reasons why the nouveau riche brag (talk) about money frequently, while those who grew up rich are more discreet.
As for salaries - it's a cultural thing, in the US/UK it is common to mention salaries in job offers (so you could compare easily), in other countries it isn't (or wasn't, like here in Austria, where new laws require mentioning minimum wages ...).
- nathanbarry 14y agoActually, I always knew that my family didn't make much money. But didn't know specifics until I was 18 or 19. Most years it was less than $35k per year.
- phamilton 14y agoI grew up in a family where money generally wasn't talked about. It wasn't because of a taboo necessarily, but because of a lack of importance in our lifestyle. We had enough, and we learned to get by on what we had. Now that I'm on my own I feel like that has become the baseline. Until evidence suggests I don't have enough and that I can't get by on what I have, it isn't really that important to me. I don't lack ambition, it's just that money has never been a goal and most likely never will.