Hi Mumsnet
Long time lurker, occasional poster, name changed for obvious reasons... see below.
I was not exposed to the realities of life growing up. I was born abroad and we had house staff, I went to a great school... at one point I even had a chauffeur and a bodyguard. I know, sounds surreal.
I came to the UK and attended a private school. I met great people, I dated nice people - all private school boys with rich parents to put it bluntly. I then took on a professional job where it was the same type of people again.
I wanted to do something different and took a job in a small business. The MD who I report to is like no one I ever met before. He is only a few years older than me but so mature for his age. He went to a local school with lower class parents. He talks about the world as he sees it. He swears a lot like... I think you are f... awesome. Etc.
Now, he thinks I’m a snob. I really am not. He thinks that I’m only nice to him because he’s my boss. I told him again and again that I’m here because I want to work for him. We clashed. And I realise that I really like him in a romantic way.
In my mind, he is that real down to earth person, the genuine thing. Am I deluded?