Miss Manners: Are people who talk about their money from the lower class?

Because your parents were right: It constitutes bragging, leads to unpleasant comparisons and uses money to calculate people's more general worth.

That your friend discusses her money does not mean you need to do so. Surely your parents must also have taught you that if a friend jumps out the window, you are not required to follow.

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