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Should I mediate my friend group’s class clash or let them sort it out?

So, my acquaintance might be becoming a friend again. We fell out because of his elitist tests to see if I liked him or his money. I resented the bad behaviour and ended our friendship because he was acting like a snob and I was getting annoyed, although I sort of understand why he did it. Now, I'm giving him a test. I need to see if his love of my friend group means more to him than his pride in his money and power as an heir to a multimillion-dollar fortune and his high society lifestyle. I've told him that and that, while half of my friends are filthy rich, the other half are dirt poor and I myself am from humble origins, although my family are comfortable now. I'm an ordinary person with ordinary expectations and my closest friends and those that we'll be hanging out with, for an average meal, in the western suburbs, where half my other rich friends would never go; are from poorer families. He said he's definitely coming. That he loves me like family, he's starting to love my friends too and he's coming and wants to join our friend group permanently.

How do I navigate things? One of my friends doesn't like him, two of them are star struck by his wealth and two of us of which I am one, find his wealth irrelevant. It'll be a totally mixed group and I'm wondering how to help my star struck friends to realise he's just a guy and make them comfortable around him and keep my poorer friend who hates him happy and feeling valued. I've told everyone that I love everyone equally. Should I try to help everyone to feel comfortable with each other, or just sit back as I usually do in these situations and let people handle themselves? My role in the group is the group mother.

Should I mediate my friend group’s class clash or let them sort it out?
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