The old-money families were secure enough not to show off."
u/sadsincity
2.WHISPERS OLD MONEY: “No conscious need to show off their wealth.”
New money does neither."
u/Physical-Ad-3798
6.WHISPERS OLD MONEY: “Old-school hobbies.”
It’s just a normal thing to enjoy in their circles.
Playing some sort of sport at an elite school was sort of an expectation."
7.SCREAMS NEW MONEY: “Big new homes and expensive new cars.”
“So they don’t always come off as spoiled or clueless about the real world.
u/LushSilver
11.WHISPERS OLD MONEY: “Family heirlooms are extremely important.”
“An engagement ring is an old heirloom from a wealthy grandparent, not something new and flashy.
“For example, if you say, ‘Where did you go to school?’
they would reply, ‘New Haven’ instead of Yale, or ‘Cambridge’ instead of Harvard.”
“Old money went to a school that was famous usually one of the most obvious ones.”
They get the biggest, best, shiniest everything.”
“They aren’t satisfied with the lifestyle.They used to be like you.
Now they’re better.It’s not enough to be rich they want you to know they’re rich.
That comes across as tacky and lacking in class.”
“They probably own old real estate.
Maybe a countryside mansion that’s probably the best symbol of it.
This would, of course, be in addition to the hyper-modern apartment in the city.
They might know about special vineyards that make rare, but not necessarily famous or particularly expensive, wines.
The same kind of niche preferences may apply to food, music, whatever.
u/Weakcontent101
17.ALSO WHISPERS OLD MONEY: “Investing.
They would go to expensive private schools and drive secondhand cars.
u/klrob18
18.SCREAMS NEW MONEY: “Look at the car they drive.
“It’s a head-scratcher.”
lindah86
20.SCREAMS NEW MONEY: “New money buys a big house in a nice neighborhood.
Sarah P., Facebook
21.WHISPERS OLD MONEY: “I work at a marina.
23.WHISPERS OLD MONEY: “The clothing.
“I have this half-baked theory that old money spends/shops less than new money.”
u/SadieRadler
24.SCREAMS NEW MONEY: “It’s the way they carry themselves.
New rich will try and prove they own a place.
Strut around, show off, and put others down to show how important they are.”
And they tell you outrageous stories as though they were discussing the price of fish.”
“Also,they can instinctively recognize other people who are old money.
I really don’t think you could ever fake being one of them.You’d have to try really hard.
And they don’t try at all.
They just are.”
Anonymous
26.SCREAMS NEW MONEY: “Bragging.
She brags all the time about the things that she buys that are ‘designer.'”
I have never once heard her brag about anything.
She talks with excitement about things, but she never sounds like she’s bragging.
She sounds appreciative of what she has.”
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