I always tell my dad, “Wealthy people tend to date wealthy people; a girl from a multi-millionaire family isn’t going to date the pizza guy.” My dad says, “No, that’s not true. What if she really likes him, or what if NO guy from an upper-class family wants to date her?” And another really stupid line of reasoning is, “Why would a guy from an upper-class family care about a woman’s background if he’s the one who wants to ‘take care’ and ‘provide’ for her?”
This is really stupid for a few reasons. Let’s start with the most stupid argument.
“What if no guy/girl from an upper-class family wants to date her/him?”
Again, this is stupid and nonsensical; it would be like telling a middle-class person, “What if literally NO middle-class person wants to date you?” This is stupid because it’s unrealistic.
People tend to socialise with who they are around and date who they socialise with…
Middle-class people will mostly likely date someone from a middle-class background because that’s who they socialise with.
In that same vein, people from wealthy families move in higher social circles. I doubt they could have the opportunity to meet people from a different social class anymore without getting out of their comfort zone.
Very rich people live in a different bubble.
They go to different schools, different restaurants, live in different areas… They don’t use the same transport, buy in the same stores or sleep in the same hotels as the lower and middle classes. They also have their own social clubs and their own universities, which are exclusive.
They only meet lower-class people in a professional setting: as servers, employees or workers. But rarely in a social setting.
The idea that the boy from the slums marries the princess or the king of the country comes into a coffee shop and marries the barista – that’s not really how it works.
People usually gravitate and socialise towards the thing that they are
Am I saying it’s impossible for some 22-year-old guy who works at a coffee shop to date some 32-year-old millionaire influencer? No, it’s not “impossible”, and I’m sure it has happened before, BUT IT’S RARE! Or if this 32-year-old influencer came from a modest background and doesn’t really care about money like that, but even then If she did date some middle-class 22-year-old, that 22-year-old would probably be very goal-orientated and hard-working and be in college getting a degree to get a job that pays a lot of money. Basically he would have to have big goals and aspirations.
Even if you are a super wealthy upper-class person who came from a poor or middle-class background, your lifestyle for the most part changes, and the people in your social circle will also be wealthy.