That’s the thing about all of these families, when I was younger I used to envy wealthy families like this, because I was squarely “upper lower-class”, but my family has always been close. I didn’t have parents that were striving for political office, or to be CEOs, etc.
And now instead of envying people like this, I actually feel for them.
The Kennedy family seemed reasonably supportive of their kids, but the Getty stuff was crazy to read about. They would have been better off with an average life
Good essay!
That’s the thing about all of these families, when I was younger I used to envy wealthy families like this, because I was squarely “upper lower-class”, but my family has always been close. I didn’t have parents that were striving for political office, or to be CEOs, etc.
And now instead of envying people like this, I actually feel for them.
The Kennedy family seemed reasonably supportive of their kids, but the Getty stuff was crazy to read about. They would have been better off with an average life