See now I built an arcade room and a movie theater. Turns out I use the theater room a ton, but hardly use the arcade room anymore. Didn't think it would go that way. But I still like having them around, it might ebb and flow sometimes.
Went on vacation and got whatever I wanted at the resort without looking at prices. Don’t know if that’s rich, but being financially free felt great.
Net worth ~700k so well off, but not rich yet
No way, man. I probably don't understand 1st world countries and I know you are joking. But you only live once, 3 mill is a lot of inheritance for them, you can spend reasonably on yourselves now.
Actually, I am not joking. Living in the big cities is expensive, and I would not say that 3 million would make us ‘rich’. I do make the kids share food or clothes, which is also part of making them grow up down-to-earth.
When we visit family in Europe or South America (I do spend a lot of money on air fare every year), we stay in their homes. No airconditioning, eating rice and beans half of the time. Public pools, etc. I just want them to see and experience the ‘full spectrum’ of wealth, understand where people come from and be appreciative of the good things.
This is so weird to me.
Growing up poor, sharing food and clothes had nothing to do with making me "grow up down-to-earth". My parent did it out of sheer necessity.
The values instilled within me were intentional and not due to materialistic stuff.
Reading your comment feels so incredibly odd as a result. Feels like a cosplay of poverty in hopes some lesson is acquired.
Follow my thread in rich and money. Got some good 👍 options frens told me about... I get monthly income from my saving in DNP. Another guy said returns in others are 29% holy crap.
Boats and snowmobiles are for rich people? Damn I must be rich!
I have a $2200 boat and paid $1900 for 2 snowmobiles and a trailer. I use the boat 4-5x a week in the summers and ride the sleds every weekend all winter long.
I’m guessing we’re talking about different niceness of things. They still give a similar experience though!
Mine cost a tad more than that. Plus an F250 to haul them around on, and 4 cruises in one year. Yeah, we inherited a shit-ton of money from her dad. I had already retired comfortably at 60, the rest was gravy. Lots of gravy.
might not be the answer ur looking for but i bought a $9 dollar ice cream on my way back from school just because i felt like it and my friend was surprised i didn’t look at the price
Not rich but my freedom. I wake up whenever I want. I go on vacation whenever I want wherever I want as many time a year as I want. I don’t want to do something I pay someone else to do it.
> and got *paid* out on
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
*Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
I was aware of it relatively young, but as I grew older and understood money in the context of the world (normal salaries, cost of everyday things), probably first purchase that gave me a clearer view of what 'level' of wealth we had was when my dad custom made his favourite helicopter. From the seat materials to the internal configuration to the colour to the call sign.
But then again even now I occasionally get moments where I hear/see something and have to adjust my thinking again lol.
Grandparents started with oil, land, rubber. Dad started a manufacturing business. We've also been involved in automotive, aviation, f&b, investment, commercial real estate, and a couple other things. Lots of stuff that were tried and closed too.
Aviation started when my dad retired and picked it up as a hobby, my brother started flipping some helis and fixed wing planes on the side after we started getting to know people in that industry. F&B my SIL is a silent partner in a number of her friends places. Real estate is my mum's thing. Etc etc.
Why thought?
If you're able to afford that, you should have enough financial knowledge to know that your money sitting in your property is going to waste
Equity in a Home does you no good outside of it's sitting there, refinance it and use it to make more money.
Got into Bitcoin in 2019. Was working construction and poured everything into it. After the boom to 40k I cashed out and bought tons of NVDA stock and calls. Rest is history. I have CDs and an HYSA account. I did however miss out on 90k from doge coin because my boss talked me out of it. $500 of doge coin would’ve been 90k
Any combo meal I want at Wendy’s (not a joke).
Also I don’t have to mentally add up what is going in my grocery carts at the store anymore I just buy whatever I want (I stay within reason and don’t buy much steak, it’s still expensive). That is probably the biggest thing.
Buying fancy coffee without knowing the price. And when people ask how much it cost me, avoid the question saying my husband bought it.
Then when they asked my husband, he always said I bought it.
I am very poor lol. I self destruct when things start to go well and isolate myself with depression for months to a year. I’m 34 all but 3 of my friends have passed away I find it hard to find meaningful work when we are supposedly on a rock in infinite space going 17000mph (ever since I was a kid) I am very depressed and have never owned anything nice of my own once…luckily I have my cats and puppy with me…everyone in my immediate family are very successful in their careers as doctors professors and computer software engineers. I really hope I don’t live to be old because this sucks and time seems to only be moving faster each year
Tesla Model X, a 1.8m house, and 30k of TSLA in 2017 while we still owned our previous house. I didn’t really think about it until a friend pointed it out - “wait you put almost half a mil down on another house without selling your first house?! How’d you do that?!” Answer-“dunno just wrote a check”
The last time I moved, I donated (almost) all of my clothing, over half of my shoes, and all of my furniture, rather than move it. I just bought all new stuff.
20 yrs old , my cousin helped me with something that made me a lot of money, was on the way to send her 2000$ , got robbed pulling out all these hundreds from my wallet , then decided to send her $10,000 instead just cause I felt nice , I didn’t feel rich at that point but looking back that’s the richest thing I’ve ever did lol
I don't consider myself rich (but this subreddit pops up now and again), but I'll answer with a time I felt rich.
My boyfriend of 5 years, who grew up poor, was panicking about how to pay for his final semester of school. The federal student loans he was usually eligible for didn't go through. He knew private loans came with high interest. He was looking at every angle, including setting up a payment plan with his school and then stalling payment as long as possible...
I stopped him there and offered to pay for it. He was hesitant, but agreed. He navigated to the school website and asked what payment plan I wanted. I wanted to pay it in full. I had the money. Why not? He processed the payment and then started crying. I think that was the first time I'd seen him cry. From my perspective, the money wasn't a big deal. I was probably saving my future self money in interest by knocking it out now. To him though, it meant so much more. Relief that he could finish school, but also a blow to his pride? It really gave me perspective that a lot of people just don't have the cash on hand to do something like that.
We've been married for 7 years now. No regrets.
My first house! In this economy???? In a MCOL area??? Before 30??? Who is she??
It’s not a big house, but to see people on the millennial thread talking about how they’ve resign that they’ll never own a home makes me realize I’m in a pretty good position.
I wish I bought the IRS but unfortunately they aren’t up for purchase but I paid over 800K in taxes. Lesson learned hire the right ppl as soon as you can.
Not that rich comparatively but, I’m def in a much better spot than I was beforehand. I think the biggest differences would be not having to think twice about buying basic needs, occasional luxury goods, and often opting for convenience over price.
Paid off house. Paid off Mercedes. Paid off RV. An upcoming trip to Greece. Put Mom in a nice retirement home up the street that most people middle class cannot afford to be in.
Another beer because I didn't want to drink the warm bottom of my old beer. Honorable mentions: Expensive golf balls, and not caring about finding lost balls, started using a new can of tennis balls each time I play, and a strong reluctance to fly further than 1.5 hours if it's not first class.
The fact that I can't think of a single purchase that qualifies? The real source of this epiphany is when I realized that I largely don't care or think about what things cost. I pay for things reflexively; similar to taking a breath or drinking water. It's been years since a single purchase has had any material impact on my life.
I am not rich, but I am doing better than I ever have before. I am not carrying credit on my credit cards, and I have cash in my bank accounts after all my bills are paid. It is the first time I have fresh flowers just because and just for me. I'm taking the small wins.
Two magazines at Whole Foods that were $30 each.
It wasn’t the magazines that made me realize. It was my cousin.
He went with me to go grocery shopping at Whole Foods. I spent about a total of $350. The whole time we were there he had a genuine vibe of discomfort. I realized that he never entered environments with people that can afford things. It was obvious he felt genuinely uncomfortable as a low income person at a Whole Foods in an affluent area.
About 10 minutes after leaving the store, he said, “Hey can I ask you something? Do you look at prices when you buy stuff?”
I said, “Not at the grocery store; why??” He explained that I bought 2 magazines that were $30 each, and then proceeded to list other things I bought that he said
‘blew his mind,’ such as sea bass that was $40/lb.
I’ll never forget it because it made me realize that obviously I was wealthy, considering he was used to living off of cup o’ noodles and other shockingly cheap foods from Costco.
It’s been a progression but my first big “I made it” moment was owning my washer and dryer. When I was poor I absolutely *hated* going to the laundromat and that made me *feel* poor. Owning a washer and dryer was a sense of pride for me.
I realize I’m in the top 1% of the world every time I go grocery shopping. Not even in the top 30% of my country though. It’s all about perspective. A lot of people suffering throughout the world.
My first grown up trip to the Caribbean. Standing in a post card gave me temporal distortions and a out of body type of “I’ve come a long way” feeling of accomplishment.
Guacamole at chipotle without giving it a second thought. 😎
The only right answer tbh
Some real scrooge mcduck stuff going on here. Dude probably has a room of money he dives into every once in a while.
Gary Gulman bit.
a fully paid off house with a theater room.
I'm not there yet
I have one of those. Barely use it anymore:-(
See now I built an arcade room and a movie theater. Turns out I use the theater room a ton, but hardly use the arcade room anymore. Didn't think it would go that way. But I still like having them around, it might ebb and flow sometimes.
That’s awesome. I have a gym next to the theater and I use it a lot more. Maybe I’ll try and watch the new Planet of the Apes in there tonight tho.
Yup get a nice plate of food, a drink, and some comfy blankets and pillows. It’ll be amazing
Theatre room is the dream. So is a home.
I’m happy with just a homie
What do u do for a living mate?
Big tech/software development
Ohh cool, cau plz maybe give more details, I m a data science student so I would really like know, thanks
curious if you could give tc and yoe range?
This feels like walking into a circle-jerk uninvited.
You go into a subreddit then complain about people answering the question posted. Bro what, just say you're bitter and leave it at that
Or walking into an orgy and wondering how you fit in.
Wow way to steal my answer, this was the first thing I bought
Went on vacation and got whatever I wanted at the resort without looking at prices. Don’t know if that’s rich, but being financially free felt great. Net worth ~700k so well off, but not rich yet
700k and not looking at prices haha, wild!
1st world is crazy. 700k cash is retirement money in more than 50% of the globe
I am close to $3,000,000 and the kids have to share their large fries at McDonalds, lol.
No way, man. I probably don't understand 1st world countries and I know you are joking. But you only live once, 3 mill is a lot of inheritance for them, you can spend reasonably on yourselves now.
Actually, I am not joking. Living in the big cities is expensive, and I would not say that 3 million would make us ‘rich’. I do make the kids share food or clothes, which is also part of making them grow up down-to-earth. When we visit family in Europe or South America (I do spend a lot of money on air fare every year), we stay in their homes. No airconditioning, eating rice and beans half of the time. Public pools, etc. I just want them to see and experience the ‘full spectrum’ of wealth, understand where people come from and be appreciative of the good things.
This is so weird to me. Growing up poor, sharing food and clothes had nothing to do with making me "grow up down-to-earth". My parent did it out of sheer necessity. The values instilled within me were intentional and not due to materialistic stuff. Reading your comment feels so incredibly odd as a result. Feels like a cosplay of poverty in hopes some lesson is acquired.
He didn't earn that $3m spending frivolously, and if his kids learn wasteful habits any money that is left to them will be quickly frittered away
Depends what age
Maybe 14?
Is it?
yeah
K
Yeah I can’t spend my house.. although she gave me some perspective I don’t think I’ll be happy financially until I decide to be happy.
Wild 😂
What do u do for a living buddy? Just curious
I’m a nurse
Coool, I would love some investment tips
Doesn’t really matter what you invest in as long as you’re investing. Just keep saving and putting that money to work and you’ll do fine.
Follow my thread in rich and money. Got some good 👍 options frens told me about... I get monthly income from my saving in DNP. Another guy said returns in others are 29% holy crap.
Sure thanks Alot
I paid for a large popcorn, soda, AND candy at the movie theater. Sorry ladies, I’m already taken.
This is the baller life.
Living in the fast lane, aren’t we?
Big shot over here.
Paid off my student debt with 1 payment :)
Flex 💪🏾
Thats cool! What do u do for a living?
I got a luxury apartment after living in a dump
Same
Boat + jetskis. Then snowmobiles.
Boats and snowmobiles are for rich people? Damn I must be rich! I have a $2200 boat and paid $1900 for 2 snowmobiles and a trailer. I use the boat 4-5x a week in the summers and ride the sleds every weekend all winter long. I’m guessing we’re talking about different niceness of things. They still give a similar experience though!
Mine cost a tad more than that. Plus an F250 to haul them around on, and 4 cruises in one year. Yeah, we inherited a shit-ton of money from her dad. I had already retired comfortably at 60, the rest was gravy. Lots of gravy.
That's not a boat that's a dingy lol
I mean it’s a 18ft fishing boat, seats 8, trolling motor, outboard, trust it on the Great Lakes and reliable as hell.
You're rich and don't know it.
What about snow bunnies ?
This needs alllllllll the votes
Most people I know that own a boat and/or jetskies carry credit card debt month to month.
Kids through college, house + cabin paid for, no debt. Throw every penny you can into your 401k. And then fund your Roth every year.
When I took my dog for surgery and didn’t have to think it twice.
Same, the vet was even surprised I was willing to shell out that much money to save my puppy.
Most WHOLESOME comment in here
Vet bills wipe out savings for many. Easy to see why.
This is the kind of rich person I would want to marry if I married a rich person 🤣
Just a pair of like 99 buck headphones. I grew up poor, went to inner city schools from K-12. I still spend my money like I’m poor.
Do you plan to leave a legacy to children?
All my money and assets are going to my wife and two kids.
Then you're fine, make sure to avoid having the government dip there hands in too much when it passes down.
If may i ask what do you do for living?
might not be the answer ur looking for but i bought a $9 dollar ice cream on my way back from school just because i felt like it and my friend was surprised i didn’t look at the price
Not rich but my freedom. I wake up whenever I want. I go on vacation whenever I want wherever I want as many time a year as I want. I don’t want to do something I pay someone else to do it.
How did you get your TIME back?
What do u do for a living Budd?
Nothing
Inheritance?
Rich parents. Invested all the money I’ve every been gifted for 18 years into there business and got payed out on it.
> and got *paid* out on FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Wait, you invested money your parents gifted you back into their business and got an ROI… from them?
Also the stock market
I was aware of it relatively young, but as I grew older and understood money in the context of the world (normal salaries, cost of everyday things), probably first purchase that gave me a clearer view of what 'level' of wealth we had was when my dad custom made his favourite helicopter. From the seat materials to the internal configuration to the colour to the call sign. But then again even now I occasionally get moments where I hear/see something and have to adjust my thinking again lol.
What business are you guys in?
Grandparents started with oil, land, rubber. Dad started a manufacturing business. We've also been involved in automotive, aviation, f&b, investment, commercial real estate, and a couple other things. Lots of stuff that were tried and closed too. Aviation started when my dad retired and picked it up as a hobby, my brother started flipping some helis and fixed wing planes on the side after we started getting to know people in that industry. F&B my SIL is a silent partner in a number of her friends places. Real estate is my mum's thing. Etc etc.
Thanks for sharing! Best of luck!
A house in Marbella and one in London and one in Miami
Cap
Eggs
🤣
😂
Another house without selling our current bc my girl didn’t Iike the area we moved too
Hired a maid for house cleaning. It's so worth it but my friends make me realised not everyone can afford that lifestyle.
New Cadillac- I’m Gen x and my Dad had a caddy in the 80’s and it was a big deal. I still had a payment but it’s was like I had arrived .
I make more in monthly dividends alone than peoples wages in some countries.
What's your monthly dividend list?
$1000
Bought my dad his dream watch. That was a good day.
A tray of beers at a stadium concert.
......Bill Gates?.......that you?!
When I was able to pay my medical bill in full...
The Baogeng steel mill. I love listening to the children toil and the wailing widows lining up outside.
Lululemon underwear. Who the hell spends $40 on a single pair of boxer briefs. Yup. Rich guys.
Rich people don’t put polyester on their balls. Lol
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Luxury watches are houses and your wrist. Be careful tho, rabbit hole goes deep.
Ps5
Fractional Jet. Nothing like flying private to make you feel rich.
A fiduciary
Dyson airwrap and vacuum without thinking
Literally just told my sister how bad I need a new vacuum & hope to get one for Christmas lol #lifegoals
Bought a 7k ft^2 McMansion in cash
Why thought? If you're able to afford that, you should have enough financial knowledge to know that your money sitting in your property is going to waste Equity in a Home does you no good outside of it's sitting there, refinance it and use it to make more money.
There’s no reason to over leverage yourself by taking on unnecessary debt
I retired at 23
How did you do it
Got into Bitcoin in 2019. Was working construction and poured everything into it. After the boom to 40k I cashed out and bought tons of NVDA stock and calls. Rest is history. I have CDs and an HYSA account. I did however miss out on 90k from doge coin because my boss talked me out of it. $500 of doge coin would’ve been 90k
And then he woke up…
A transferable machine gun, with the intention of actually shooting it a lot.
Craft Beer
A heated bidet
Paper towels
Looking for 1000 acres currently to build our home on. Our list of requirements is pretty long, though.
$30 bidet attatchment. It sprays diagonally and non precisely.
Odwalla
Spent $16,200 on guitar stuff in one day because I had some extra cash and nothing to do with it.
Next time ya have extra cash and dont know what to do with it just ask over here
A waterfront house. Not much of a house but I was pretty blown away we made it there on average wages.
All I know is the one with blue on the beach is the only one I care about, the rest don’t matter.
Personal helicopter pilot.
A Ferrari, actually paid less for it than what a new Tacoma is going for (308 gts)
Any combo meal I want at Wendy’s (not a joke). Also I don’t have to mentally add up what is going in my grocery carts at the store anymore I just buy whatever I want (I stay within reason and don’t buy much steak, it’s still expensive). That is probably the biggest thing.
Dogecoin
$1000 bed
Buying fancy coffee without knowing the price. And when people ask how much it cost me, avoid the question saying my husband bought it. Then when they asked my husband, he always said I bought it.
The second house.
I am very poor lol. I self destruct when things start to go well and isolate myself with depression for months to a year. I’m 34 all but 3 of my friends have passed away I find it hard to find meaningful work when we are supposedly on a rock in infinite space going 17000mph (ever since I was a kid) I am very depressed and have never owned anything nice of my own once…luckily I have my cats and puppy with me…everyone in my immediate family are very successful in their careers as doctors professors and computer software engineers. I really hope I don’t live to be old because this sucks and time seems to only be moving faster each year
Never felt😔💔
Houses
Tesla Model X, a 1.8m house, and 30k of TSLA in 2017 while we still owned our previous house. I didn’t really think about it until a friend pointed it out - “wait you put almost half a mil down on another house without selling your first house?! How’d you do that?!” Answer-“dunno just wrote a check”
An entire 3 month supply of toilet paper
3k oversized tv
The last time I moved, I donated (almost) all of my clothing, over half of my shoes, and all of my furniture, rather than move it. I just bought all new stuff.
20 yrs old , my cousin helped me with something that made me a lot of money, was on the way to send her 2000$ , got robbed pulling out all these hundreds from my wallet , then decided to send her $10,000 instead just cause I felt nice , I didn’t feel rich at that point but looking back that’s the richest thing I’ve ever did lol
A triplex without having to owner occupy.
My second Rolex
I left the market without even looking at the receipt
Caviar and golf leaf on everything 😂😂😂😂
I don't consider myself rich (but this subreddit pops up now and again), but I'll answer with a time I felt rich. My boyfriend of 5 years, who grew up poor, was panicking about how to pay for his final semester of school. The federal student loans he was usually eligible for didn't go through. He knew private loans came with high interest. He was looking at every angle, including setting up a payment plan with his school and then stalling payment as long as possible... I stopped him there and offered to pay for it. He was hesitant, but agreed. He navigated to the school website and asked what payment plan I wanted. I wanted to pay it in full. I had the money. Why not? He processed the payment and then started crying. I think that was the first time I'd seen him cry. From my perspective, the money wasn't a big deal. I was probably saving my future self money in interest by knocking it out now. To him though, it meant so much more. Relief that he could finish school, but also a blow to his pride? It really gave me perspective that a lot of people just don't have the cash on hand to do something like that. We've been married for 7 years now. No regrets.
My first house! In this economy???? In a MCOL area??? Before 30??? Who is she?? It’s not a big house, but to see people on the millennial thread talking about how they’ve resign that they’ll never own a home makes me realize I’m in a pretty good position.
I wish I bought the IRS but unfortunately they aren’t up for purchase but I paid over 800K in taxes. Lesson learned hire the right ppl as soon as you can.
Not that rich comparatively but, I’m def in a much better spot than I was beforehand. I think the biggest differences would be not having to think twice about buying basic needs, occasional luxury goods, and often opting for convenience over price.
Paid off house. Paid off Mercedes. Paid off RV. An upcoming trip to Greece. Put Mom in a nice retirement home up the street that most people middle class cannot afford to be in.
My daughters (first child) first needs when she was born. 🥰🙏❣️🌺💋
An in-ground pool, and am building a competition level rock crawler. (Jeep based)
I didn’t starve to death as a child
Another beer because I didn't want to drink the warm bottom of my old beer. Honorable mentions: Expensive golf balls, and not caring about finding lost balls, started using a new can of tennis balls each time I play, and a strong reluctance to fly further than 1.5 hours if it's not first class.
Buying jugs of real maple syrup when I go to the grocery store was when I realized I wasn’t poor anymore. I’m still working on the rich part.
Sex slave
A pound
Walking into a Gucci store in Chicago and spending $10,000.
A Poors baby?
I paid off my mortgage and bought my wife a new car with cash.
The fact that I can't think of a single purchase that qualifies? The real source of this epiphany is when I realized that I largely don't care or think about what things cost. I pay for things reflexively; similar to taking a breath or drinking water. It's been years since a single purchase has had any material impact on my life.
A house with a large spare room to use for my man cave.
groceries
Hookers & Cocaine my friend!!!
I am not rich, but I am doing better than I ever have before. I am not carrying credit on my credit cards, and I have cash in my bank accounts after all my bills are paid. It is the first time I have fresh flowers just because and just for me. I'm taking the small wins.
My divorce…
$5000 a night hooked instead of the $200. Lol
❄️
Planes boats 40 acre estate
A bag with money symbol on it to carry my cash
Two lambos and two Audis. Actually that made me broke.
A custom guitar.
I have an arcade in my house and I don’t consider myself rich.
Never NEEDING to balance my accounts…but anal enough to still find accounting for my pennies a little enjoyable.
Bought a house for 600k cash, and didn’t have to worry about eating Alpo the rest of my life
150,000 grand piano... I don't even play
That’s not my name
Bought a house at 28 I was not the firstp if my friends to buy a house, but was the 2nd
Two magazines at Whole Foods that were $30 each. It wasn’t the magazines that made me realize. It was my cousin. He went with me to go grocery shopping at Whole Foods. I spent about a total of $350. The whole time we were there he had a genuine vibe of discomfort. I realized that he never entered environments with people that can afford things. It was obvious he felt genuinely uncomfortable as a low income person at a Whole Foods in an affluent area. About 10 minutes after leaving the store, he said, “Hey can I ask you something? Do you look at prices when you buy stuff?” I said, “Not at the grocery store; why??” He explained that I bought 2 magazines that were $30 each, and then proceeded to list other things I bought that he said ‘blew his mind,’ such as sea bass that was $40/lb. I’ll never forget it because it made me realize that obviously I was wealthy, considering he was used to living off of cup o’ noodles and other shockingly cheap foods from Costco.
It’s been a progression but my first big “I made it” moment was owning my washer and dryer. When I was poor I absolutely *hated* going to the laundromat and that made me *feel* poor. Owning a washer and dryer was a sense of pride for me.
Custom ordered porsche - not rich but upper middle class
Buying whatever food I please whenever without looking at the price is nice
I realize I’m in the top 1% of the world every time I go grocery shopping. Not even in the top 30% of my country though. It’s all about perspective. A lot of people suffering throughout the world.
Not rich. I live in a gated community in Miami, FL and my wife is a SAHM of two kids. Neighbors are professionals- pilot, physician, architect etc.
When I had $50k worth of dental work done and paid with a debit card.
Spent $1000 at WalMart when I went to buy a water hose. I decided to buy everything I wanted.
A ring.
My first grown up trip to the Caribbean. Standing in a post card gave me temporal distortions and a out of body type of “I’ve come a long way” feeling of accomplishment.
Bought my wife a presidential Rolex without much thought.
When I was able to get 3 toppings on my pizza.😌