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Blair in the episode with Mrs Garettes "loser" son


While she was correct that it wasn't helping him OR Mrs G when she gave him money, I kept thinking to myself, REALLY Blair? Miss set for life because she gets money she's never earned? Miss 10,000 a week allowance? I just found that a bit hypocritical, judgmental and stupid coming from Blair.

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I know, wasn't that annoying. I don't even think she knew the real value of money then either. Her $100 outfit is someone elses groceries.

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I’m just glad Blair toned her attitude down. Jo was a big help with that.

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Yes, Jo is my favorite of all the girls.

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I thought the same thing. She had a sense of entitlement, but I've known people on SSI (which is basically welfare) who act the same way. You would think they would be embarrassed to act that way.

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Blair parodied the yuppie who was given everything as a youth but who criticized 'handouts' to others.

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People like that get on my nerves.

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yeah me too. Blair toned it down the more she hung out with Jo. She got more exposure to other people. I think that's why Blair liked Jo, because she was 'different'.

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Except that her family earned their money that they gave her. Many people getting hand-outs never earned anything in their lives.

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Blair did not earn money until the very end of the series.

Having to decide between buying Eastland and starting her own lawfirm was a shock--she could not get everything she wanted. That apparently did not work out though--bc eastland was sold off and Blair ends up (in the reunion) running a hotel.

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Blair's family earned the money. That is what I said. Blair had an allowance and a trust fund from her family's money, not hand-outs from working people. She also did earn a small amount of her own money working in Mrs. Garret's gourmet shop.

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part time job while still living off of a trust fund nest egg is still different than being fully responsible for all your expenses. Blair herself wasn't paying for all her own expenses until the end of the series. She could not lecture Mrs. Garrett's son about finances.

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