As I said before, being rich isn't problem free.Kell_ee001 said:
I know nothing about your life, or problems, but here's a couple of things about being rich that may not have occurred to you.
If you are rich, sooner or later a "friend" will approach you for "help". That usually means money. Many of you may think "well, I'd help a friend if I could". Great. Me too. But what if the "friend" has a drink problem? What if the friend fancies himself as a businessman but has blown every business he's tried thorugh raging incompetence, and now that he's run out of family to tap for funds to finance his latest brainwave, he's decided to milk you because, after all, you're loaded. Do you pander to him, knowing full well you're throwing money away, or do you decline politely .... and probably lose a friend.
Suppose you're single, and looking for a mate for life. How can you be sure that the guy romancing you is interested in you, not your bank balance. Is he sincere, or are you being taken for a fool? Will even mere suspicion ruin the romance? And if you aren't suspicious, or at least cautious, you're a sitting target.
Even worse, when you have kids, how can you be sure that the guy romancing your daughter is genuinely interested in her, and not your bank balance? How do you protect your kids from this kind of exploitation. I'm not always exactly a subtle type, and I've had a couple of "you hurt her and there won't be anywhere on earth far enough away for you to hide" conversations. If that doesn't scare the poop out of 'em, they're either sincere or too stupid to have much imagination.
Anyway, the point I'm making is that money (and I man serious money) can blight relationships. And sometimes it blights them is subtle ways. Sometimes you'll find people that you do genuinely regard and believe are friends distance themselves from you because they don't want to risk you thinking they're only after the money. Sometimes, people you do genunely want to help, and that need it, won't take help because they think you'll think that's all they wanted. It isn't always about people being after your money, but sometimes about people being worried you'll think that's what they're after. So you end up losing a friend precisely because they're trying to avoid losing your friendship and respect.
As I said earlier, money has it's own problems. And unless you've got it, you won't always see a lot of them coming. It can, in some ways, be a lonely place.
Twenties or fifties, whatevers easier for you.
