The giggling ceased. Jonathan looked at Giorno with wide eyes full of innocence. "Danny is my only friend, mister. He is my first friend, actually."
"You... don't have any other friends, Jojo?" Josuke asked, frowning.
Jonathan looked at the sky again, leaning back into Josuke's chest. "No, I have always played on my own... but that's okay, because I have Danny now."
I don't have any fond summertime memories, but that's okay. I'm never gone on a family vacation, but it's fine, because I'm treated like I'm special wherever I am. I've never been to a festival with fireworks before, but I don't mind, because no matter how far away they are, the lights I see from my window are still beautiful to me. [...] But with the sweets comes the sours. Happiness and sadness are meant to be balanced. With so many good things going for me, it's only natural that I endure some less-than-pleasant things too. I can't recall a single time my father has ever said "goodnight" to me. I don't remember him saying things like "take care", "good job", or "I love you" either. But it doesn't hurt me, because it's always been this way. The only thing I feel is numb at this point, and that's okay. All anyone expects from me is that I behave appropriately for someone of my standing and society. I'm like a fragile package they're doing their best not to break, and inside that package is a creepy porcelain doll.
— Kaguya, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Poor little rich boy, all couples have gone.
You wish that they hadn't; you don't wanna be alone,
but they wanna kiss, and they got homes of their own.
Poor little rich boy, all couples have gone, have gone, have gone.
You wish that they hadn't; you don't wanna be alone,
but they wanna kiss, and they got homes of their own.
Poor little rich boy, all couples have gone, have gone, have gone.
— Regina Spektor, "Poor Little Rich Boy"
Remember, Bob, that money can't buy happiness. But it can buy expensive possesions that make other people envious and feel just as good. And you can pay to have other people whacked.
— Dilbert
"One day, you're gonna look around, and you're gonna realize that everybody loves you! But nobody likes you. And that is the loneliest feeling in the world."
— BoJack, BoJack Horseman
"You're such a lucky girl," that's what they always say
Rich and beautiful and bright
They don't get to see what's hidden deep inside
So, I feel all alone
Rich and beautiful and bright
They don't get to see what's hidden deep inside
So, I feel all alone
—Etoile in Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
Rich Girl: Father, may any of those children be allowed in to play?
Rich Man: No dear, for the hundredth time no, they are wretched and poor.
Rich Girl: What makes them poor, father?
Rich Man: They are made poor, my child, by the fact that, unlike you, they have nothing.
Rich Girl: They have one thing I do not.
Rich Man: What would that be?
Rich Girl: They have other children. Friends.
He got everything he want
But everything he need money don’t buy
Now if that ain’t blues I’ll say listen, oh
They look at you
All they see is dollar sign
Now if that ain’t blues I’ll say listen
A rich shade of blue
As a pillar of the community
We can agree, I'm a bit of a mensch
It gets exhausting, everybody looking at me
Jealousy has a bit of a stench
— Linda Monroe, Black Friday, Adore Me
When you’re rich, you don’t have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.
Jack: "What if I tell your father?"
Eric: "He doesn't care."
Jack "Waitaminute, your father doesn't care if his son's a quitter?"
Eric: "He doesn't care what I am, so long as I stay out of his way."
"My father's a good man. He always wanted the best for me. But, where I have a father... you have a dad."
— Charles Emerson Winchester III to Hawkeye, M*A*S*H
If there's one thing movies have taught us about rich kids, it's that endless money and opportunity will only ruin your life. These children are isolated, their parents don't care, and the other kids will have nothing to do with them because being rich is...embarrassing? Somehow? No matter that wealthy parents actually spend more time with their children than low-income parents, for a variety of obvious reasons. In movies, rich children are all so crushingly lonely that they have to hire friends.
Being a Reinford and all, I never had many people I could really call friends when I was young. The nobles looked down on me, of course, but the common people treated me like I was different from them, too.
— Alisa Reinford, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
The city's full of New York lonely boys
No brother or sister, just one little mister
New York lonely boy
His pants are always spiffy, only sibling is the city
His playground is the lobby, has a palate for wasabi
The Strand is his Disneyland
The city's full of New York lonely boys
Forget the Power Rangers, he prefers small talk with strangers
He's a boy who's never been punched or kicked, just observed and enriched
Felt hat, spotless jeans, he likes savory ice creams
He's a boy who's never seen Chuck E. Cheese
Just a host of documentaries
Expertly mixes plaids, best friends are mom and dad
New York lonely boy
No brother or sister, just one little mister
New York lonely boy
His pants are always spiffy, only sibling is the city
His playground is the lobby, has a palate for wasabi
The Strand
is his Disneyland The city's full of New York lonely boys
Forget the Power Rangers, he prefers small talk with strangers
He's a boy who's never been punched or kicked, just observed and enriched
Felt hat, spotless jeans, he likes savory ice creams
He's a boy who's never seen Chuck E. Cheese
Just a host of documentaries
Expertly mixes plaids, best friends are mom and dad
New York lonely boy
—from Girls 5 Eva
