Maria Meitern

Writer. Expat mother in London. Belonging, status, selfhood. Mum Interrupted out May 2026.

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A book about identity, belonging and status, among other things. Features Tokyo, Dubai, Monaco, London. Also airports, social hierarchies, and existential questions. Would write again. https://t.co/asVhVCprAx

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Luxury is easy. Belonging is not. You can always buy the ticket but the hard part is figuring out where to stand once you’re inside.

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The courage with which you enter today will become the fate that you meet tomorrow #BriannaWest

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We say we want a meaningful life. Are we sure we don’t just want a visible one?

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After forty, you start to notice which ambitions were yours and which ones were simply well lit. Some dreams survive daylight but others were only impressive from a distance.

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Книжку издала. Для женщин, у которых «всё хорошо», но как-то подозрительно тяжело. Читать будем?

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Nozick imagined an experience machine that could give us any feeling we wanted. The luxury industry built one with softer carpets, better lighting, and someone at the entrance offering champagne.

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Expatriate life teaches you to begin again. At first it feels glamorous, then practical, and eventually ordinary. You learn to build home, to read rooms, and to become legible in places that did not expect you. It is a form of adaptability, but also a slow erasure of the self.

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Epicurus believed peace comes from reducing unnecessary desire. Modern women responded by developing a personality entirely organised around optimisation, resilience, and almond milk.

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Old money, new money, money that almost fits, and money that never quite will.
A Range Rover with a dog guard vs one without. Cheshire vs Kensington. A yacht vs house.
Wealth travels. Status stays. England sells the bridge between the two.
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Monaco 🇲🇨
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Over two trillion dollars in sovereign wealth funds. The Al Nahyan family's fortune makes Elon Musk look like he's just getting started. https://t.co/iEbhJRmmoT

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Do you know how Finnish wealth behaves? https://t.co/yd5uMHSlZc

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Wealth sits quietly at the dining table, dressed in wool and understatement, drinking its fifth cup of Juhla Mokka, the most ordinary coffee in the country. The richest man arrives in a Volvo and apologises for being slightly late.

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When Having Everything Doesn’t Answer Anything

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The subtle economics of raising children among the aspirational class in London.

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You can read a teenage hierarchy in the cloakroom in under a minute.

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#Mansiontax means owning £2m property in UK automatically means Scrooge McDuck energy. Meanwhile #London is full of asset rich&cash poor, people with house worth millions and a wallet worth £6.42, eating supermarket pesto straight from the jar. A modern fairy tale 🐺 #UkBudget

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Tilly Norwood creator on "fascinating" backlash and why AI will lead to a three-fold increase in production https://t.co/Az61FWfe9D

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Annie Ernaux writes what women feel but rarely say. Trying to echo a little of that in Mum, Interrupted. ‘If it’s not a risk… it’s nothing’: Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux on her unapologetic career | Annie Ernaux | The Guardian https://t.co/S5TLtit9Zz