No word is enough to describe the degree of my disgust I have with Jonathan... his tendency to assume has never sicken me so badly. I earn my own keeping, I support my own family with my own monthly salary, I pay for most of my own purchases... can someone give me back the due justice that has been robbed away from me?
Nonetheless I am somehow not too surprised that this is coming from him.
I was reminded of a passing remark passed by a colleague at me not too long ago when I told him I wasn't keen in taking up a corporate line even though it was much cheaper (because mine was already under Daddy's corporate line)...
"I know you very rich lah"
I tried to brush the comment far away by not replying and not keeping it to heart... but it definitely wasn't something which I appreciated from someone who doesn't even have the slightest clue.
We have an average income like most young couples, we don't dine at posh restaurants except for special occasions when we want to have something different... and would even go for places having promotions and discounts, we don't splurge on state-of-the-art equipments, we don't buy branded clothes or accessories, we do our sums carefully. I can't help but wonder if they got the wrong person when making such remarks.
If the rich marries the rich, the rich is deemed as snobbish... but if the poor marries the rich, the poor is hankering after the wealth. If the rich spends on a big ticket item, the rich is splurging unnecessary and taking things for granted... but if the rich is careful in spending, the rich is stingy.
Assumptions and speculations will never run dry... someone will bound to have something to say. Why are people so quick to judge? Or are they simply enjoying stereotyping so much?
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