It says something about the limited horizons of Bristol Palin's life that she found meeting a rich family such a shock. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Several years ago, I was invited to a relative's wedding. Mrs WBill and I were most certainly the poor churchmice there, for the entire weekend. In sitting around yakking with many of the guests, it was quickly apparent that I was way, way, way out of my league.
The guys, for the most part, were pretty down to earth. There was one who was complaining at length about having to land his private jet in San Jose, instead of Carmel (Do you have a frame of reference for problems like that? I certainly don't...) But otherwise, we talked about kids, and baseball, and how to get crabgrass out of our lawns, and normal guy things.
Per my wife, the women were a little more difficult. One in particular - my cousin married her because she was blonde, beautful, and if a thought ever crossed her mind it would die of lonliness.... Anyway, this woman complimented my wife on her dress, and asked who made it for her.
My wife replied that she had just bought it at Belk's. The bimbo leaned forward conspiratorially and said "Oh, that's OK dear, I like to go slumming occasionally, myself".
Mrs WBill said that nothing mean-spirited was intended by it - this lady just never considered that normal people just walk into stores and buy clothes off the rack.
"Shocked" wouldn't really describe my feelings. It was just an eye-opener. Otherwise, Mrs WBill and I had a great time. The wedding was a real stunner.
“It says something about the limited horizons of Bristol Palin’s life that she found meeting a rich family such a shock. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. “
I don’t think “rich” has anything to do with it.
“It says something about the limited horizons of Bristol Palin’s life that she found meeting a rich family such a shock. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. “
yes after all only the elites are qualified to be our elected leaders.
I was fortunate enough to be a middle class kid going to a VERY swanky private k-8 Catholic school in San Francisco, sited in a brick mansion overlooking Alcatraz. The families of these kids were the haute culture of The City. Their kids were the most vicious, anti-Semitic, racist, snotty brats you've ever met (and that's not just my opinion). The experience cured me of ever having aspirations of being "one of them." Not that I despise being wealthy mind you, but it became clear to me that the doers, the people who made it big on their own, are an entirely different group.
I followed the McCain campaign in the primaries for 8 days thru SC and FL. Bristol is on the mark with her observations of the McCains, especially the wife and daughter. They acted like they were doing us a favor by giving us the privilege of voting for McCain who was a disaster on the stump. Cindy was a lesser version of Jackie Kennedy. Stiff, cool, robotic, she appeared uncomfortable interacting with the masses.
I'm not sure what it says about her horizons of life, but the description is not of the experience of "meeting a rich family." I've met lots of families with varying degrees of wealth, and none of them demonstrated the level of self-importance, sense of entitlement, and grandiose pomposity as the McCain family is described. Of course, those attitudes may be more commonplace among the culturally elite who have hung around in Washington DC far too long, but that says more about the "horizons of life" with the out-of-touch elitists than it does about Bristol. But that is just my humble, limited horizon of life opinion.
I don’t think it was the first time the Governor’s family had been exposed to wealthy people, I think is was the McCain women that shocked her, but way for you to come through for Meghan.