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I come from bizarre family, with an upper class father and a mother who grew up in extreme poverty, experienced wealth and now lives in poverty again after divorce.
Although most of my friends are lower middle class, two of my closest friends are homeless asylum seekers and two are doctors, one of which is a neurosurgeon. Some others are unemployed or upper middle class. One of my closest friends is so wealthy I can't even fathom it.
I don't have dozens of friends, as my writing could imply. We're talking 15 persons tops. So there's indeed a little diversity in there.
And frankly? It's exhausting and often infuriating. Switching is complicated. But hey, I won't complain. At least I have close ones. I know some people want for friendship (e.g. my gf).