ok i have a colleague who does not spend too much and lives in london bc lecturer. she has a kid and she has literally 0 on her bank account
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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PI at women in sci talk recommended phd/postdocs to hire staff for work they did not want to do (gardener/cleaner etc.). audience like: oO
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How can I afford to hire somebody? Weird.
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got invited to a horse race with a fancy hat and fancy dress for £100, declined obvs (but person did not see back then had "outpriced" me
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I'm talking about people doing it on purpose but yeah accidentally doing it is close to the same level of bad.
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