It does not sound like you know any wealthy people. Wealthy people usually do not show off by spending excessively on eggs.
I do not spend a hundred dollars per egg to have them flown in from France... If that is common, they are just eggs, so who cares?
Wrong, Wrong Way Wally.
And I explained why your explanation is just plain stupid. No reasonable person spends more on eggs just to impress people. Wealthy people mostly buy eggs from where ever is most convenient. There is no Publix around here, so I would not buy eggs from there. I buy my eggs at Giant. My wife bought eggs at Whole Foods, which is out of the way, and more expensive, but she did not do it to impress people.
Why not? Hiring a special servant to cook eggs seems like more trouble than it is worth. Cooking eggs is rather easy.
Among people with money, someone who won the lottery is considered an example of someone who has the money, but not the style. They drink Dom Perignon with no idea what to pair it with. They buy a Rolex, and then return it because it loses 10 seconds per day.
Wow, that must be painful for him. Everyone is trying to move as much of their income from earned to long term capital gains... Or better yet, income less than expenses. Have you seen the level of taxes on earned income?
Yes, he is a lawyer and I am certain that he knows how to handle his finances far better than you, Wrong Way Walter. My daughter who lives about a block away says his home is valued at 2.6 million.
What was the 'third time', Pretender?
You having trouble find eggs you can afford too?
Is he your neighbor, or your daughter's neighbor?
And I don't. My chickens provide plenty.
Apparently you do.
Which is why you are broke, Wally.
That is about average for an upper middle class house around here. I am looking around on Zillow, and my house in a very working class neighborhood(I am a cheapskate) is $594k. The house I grew up in is $1.077M(and my parents had serious financial problems). Tomorrow I am going to a barbecue at a house worth $5.33M(not gated and he could easily afford much better). $2.6 million for a gated community house would be cheap in the Northeast. You (or your daughter) must live in a cheap part of the country.
Everyone I know who has generational wealth is absolutely haunted by the expression "shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations." The goal is to teach them to handle the generational wealth. The two fears is that they will blow the money, or that we will over manage the money having a dead hand guide the money. It is about education.
OK, I will bite, how many chickens do you have?
You think people who do not spend like a lottery winner are likely to go broke? I find the opposite in my life.
It varies. I currently have about a dozen of 'em.
They go broke, just like you, Wally.
That should give you plenty of eggs. I once thought about getting chickens, but then I realized they are a lot of trouble.
I do not think I will go broke, but honestly the fear haunts me. That is why I am so defensive with a chunk of my money.
Have someone help you read, WWW..." My daughter who lives about a block away says his home is valued at 2.6 million."
They're really not a lot of trouble, Wally.
You are already broke, Wally. That's why you can't afford even eggs.
Poor Guano. Sees real servicemen and gets triggered.Today
