I’ve known this friend for about a year, we’re in grad school together. I knew of her through some mutuals in undergrad but didn’t really know her that well. What I did know was she was fun, outgoing, too flirty for her own good, and a body count in the low thirties.
When we got into the same grad program, we started hanging out more and I got to know her better. She definitely lived up to her reputation, telling our friend group about all the hinge “husbands” she was juggling. I also learned she has very expensive taste. They were taking her to NHL games every week, to nice restaurants, nicer bars, the works. She definitely had a certain taste.
She was also working part time at a country club to earn some extra cash. Not that she needed it, she just liked having it to go shopping. She’d drop a casual $100 on candles, online shop during almost every class, and go out for lunch most days. She was definitely making enough off tips to support that, even if that meant no savings.