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Originally Posted by exarkun1178

a high school reunion is just that! at least i think it will be for the school i went to(private prep school) I was umm just simply a below average band dork in hs. I no longer am, and I am proud of that. Part of me feels as though I want people to know I do well, that I have made something of my self. And part says but it doesn’t really matter. A car typically is a good indication of your discretionary income. That said the elise is no lambo… however it is a car that most people simply can not consider. So in a way, 50000 or 350000 the type of car it is (more of a toy)goes a long way to a presentation of doing well. Second, my doing well is a new thing for me, only in the last two years has my business taken off. So having these feelings of wanting to let people know I am doing well is still very new. I imagine that as I become more adjusted to this those feelings will expire. For now though, ill show up in the showiest car I have!! My friends from hs I still talk to are well aware that I am comfortable, have the lotus, and a nice house. It might warm my stomach a bit upon entry to the get together that there are people who through out school dismissed me, and other like me, for garbage. That they and only they would go on to rule the country or be the big success. I am sure that some of them do and are, but that they are not better then I. I don’t think having these feeling makes me a prick, rather just in touch with who I am right now.

Again in the future I know this attitude will fade, as it already has. But for now, reflecting on my experience in high school and how incredibility arrogant so many people were, I will hold this till then.

I hope that you'll feel differently about how important money and wealth are in a few years - as you gain more experience and perspective. I'm sorry that you have such sour memories of high school to that point that you have the need to flaunt a vehicle as a sign of "success".