They come from different backgrounds, but both seem like kind, intelligent young women. It's nice to see Jei back on here.

Honestly, all the comments here and the video teaches us a lot, I belong to a middle class family and I always got everything that is needed for a happy life and I am really grateful for that , but I realised that sometimes I am not giving my best while I should, my parents are working hard for my studies and I do study hard for exams but sometimes I just don't feel to study and waste all my time just doing nothing...I realise that and I hope I will not have any regrets in future from now on

When I see Jei's gesture (keep holding hands and touch her things) I think she is anxious and defensive. Maybe it's because of previous friends that she cann't trust easily. And from Yeji's, I think she deals with a lot of people during her part time job so she can easily lead the conversation.

Does money make you popular yes it's does but it's bring fake smiles , friends...and a lot of talking behind ur back

The conversation looks comfortable for a stranger talking for the first time so I think they can be good friends

The more I've studied on the topic, the more I realize high middle class is ideal for every human. Enough to buy foods you like, even when not on sale, especially to keep healthy food stocked and ready (veggies/fruit and fresh meat aren't cheap. Vegan alternatives aren't either) you can dabble or get involved in any hobby, from surfboarding, horseback riding or art, no matter if it's an expensive or inexpensive hobby. You're life is generally more stable, because even if something happens, you generally had enough for a nest egg or savings of some sort to pull through. You don't have to worry about bills. You can easily replace house hold appliances as they break down. You can save up for a year or shorter for a nice vacation almost anywhere. If you have kids, they probably live in a childhood home and have access to lessons from swimming, music, hobbies etc. In this range, which is of course varied on currency/country, but around the 5-6 figure mark, you life in security with a little extra for emergencies, special occasions or expenses. Past this point is a game of diminishing returns and has routinely changed human psychology to be more selfish, insecure and greedy because of the excess feel it creates and the bubble it puts you in to those around you. Not having to worry about making your bills or if something breaks down is such massive difference in someone's life.

Growing up I didn't get any allowance. Just get myself a full bottle of water for the day and fill my stomach in the morning with food... Talk about a full tank 😂😂😂

Growing up as a little bit above middle class…there were times I didn’t wanna talk about my parents wealth bc I knew kids would treat me different. I felt like they would act fake. And some did, and those ppl didn’t make me wanna trust ppl easily. That made me anxious around ppl cs they don’t see me for me. I only told them about my parents if they asked. Tbh my whole life was full of materialistic things but barely filled with experience with the world. Sure, I can buy things but in the end, it just gets boring esp if idk what i want to buy lol and that happens a lot of times. I’m a simple person who doesn’t ask for much. I got a job bc I didn’t wanna depend on my parents and I knew I was using them to stay in my comfort zone. Getting a job made me more open. I am more talkative. I don’t think too carefully anymore on what I should say and I’m learning more about the world around me. It’s not easy but I felt like I grew more due to that

I hope they will be friends in the real world after this 😊

I was considered as poor in my school, and I felt very self-conscious and it kinda impact me; as I realized that I will never be able to mingle with my classmates and afraid of them looking down at me. Now that I earned more and could even retired early than anyone else, I still fear someone looking down at me but not so much as before. I hope that I can get out of this fear soon.

funny enough i was actually bullied in high school for having money. what a privileged problem but yeah. i was never boastful nor was flashy but kids in school were still jealous of me.

i feel what yeji's experienced so much cus I do wanna buy things for my friends, go anywhere we like, etc, but it's just me who can't afford it. but when I thought I can, our "tastes" just too different like there's the huge gap between us. for now, idk should I cut them off or just stay with the burdening feelings. ofc they're so kind to me, but sometimes it's not enough cus at some moments there's time when I can't feel grateful enough about what I have.

I realised, most people that are popular in high school has money people don’t acutally care about you personally that’s how most get popular cause of how “rich” they are.

Poor or middle class teens always study harder and do their best for anything they do not take things for granted and know the feeling of lacking things so well . Rich teens always take things for granted cause they know they have parents that can pay for anything and studying hard is not their priority

Just money won't make anyone popular. Personality and style is what matters more.

Hmmm, my experience was rather different. My family’s financial level can be considered a little above average. Not wealthy or rich, but we have enough. But growing up I’m a bit involved in my parents small business where we have a stationary shop, in elementary school I tend to bring small cute stuff like pretty pencils, cute notebooks etc etc to sell it at school, then I’ll get a share of money from what I sell at school. So the mindset of earning money is already imprinted in my brain since I was a kid. Because of that, even if my dad basically say I can take the money straight from the place where they kept the money and buy anything I want, I ended up bot doing that at all because I know earning money is not easy. Same thing happened to my siblings. None of us willing to do that even if our parents let us do that. I can ask my dad to buy me things that I want, but again, that never happened because the pleasure of saving money and using it to buy what I want make me feel happier. Stuff like phone, laptop, monitor, electric bicycles etc, I bought it with my own savings. I even do online jobs by translating and other stuff to make money. My parents never really teach us to do what we did. But I think teaching kids from young age the concept of earning money will certainly do them good. While I can’t speak for all kids, because that can also goes wrong, but it certainly work for us siblings.

I grew up wealthy, and my friends would gaslight me into paying for everyone, saying things like, “why don't you pay? This meal is such a small part of your allowance."

I was broke but I was popular in high school. Because kids knew what's more valuable than money in friendship.

I was born into a normal family that had enough to eat and spend, which was great happiness for me

And this shows how is the mentality in Korea, since they are born, they think of money and materialistic things, and how powerful and indestructible you are being rich and how you can control others with money, that’s why there are tons of corruption cases in Korea even the police is involved sometimes, they buy people with money and benefits, they just think they are better having more than others, sometimes I think they should change that mentality.

Poor girl was looking gorgeous

I didn't even get a monthly allowance. My relatives gifted me money on christmans and during my birthday or special events but that's it lmao.

Unfortunately this is a huge reality amongst Asian communities, countries, and cultures. Not only being rich and beautiful yourself is important, but surrounding yourself with rich and beautiful people is just as important. And this can lead to a lot of relationships being fake and very superficial and even creates this pressure for a lot of people.

Im belong to a family related with politics, the school knew about this. And when i was young i wasnt able to realise thatost of the people who wanted to be friends with me was mainly because of my money and background, i had this friend in 6th grade, i was naive back then and didnt realise that she used me to buy stuff for her. She would say things like, "wow your new bag, is that branded?! I wish i had one!!" So i felt bad and when i asked her if she wants one i actually bought one for her few days later and gave it to her. After that this type of situations continued for a while. But then i came to realise what she was doing.

This was a great convo, I come from a poor family... I feel life is not easy and unfair. I'm friends with some people who are rich and they help me a lot with their money but I don't feel comfortable with it because I can't give it back... So I stayed away from them but that made me feel even more guilty because after they gave me a lot of things and I can't repaid them. But from that I learned more and more things that they are also uncomfortable with leaving me alone. I am determined to be better so that I and my children in the future can live better.

It's not so much if you're rich or poor in high school. What matters is what kind of "adult" you become and the life you lead as a result. Will the rich person have more opportunities, yes seemingly so, you can't deny that, but that doesn't mean their path will lead to blissful happiness and a wonderful life. Absolutely false. Don't let social media fool you, yes the rich look like they live better but that doesn't necessarily mean they're happier or more content than the average person. It's all about perspective.

I hated high school.

they really look like the rich and poor girl in Kdramas

My classmates are real jerks,when I transferred to new school they always whispers that my family is rich and she can be easy money.I was heartbroken when I hear that because she was my bestie. I once was in the bathroom and outside the bathroom there was my bestie talking to a girl and she said "she is so easy ,she still thinks we are friends such a loser" . I bought her SO much EXPENSIVE gifts like Channel perfume Prada bag and much more.

i feel for the poor girl my parents dont even me allowance if i ask my parents ofc they will give me allowance even from borrowing but i feel guilty asking them so i just fill my stomach with water in school i want to buy many things do many things but we cant afford it

I only got about 10 cents/day, sometimes Mom gave me 20-30 cents and that was a huge allowance to me, 1 USD/day must be dreaming, I was freakin' happy back then, feel like I could buy the whole world. So just my thought, limited money sometimes brings me happiness 'cause I know how hard it is to earn it, then I have more respect for my money (my parent's money), and every single toy or food I purchased. Being wealthy is good, and everyone dreams 'bout it, but somehow wealthy kids might get bored easily, and also some fake friends were not what we pretending.

My parents did not give allowance when I was in school. I remember when I was in primary they would buy a box of little cakes and that would be everything we would eat in school, but as soon as we get into secondary (12 yo) they stopped giving us (me and my sister) food and neither did money, so we used to be hungry during school till we reach home, and it's not like we were at school for too many hours, but considering that we would ALWAYS have for breakfast a cup of coffe and just bread, we were hungry. I could not buy gifts to my friends unless my parents give me money for that, and they never would. That's life. 🤰

How can i have similar life to yeji, like.... I relate to everything she through.....

You know. I can write a movie script from this interview.. both girls are lovely by the way

I'm from middle class but currently financially struggling...😢

this is interesting, and i can so much relate to the girl with black uniform.. i relate to her when it comes to my friends where i want to give them presents, but i couldn't since i don't have that much allowance.

Great video!! We are all humans!! It's surprising the capacity of both girls to learn from opposite experiences. Awesome !!

As a kid growing in an upper middle class family, I am not the type to tell other kids around about my family’s wealth but as I invite other kids for birthdays or get together they’ve eventually found out about it and it’s not the best They expect me to buy them stuff and talk Behind my backs when I can’t relate to their home situations They don’t return any money I lend them in the past ( I’ve stopped lending any) and most of my friends are fakies

Yes. Rich can buy all trendy stuff tat attracts classmates to discuss etc. I remembered there was a time i want to learn calligraphy, $40 a mth in sch but my mum couldnt afford it. I was 😢 because of being pòor.

these two are gonna be best friends soon😂

My dad used to give me around 1000 $ dollars every month when we were like really rich hahaha but eventually our businesses went bankrupt and now we lost it all I think I learned many lessons from the experience The first thing People come to you and suddenly speak nice to you treat you like a princess and they backbite while your gone and complain about you And when I don't have it they'll befriend me saying I can't even give them a little I'm really selfish and greedy it's crazy how the world revolves around money

theyre both adorable

I remember when my former friends asked for money as if it were nothing. It hurt. 😢

Both good people 😊❤

That one girl in the right side was one of the 8 people in tiny room looking for someone to be match with, and almost of the guys choose her, gosh, she's really pretty! And i was just surprise to see her in other videos haha!

Who else get traumatized just thinking about the high school days👇

Lol my allowance was 0 I did get nothing only on birthdays and christmas mostly from grandma and that was like a little money that was all, when I get to be 18 there I could make some money from part timers when I have 2 monsths on break in summer from school but that was like minimum wage. Still this could make me think about how money are important and to get a good job to never get to think about money again still in collegue but working now.

서로 잘 경청해주고 이해해주는 모습 보니까 끝나고 연락하도 지내고있을수도 있겠다 라는 생각이 드네요

some of the schools dont have free lunch programme, so I guess the weekly allowance have to at least cover the lunch??

Both side have their own advantage and disadvantage.

If I ask a friend for money I always pay them back because if I don’t I kinda feel bad for some reason 😅

둘다 너무 아름답네요

imagine that after this they actually become a good friend

You call 22USD allowance as poor...then what am I. I never got allowances😢

Wow .. i think i would be super poor there, my allowance was around 1-5 USD a month and i remember sometimes not getting any gifts for christmas or my birthday (my parents make less than $1000 a month combined😅😅)

That's so interesting I never grew up with allowance of we didn't have enough for that

Damn I never got an allowance. But once I started working I was paying half of all the bills...

I didn't get any allowance, but because in my country it ain't a thing. We've never done that. Also, education and health systems are free all the way so no need. Parents cover for their kids expenses until they're old enough to do it for themselves, and even when that time comes, most parents keep on covering some of their kids' expenses. So we have no allowance nor tuition concepts. We ain't rich, far from that. But...we're united and happy

Barely rich and poor can be frnds because the difference between them doesn't really co-operate.

The whole thing she said about not blaming your parents is very widespread in asia and it’s not true, when you decide to have a child you have to be able to provide them with normal stuff or it’s just irresponsible(if you had the chance to get an abortion), though falling into the loop of constantly blaming your parents and practically giving up on life because of your situation and not doing anything to change it is also wrong. Anyway my point was people should quit trying to justify their parents’ irresponsible actions.

When I was in school, my mother didn't believe in allowance unless I did chores for a relative or got my own job. I live in the USA. I had to have good grades and keep a clean house, and maybe at the end of the school year I might get some money. I would save every penny that I could. I got most of my biggest money when I graduated high school. And my mother took all of that away, too.

I got tired of people taking advantage of me over the years. I would pay for our meals practically everything even started paying their tuition and on top of that they would utang money from me. the money my parents worked hard for I spent it all on superficial friendships. Now I have no friends because I cut them off from my life. there are times I miss being a part of a "group" or having someone to talk with at campus but I prefer it this way than before

At least you got allowance. I never had allowance in my life 😂

Its funny I was friends with a kid who was popular for having money and always offering to pay or give stuff for free to people. I used to even tell him, hey you should stop being so nice and giving stuff to people. You dont have to do that and theyre taking advantage of you. He was a very sweet guy and we were friends for a while. He even paid extra $ once when we ordered takeout when we were short by a few dollars. I appreciated him, but I hope hes with people now who dont take advantage of his kindness.

Everyone just want to be ordinary so they can have good friend free of worry to be different

Putted? Who wrote the subtitles?

Can definitely sympathize with wanting to always pay a friend back but never having any money to do so

lurve this sm

My allowance in primary/midlle school was 6USD a month And I didn't feel that that wasn't enough In my country we don't go out a lot as for clothes it is bought by parents when you go shopping together

If you’re rich being classy and pretty is easy😭

after listening to the poor girl i guess i am below poverty line

This Yeji looks kind of like Yeji from Itzy.

I hope they can become friends

I see no differences between those two

spending 22k in only a few months is crazyyyy yikes

I'm 26 now but I've never got allowance lmao

Imagine paying everything for your poor and rich friends because even if you don’t have money you’re just that stupid and innocent to those peoples eyes That was me

If I’m being completely honest I grew up middle class up until 8th so I was pretty oblivious to money until my dad lost his job but even then I was still a hs student and all I cared about was having fun and even before then I didn’t get allowances or anything the only thing that changed was that we didn’t go out to eat to panda, buffet, etc on weekends I was honestly in my own world didn’t even think there were kids that were more poor than me like it never crossed my mind like sure I would get pissed at my parents but honestly that’s just being a teenager and to be fair my parents were strict strict the whole cameras inside and outside the house shabang so ofc I was going to go against their wishes

몰랐는데 선배가 봉사차원에서 습득기술 알려주는 과 모임에서 한번도 빠지지 않았었다고 말씀하시는 걸 들었었어요😂

I am from an ordinary family, where I can go to any courses, no matter what is the cost of it. I can view both of them. Because my little brother is in a private school. His surroundings are much richer than we. However, in school I can afford everything, even in my elementary school my parent paid to teacher for my good marks

하는 것이 필수는 아니라고 봐요~ 사람의 심정에 대한 공감대 형성이 필요하다고 생각해 해볼수는 있을지언정 직업상 내지는 자원해서

경제적 대가가 들어오거들랑 빚 아닌 빚갚는 일에 먼저 돈을 써 보셔요~ 자유로워진답니다!!^^

- Poor - Have an allowance Pick one

50 000w allowance per month is considered poor ??? If you’re poor it’s 5 000w per month or nothing lol Poor families don’t have money to spare

Why does Jei remind me of Mina from Twice when she smiles❤

33 dollar in a month for 1st and 2nd grade is kinda much for me i got 4-8 dollars per month

Well, when i was kid i always think that "i hope, i was born in rich family. " Not because I hate my family, that's because I always feel small with a little things. Like bag, shoes (I buy shoes every 3 years), and a dress. I just receive a dress by someone that bored with her dress. I wanna eat McD, KFC or something in the mall. But i can't. Now, it's better but still I have to work hard for that stuff

GOD BLESS YOU

ويين يابوووي كلهم حلوين وربي 😭😭

...You guys get allowance...?

20 dollars in Year 3?! I got 20 dollars in Year 12 LOL and that wasn't frequent, ended up funding myself which I think was better for me in the long run, made me more financially dependent on myself so I had no one to blame but myself if I used up all my money lol

well she have money but not such a good friends while the other don't have much but have good friends god is fair this world and the earth that we're living is a test

Why did they mention POOR instead of Middle class or something else

Who else didn’t have an allowance ? 😂 meeee but I know the value of money now 😊 so I don’t mind not having it younger at all actually 🤣

결과는 안좋았지만 저는 주의 은혜들만으로 좋아하는 공부를 열심히 했어요^^

추정이지만 돈이 많으면 특별히 어렸을 때 낯선환경에서 분위기 파악하는 것에 쉽지 않을수도 있지요 반드시 그런 것은 아니지만요

Having watched 20 years of k dramas and English language Korean news and news programs I would never want to meet a family member of a conglomerate chaebol if I were reborn in South Korea. Ever…

Turn this into gl storie real quick!!!!!❤

Hi 👋🏻👋🏻

Why saying poor girl? money doesn’t make u rich or poor, money just serves ur needs. health and mental health and awarness make u more rich! so please stop with the capitalistic terms that divide people, saying this person is poor this person is rich is just nonesense !