Simplicity has never meant weakness, and wealth has never guaranteed class or character. Sometimes the clearest way to understand people is to let them believe you are ordinary while they reveal everything on their own.
I always let my son-in-law believe I was just a quiet widow living on a tight budget. So when he invited me to dinner with his wealthy parents, I smiled and went. Then his father slid an envelope across the table and said, “It’s time you stopped embarrassing this family.” I opened it, saw the check, and calmly answered my ringing phone: “Yes, put him through. I’ll decide whether Scott keeps his job on Monday.” They thought they were humiliating me. They had no idea who I really was.
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