Never underestimate the thrashing, frothing, aspirational nature of some people….these sad creatures need ‘executive’ homes in order to feel good about themselves, they should be pitied.
Friends of ours have just taken on a 400k mortgage even though they can’t really afford it and will likely never be able to afford a holiday again, change their cars etc….they both earn very normal salaries and have a little lad who will likely suffer for his parents vanity but they ” just had to live in Farnham” (Surrey wankersville for the uninitiated)….been to visit them, you can’t park anywhere obviously as it’s a roadside property without a drive so we parked a few streets away….as they do too!….once inside you can’t swing a cat and all they do is prattle on about the bay window in the front room and how much the place cost….yawn, brilliant….don’t think we’ll be staying friends for long at this rate.
It’s not jealousy before people jump to that conclusion, we could’ve also done a stupid interest only mortgage that we’re never likely to pay off and stayed in the South, it’s more a frustration that people you know and like fall for this bollox and buy into the narcissistic way of living that just funds other people’s lives and not their own.
Got a mate that works in IT sales, visited him at work for lunch on and off over the years, the carpark is always amusing, currently it’s Audis but in recent years it’s been full of BMWs, the new Mini when they came out and briefly Range Rover Evoques….fashion, follow the leader, sheeplike mentality or a combination….i hate it.
He hates golf but feels obliged to give up weekend time and play with people he works with as apparently that’s when a lot of business gets done!…so he’s had to buy the club’s, the clothing, the bag, trolley etc and join the club for good measure….costs a fortune, all for executive status at work, no thanks.
People who can’t see the banality in their tragic lives assume it’s sour grapes from others but it’s not, contempt maybe, pity obviously….but more than anything just a desire for people to calm down and not buy into this crap, the country would be a nicer place if people didn’t get suckered into this nonsense.