Has anyone pointed out that this is basically a list of "it is so crappy having to hide how lavishly we still live because my husband's company was rescued by the government and we don't want anyone to know how their tax dollars are being spent?"
The next time she's eating fried bologna, tuna from the can, and washing it down with red Kool Aid, I'll then feel some pity. Wait. No I won't 'cause that'll mean she and hubby pissed away more money than they have any right to have! So instead I'll point and scoff and maybe buy an out-of-season Prada handbag from her so she can buy a hot plate with which she can forage a divine meal of Spaghetti-O's and white bread to celebrate.
This next to the Tina Fey post proves that it's okay to be rich as long as you seem cool. Just, you know, don't get rich by doing something icky like banking.
"I'm constantly knocking on wood or offering little good-citizen sacrifices, like manically recycling or chatting with telemarketers."
Can someone explain to me why a person would think they are being a good citizen by talking to telemarketers? Are telemarketers lonely souls on the brink of a nervous breakdown that need to be talked off of a ledge?
Also, if her daughter is old enough to go to business school, she's old enough to pay the tab herself. If your kids are 21 years old and still looking for a free ride (I didn't say help--I said a free ride, there's a difference), your parenting skills are abominable.
For some reason I'm not enraged when I read about Tina Fey's big ol' West End apartment. So maybe my desire to see this TARP-CEO wife pushing a shopping cart own an alley looking for expired food out of dustbins isn't exactly coming from my Marxist well of "class rage".
All that "anonymous" donating and hiding on the red carpet is likely a cover up for not really giving anything much personally, but still swanning around the parties (on the strength of a corporate gift given before the recession). Nothing like gypping a charity and using the economy as an excuse.
OMFG me, too! Except, I'm fairly certain she's not going to be wearing a stretched out and faded Old Navy tank, 20-year-old tattered jeans and flip-flops.
@lil red: More a reflection of being too poor to dine on lasagna. In order to do lasagna right, you really have to splurge on the ingredients. This might explain her failure at the task.
Notice how so many of her "problems" are about scurrying around, trying to hide the fact that she and her tribe are still eating out and going to functions and buying gifts at Bergdorf's? This isn't about saving money, it's about saving face. Conspicuous consumption is so 2007! Boo-fucking-hoo. Would have more sympathy (i.e., a sub-atomic sized spec) if the 'face' she was trying to save wasn't a grotesque mask of greed and selfishness.
"One daughter recently mused about going back to business school. I hope she didn't notice my instantly negative reaction, stemming completely from concern about the cost."
Why do I like to think the "instantly negative reaction" involved projectile vomiting a pitcher of vodka martinis on the Persian rug.
Now that I think of it, Mrs. Smitros has recently taken up fiber arts is doing quite splendidly, so perhaps she could knit [alleged zombie-bankster wife] Ms. Peek a better TARP.
"Now, when I am going out to have my dirty jewels replaced with new clean ones, there are more unsightly corpses and/or homeless people on the street to step over on the way to my hired car."
Why in hell would some allegedly sophisticated finance family be so poorly diversified?
Though people at that level should have their incentives aligned with those of their firm (if that is indeed a large chunk of the stocks cited), subjecting oneself to so much volatility is insane.
Unless that remaining 5% is still more than all but the richest could hope to accumulate in a lifetime.
@Smitros: I'm betting the "stock" she's referring to consists of restricted shares, or maybe even options if she happens to be speaking of "net worth" very loosely.
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I've never heard it called "flying under the radar" before.
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Pffftttt!
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"I'm constantly knocking on wood or offering little good-citizen sacrifices, like manically recycling or chatting with telemarketers."
Can someone explain to me why a person would think they are being a good citizen by talking to telemarketers? Are telemarketers lonely souls on the brink of a nervous breakdown that need to be talked off of a ledge?
Also, if her daughter is old enough to go to business school, she's old enough to pay the tab herself. If your kids are 21 years old and still looking for a free ride (I didn't say help--I said a free ride, there's a difference), your parenting skills are abominable.
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OMFG me, too! Except, I'm fairly certain she's not going to be wearing a stretched out and faded Old Navy tank, 20-year-old tattered jeans and flip-flops.
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But hats off to you for achieving such super metabolism!
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Why do I like to think the "instantly negative reaction" involved projectile vomiting a pitcher of vodka martinis on the Persian rug.
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Why is being a lousy cook supposed to be a socially upward signifier?
Wait, should I be on Jezebel?
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Why in hell would some allegedly sophisticated finance family be so poorly diversified?
Though people at that level should have their incentives aligned with those of their firm (if that is indeed a large chunk of the stocks cited), subjecting oneself to so much volatility is insane.
Unless that remaining 5% is still more than all but the richest could hope to accumulate in a lifetime.
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