i used to be a low earner and then PMC'd myself about 10 years ago in a Rodney Dangerfield/Back To School type scenario and i still maintain the "talk openly about money" mentality. it freaks a lot of the other PMCers out, but non-douches and younger people in general seem to appreciate it because everybody struggles at least sometimes and other times you're wanting to know if you are getting fucked on some deal... but nobody wants to admit that they may have gotten fleeced so we can maintain this aura of all being fiscally astute.

i tell people anything they want to know. what i paid for my car, housing, insurance, medical costs, loan terms, credit rating, whatever. i hate the conspiracy of silence around this shit. makes us all more likely to be suckered, imo.