Oh, God. This is so true. As a person who grew up in a country still at war. Moving away and into science. I know science can always have a
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it sounded like. i am also making more than my dad (as a phd student in the uk)
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So did I when I was a phd student. It was very little and other PhDs invited me on purpose to places I couldn't afford.
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I bet they wanted to split the bill as well
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Yeah, it was plainly a way to shame. Really painful stuff. So glad others have experienced this. I thought I was alone.
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It's a long time ago: but we told them to shove it and paid for the very cheap meal we'd ordered for ourselves
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Ah sadly it was drinks and they were all £10+ each. But in your case, nice one!

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Big realisation: (a) they'd never had to worry about money and (b) they thought everyone was like them
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I got humble bragged to for years about how they were so far ahead financially... The one thing that's amusing is I do now own a house.

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