[Kean]

How do you usually relate to people who come from an entirely different social background.

By "social" I mean everything from economic, cultural and ideological.

Do you have closer relationships (including friendship and love) with people who are different from you?

What do you think about dating across economic differences, e.g. poor man dating rich woman? Do you think it is challenging, or that it shouldn't be, that it is impossible, that the effort isn't worth it?

What are your attitudes, in general, towards deeper relationships with those who are different?

One reason I am asking this is that most people (mainly in the self-help industry) say that in order for deeper relationships to work, there should be some elements of social background in common, whether it be religion, nationality/ethnicity but most importantly wealth.
The second reason I am asking this is that in my whole life I have only had deeper relationships with people who were much richer than me since I grew up as a "poor kid with a scholarship in rich schools and elite universities", I was the only one with a different skin color, so I somehow feel the need to bridge these different people regardless of the differences.
(Anyone else had similar experiences to mine?)

I'd like to hear everyones' opinion.