You know, it's weird but I actually didn't realize that those were signs of wealth in the US (my lack of a cultural reference point can sometimes seriously throw me for a loop) until she pointed out that she feels uncomfortable talking about her life because she didn't want to draw attention to it (all I'd asked her was where she was going on vacation and I'd found it weird that she hesitated and then I wondered if she thought I was out to stalk her or something).

When she told me the Bahamas (last year apparently it was Cancun and it seems the only foreigners she managed to talk to all that time in Mexico was a Canadian couple staying at the same resort -- the whole thing struck me as mind-bogglingly different from anything I could conceivably think of doing with my time / money) all I thought was "Oh gawd, how stupendously boring". I can't imagine spending $$$$ only to go and hang out on a beach and do little else except possibly the activities she mentioned.

But, clearly, I'm the one in need of therapy and not her. So, who am I to say anything?!