My friend introduced me to her 24-year-old friend at a dinner party. He works in tech. It was totally platonic, not romantic at all.
I was politely chatting with him, and he was asking about a trip I’m going on soon with my friend and several other people, and he said she invited him.
So I was trying to be polite and was like, “oh yeah, you should come.” And then he accused me of flirting with him, which was funny since I definitely wasn’t.
He was like “well, girls who didn’t used to like me all want to date me because I’m making $110K now.” And he said I’m probably one of them.
I laughed then, which I guess was rude, and I was like “Well, that’s nice and all, but it’s not like you’re wealthy. If I was going to be impressed by someone’s money, they would have to make a lot more than middle-class.”
He went off after that and told my friend I flirted with him, then attacked him when I found out he wasn’t rich. Which I find funny, because I never thought he was rich.
Netizens Respond:
- That guy has some serious insecurity. I love your jab about 110k being middle class because I’m sure that hit him like a freight train. You’re good.
- I think she was more making the point that 110k is not like an exceptional level of wealth in this country. The difference between someone making 40k a year and 100k a year is a lot, but nothing like the gap from 100k a year to a million+ a year. That’s when it’s more at a level that it would be something to brag about. Personally, I also don’t care about/am not impressed by wealth. I just know when I think of actual rich people it’s not 110k/yr