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what is the most "above your station" thing you have ever experienced? (lemmy.world)

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My wife and I make okay money in a middle class area, but, due to a combination of good luck, and contrived to circumstances, we recently got to watch a college football game in the stadium's super executive corporate sponsor level suite. It was awesome. Open bar, amazing catered food, and people networking all around me who are clearly in the c-suite of their respective companies. I had a list of crazy things I was going to say if someone asked me what I did, but it never came up.

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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've lived in more than one trailer. Including a trailer park. I once slept over at a friend's trailer in a different park. We had a pinecone war with kids from the other side of the trailer park. Pre-bedtime entertainment was Billy Ray Cyrus performing Achy Breaky Heart live on TNN.

I also worked on Capitol Hill, a finance firm worth dozens of billions, etc. My degree is from a shitty Christian college, but I just accepted a job at a prominent research university (staff, not faculty, but still).

I guess I feel like most of my life is relevant to this question.

[-] lemonSqueezy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Good job remembering where you came from my friend. Keep up the good work. You should also remember to pat yourself on the back every once In a while. Be honest and true to yourself. Help the next generation move in the right direction.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

Was gonna say everyone with impostor syndrome thinks their life is this.

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