It wasn't hard, really, being part of her family. All you had to do was follow some rules. Guidelines. Easy stuff.
To be a Grey, you had to have money, and you have to make sure everybody knows it. There's no point in being the richest family in your neighborhood if you don't lord it over them. You must not be found in the company of anyone poorer than lower upper class. Art is something to be admired in a museum, something to do as a hobby, perhaps, as a child. And anyone who lives in Manhattan isn't actually classy enough to be friends with, even if you must socialize with them at events. "Friends" are people rich enough to come over for Sunday brunch on a regular basis; whether you actually like or trust them doesn't matter.
And never, under any circumstances, are you to fall in love with one of Daddy's employees. Especially not one who's living in one of Daddy's dirty buildings in Alphabet City. And if you married him... well, then, there's no hope for you and it's just as well your name got changed on your wedding day.
It was easy to be a Grey, you just had to follow a few simple rules. But Alison was never that good at following rules.
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Date: 2007-03-27 07:06 pm (UTC)To be a Grey, you had to have money, and you have to make sure everybody knows it. There's no point in being the richest family in your neighborhood if you don't lord it over them. You must not be found in the company of anyone poorer than lower upper class. Art is something to be admired in a museum, something to do as a hobby, perhaps, as a child. And anyone who lives in Manhattan isn't actually classy enough to be friends with, even if you must socialize with them at events. "Friends" are people rich enough to come over for Sunday brunch on a regular basis; whether you actually like or trust them doesn't matter.
And never, under any circumstances, are you to fall in love with one of Daddy's employees. Especially not one who's living in one of Daddy's dirty buildings in Alphabet City. And if you married him... well, then, there's no hope for you and it's just as well your name got changed on your wedding day.
It was easy to be a Grey, you just had to follow a few simple rules. But Alison was never that good at following rules.