@Blackberry I don’t think for you it is the money level. It’s what people maybe do with the money and the attitude of the people you are around. A portion of the new rich really love to show it. They (a portion of them) have a belief that when you get a lot of money it’s time to buy things that show off the expensive brand names they can now buy and prove to others they have arrived. We used to call it bourgeoisie (sort of pronounced bush-wa-zee). In fact it is really a term used to mean the middle class trying to look rich. Often, people with very little money mistake those middle class people for rich people. I’m not saying or assuming how much money you have, I am just making a point about the different social classes and even within the classes how people spend money varies widely. Plus, everyone has their own definition of rich, and then there are actual sociological ways of looking at income and wealth.
Maybe if you had a chance to really talk to people who were rich (maybe you have) you would lose some of the discomfort? Once they made you feel comfortable, maybe were interested in the many places you have lived, what you do for a living, your own interests. If you are in a circumstance where you are in the same place a lot of rich people are, they probably are not looking at you thinking, he does not belong here, not enough money. They have no idea how much money you have. When I am at Porsche events some of those people are so wealthy and some saved for years to buy their car. All the drivers have driving in common. If you are fast, they want to follow your line around the track and know whether you go up to fifth or stay in fourth for that turn.
@livelaughlove21 You might be wrong about how much Coach salespeople make. I have no idea what they do make, although I would be sure not enough money to call them rich unless they have some sort of trust fund or married into rich. Coach is one of those vendors I know very little about, but many retail employees make much more than people think, especially when they work for expensive designers. My friends and family who work as salespeople for top designers like Hermes, Louis Vutton, Chanel, easily make $40—$80k a year. I know that is a broad range, but still it isn’t terrible even on the low end. I also have no idea what you make. No matter what the salespeople were rude to you, made assumptions, and that is unnacceptable and stupid. A lot of people who can’t afford Coach buy it, and many people who can afford it might not look like they can according to some stupid stereotype in their head about people who have money and people who don’t. They probably are not rich, as you pointed out, because most people who are rich know better. But, don’t make the same mistake as them in assuming how much money they have. They are just rude, need a lecture from their boss, and a lecture in etiquette.