Describes a non-affectionate/non-sociable way of treating someone; large cash allowances and/or expensive gifts are substituted for caring "one-on-one" interaction, resulting in said person's feeling well-provided-for but unloved on a personal-warmth level.
Despite a lavish and worry-free upbringing, many "rich kid" humans tend to grow up feeling unloved and lonesome if their impurseonal parents are too busy tending to their financial and social affairs, and thus do not spend enough time showing warmth or interest in their own offspring.
by QuacksO May 22, 2019