Adding it to the list! Any favorite vineyard? Our large stash of wine was just destroyed due to a bullshit wine fridge fritz. Looking to rebuild.
umm... so many. it's all in my backyard. we're so spoiled because when we want a bottle of wine we're more apt to stop at a vineyard wine shop and pick up something than we are to go to a liquor store. if you ever seriously come, let me know and i'll give you my long list. my top three... 1) Blasted Church (https://blastedchurch.com/), 2) Bench 1775 (http://www.bench1775.com/), and 3) Therapy (http://therapyvineyards.com/).
i mostly love the wineries that have a good story or shtick and down to earth employees. nothing is more annoying than people who take themselves (and wine) too seriously. i mean, i love wine and appreciate the process of making it, the hobby of collecting, and properly enjoying an expensive glass, but all of that can be done without your nose in the air! Blasted Church and Therapy are great for that... some of their bottle names are hilarious. and their wine is good!
Amen. For the love of god, I'm going to piss it out in an hour. How's that for a fancy product.
So, I am in education and even have my doctorate. I can't figure out what your H does. Can we play 20 questions with it? How do I get into his type of job?
You mentioned being one of a lot of kids. How many brothers and sisters do you have? Are you all close?
This was a fun AMA, you seem very down to earth and I can see you would be very approachable and your money wouldn't make things weird with friends. I don't know if that makes sense. I can tell you aren't a jerk, lol.
I am also in awe of you not having full time help with the hours your DH has and the means to do so.
I don't post much, but thank you for sharing, 212! It's crazy how one common experience (motherhood) can bring people together and allow women from all over the SES scale to identify with each other.
Post by UnderProtest on Sept 23, 2014 6:06:33 GMT -5
I know I'm way late to the game, but if you are still answering questions.....how do you stay down to earth while surrounded by the wealth and privilege?
You mentioned being one of a lot of kids. How many brothers and sisters do you have? Are you all close?
This was a fun AMA, you seem very down to earth and I can see you would be very approachable and your money wouldn't make things weird with friends. I don't know if that makes sense. I can tell you aren't a jerk, lol.
I am also in awe of you not having full time help with the hours your DH has and the means to do so.
If you're still playing 212: Do you ever feel like you weren't cut out to be a stay at home parent? If so, at what point did you feel (or the money convince you) otherwise? It seems to come up all the time that people say they could "never stay at home," but I imagine that for most there is a tipping point.
Thanks for posting about this, and congrats on your family's success!
I know I'm way late to the game, but if you are still answering questions.....how do you stay down to earth while surrounded by the wealth and privilege?
Because most of the people are pretty normal too. Yes, there are entitled snobs, but those people wouldn't be attracted to me because I'm not one of them. A lot of the time the only difference is material possession, and I guess sometimes I forget that not everyone has x, y, or z, but I snap out of it pretty fast.
Also, when you bought your house, was it like Million Dollar Listing on Bravo?
Because real-life house buying and selling is absolutely nothing like Million Dollar Listing. Or any other show on Bravo. (wilted)
The wine makes questions blur. Fack.
It was worse than that. Picture a bunchabitches in fancy heels and expensive ass bags vs. me 8 weeks pp with a screaming raging assbag baby that hand't slept ever. Sprinkle in fancy, child-free real estate broker. Pepper with tears and some not-so-polite pushing.
I wish there was exaggeration.
Also, we'd lost three apartments to all cash offers. You know. Cause that is a thing.
All cash is a thing here, but the going rate here is also not $1M per bedroom. More like $50,000 - $100,000 a bedroom. Ha.
If you're still playing 212: Do you ever feel like you weren't cut out to be a stay at home parent? If so, at what point did you feel (or the money convince you) otherwise? It seems to come up all the time that people say they could "never stay at home," but I imagine that for most there is a tipping point.
Thanks for posting about this, and congrats on your family's success!
Thank you. Yes, on very hard/bad/frustrating days I lock myself in the bathroom and think "what the fuck am I doing?" Sometimes I cry. And sometimes I open a beer at lunch. Judge away!
If you're still playing 212: Do you ever feel like you weren't cut out to be a stay at home parent? If so, at what point did you feel (or the money convince you) otherwise? It seems to come up all the time that people say they could "never stay at home," but I imagine that for most there is a tipping point.
Thanks for posting about this, and congrats on your family's success!
Thank you. Yes, on very hard/bad/frustrating days I lock myself in the bathroom and think "what the fuck am I doing?" Sometimes I cry. And sometimes I open a beer at lunch. Judge away!
No judgment here! I have many of those days myself.
212, you just made me miss NYC and all of the people we used to hang out with. So many normal people living very different lives, and no one gave two fucks. Lol.
Next time I am in town, I am definitely looking you up for an official GTG.
Yup, exactly. I think it's also pretty easy to be discreet here-- it's not like anyone knows what is behind those apartment building walls, righht? I think that makes NYC sometimes feel...equalizing? I don't know how to explain it.
This question comes off shitty, I know, but do you check your privilege a lot? Like do you find you're having an issue with something in your life, and then just go, "Hold up. This is not a real problem. I have more money than the GDP of a small country. I can buy a solution to this problem."
I check myself a lot. It really helps that I have a very, very, normal group of friends from childhood that will never be afraid to say, "CHECK YO SELF, 212." Plus my siblings. Plus my parents, who are major altruistic do-gooders. It would be very hard for me to just go off the entitlement rails without a good throat punch from someone!