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In response to
"she's either aware of the advantages she's always had and lying or..."
by
Mel Profit
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I'm going with the latter. I know people like this. Here's the thing, often people think that because they worked hard to achieve what they did,
Posted by
pmb (aka pmb)
Aug 31 '12, 09:18
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that means that a) they did it all on their own and b) anybody can do it if they just work hard enough. Speaking for myself, I worked hard through school and I didn't have a trust fund or anything like that. In one sense I started from scratch and did it on my own. But (and it's a big but), I did live in a nice place in a nice, safe neighborhood. I was able to go to the best schools (private schools) and my parents paid for it so when I came out of school I was not stuck with a mound of debt. I did work hard and achieve success, but it's disingenous to say I had no advantages. But some people don't like that part of their personal narrative. They want to focus only on their own hard work. It's a rationalization, but we all rationalize things from time to time to fit the narrative we want to believe.
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