Eventually I found one who was tolerant of a Mississippi ruffian from lower station
Thes were the kind of kids left with a governess type person all summer while mom and dad took extended European vacations separately
It was weird...I went to Jackson mississippi most of second most prestigious private school but these kids were on another stratosphere economically
Jackson had maybe 20 homes as big as these which numbered in the 1000s
North Dallas.....the old Carruth farm.....was oil money mostly then
One of the girls was a Moncreif.....wildcatting fortune
My buddy was a son of a man who owned a chunk of Kemmons Wilson Holiday Inn chain and a ton of auto dealerships from Mississippi
He died young sadly from a wasp bite
They knew a major Dallas architect.....Tom Smith I think....and his son was a segue to that rich kid crowd
I was used to rich kids but nothing like that....it was like Beverly Hills I guess
The Smith family was wonderful and non pretentious and lived in a mount Vernon like home right off Inwood near where Bush lives
Dallas was always my fav big city growing up though I went to New Orleans a bit more....closer
My daddy said “ son that is some fancy company you’re keeping over there in Dallas”
Sounds like you ought to write a book. My aunt and uncle lived for a brief time in Houston in the ‘70s (well, in the more upscale area of Kingwood, recently badly flooded by Harvey). They wanted me to come live with them (and then would’ve moved on to Switzerland), but my mother wouldn’t stand it. Would’ve been better for me in the long run, alas. Anywhere other than Antioch.