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It's so hard being wealthy...

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some politician who makes 600k a year was saying how hard it was on him and how these new taxes will prevent him from eating and living the way he wants. The host slammed him and he still tried to defend himself
 
The only way I can see their lives as being harder is people tend to ask for loans more or just expect you to pay for everything. It’s a good way to lose “friends.”
 
^^^Boy, does she come across like an airhead. Stop talking and just sing sweetie.
 
I think there's a distinction to be made.

If you're born wealthy, that can have it's own problems. I don't know if you've ever read Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, but to me it was a good book that described the emptiness that being rich can cause.

When you don't have financial goals to strive for, it can be harder to be self-motivated because you know you always have a safety net and you don't have to try as hard.

If you come into wealth, then yes, people probably treat you differently and that probably sucks.

Are either of those issues as bad as living paycheck to paycheck?

I would tend to think no, but it's hard to be objective about it because we all have our personal experience biases.
 
In "Bonfire of the Vanities" Tom Wolfe describes in detail how difficult it is to live in New York on $2.5 million a year - and that book was written in 1988.

It's an interesting point of view. You end up feeling almost sorry for the guy who's complaining.
 
O noez! Living on a paltry $2 million dollars annually? How positively uncouth. :rolleyes:

Honey, I would happy making $100K a year. Ya damn right!
 
huntneo said:
And yes, it is very hard to be objective about it. But again...I think many people would probably pick being more than financially stable over not having much at all. I think people who are swimming in the money (if you will) seem to forget that--whether they were born that way or not. But when I hear things like what I mentioned in my original post, it just comes across as very fake and a half-assed way of making the not-so-well off feel better about their situations.
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I guess the main point is being rich isn't all it's cracked up to be. That doesn't mean that it's easier than being poor though. It just means it has its own difficulties.

huntneo said:
No, bitch--it's hard realizing you only have X amount of dollars left until your next paycheck! That's hard.
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:rotflmao:

I suppose it could be worse though. You could have no job, no home, no food, and be living in a warzone. Compared to that living paycheck to paycheck would be doable.
 
huntneo said:
I'm more than aware of that. And I am thankful each day for where I am. When you grow up the way I did, you learn to be grateful for just just about everything you have.

However, some people who are in much better situations than I, seemed to have missed the memo and/or not understand just how blessed they are. Forgive me for being offended if someone who never has a financial worry has the audacity to tell me how tough their life is.
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Oh, you definitely have the right to feel the way you do.

It is kind of ridiculous!

I'm just playing devil's advocate.

I would tend to think when you come from not having money and then have it, you would be in a much better position because you wouldn't have to worry about the stress of making it on a day to day basis.

If you grew up rich and privileged, depending on how you are raised, you may not learn to be sympathetic to those less fortunate then yourself, which is a shame.
 
My one friend who has quite a bit of $$$ is one of the most down to earth people you'll meet.
IMO,that's becasue his parents worked for the money they had and made it a point to let their kids know they weren't entitled to things unless they worked for it.
 
huntneo said:
You're right.

And I know where you're coming from, alt. Thanks for bringing a healthy balance to my ranting and raving. It's good to have someone remind me to look at things from another angle. ;)
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No problem.

On a total unrelated note, you're single "Bliss" was AMAZING!

I loved it and commented on it so be sure you check out my comments when you have the time.

Anyone who hasn't heard it and likes interesting music, should. You can do it just by clicking on the link under huntneo's avatar.
 
The grass is always greener. All money comes with strings attached. Making $200k or $350k or $625k (or more) per year comes at a cost that many people can't or won't endure to earn that large of a paycheck. Stress is very high, don't kid yourselves.
 
mygaybuffet said:
Isn't that the truth!
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That's one of the reasons why I like this forum. I can try and defend different ideas that may be unpopular, but if I can get people to understand something from a different view point, I'm happy.

If not, it's not the end of the world.
 
just start at the beginning by putting aside some money every payday, and increase the amount on regular basis, by investing this money wisely, with time it will work
stick to it
 
I have friends who come from very very wealthy families, but they are "new rich" types meaning their parents were first generation that made it. One guy's father is a "tycoon" in Russia and I'm not sure if I'd want his life and money. All the fancy toys, bells and whistles in their homes are nice but you dig deeper into their lives and you see it's a one huge dysfunctional family that exists on superficiality and stress. The more money they have, the bigger their problems grow. I'm not saying I wouldn't mind some of that money, but it's not always rosy to be wealthy.
 
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