[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The wife and I had the opportunity to attend a dinner party last night with some high society folks - most of whom were related to each other in one way or another, currently living in several states - and it's always interesting to "see how the other half lives," as they say. I'm talking kids attend boarding school, one 40-something is in his state legislature and running for mayor of a mid-large city, own multi-million dollar businesses, etc. What was most interesting is that it was a mix of older (60s-80s), middle age, and then some of the kids (15-21).

All of them very nice and fairly down to earth - although that may have been partially because they were with family and let their guards down some. But man... my daughter was upset we didn't find some way for her to come because there were a couple of guys about her age, ha!

One of the high schoolers said something about going to Africa for 2 weeks in July and doing a safari in Kenya and the beach in Tanzania and that "it's something that's been on my bucket list for awhile and I'm so glad I'm going to be able to check that off." And I'm like, when I was 18, I didn't really have a bucket list and it sure as hell wouldn't have included something as way-out-of-the-realm-of-possibility as a trip to Africa.

It was definitely an interesting night.

Maybe you should have invited your daughter. Marrying into wealth is a great option!