If you didn’t grow up doing expensive travel sports, you probably underestimate how much it sets families back. The average extracurricular activity is a couple of hundred dollars a semester. Sure, spending $300 so your kid can play a puppy in 101 Dalmatians The Musical might sound like an exorbitant price to some families, but …
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Polite woman refuses to look after 96-year-old neighbor, after already having her 76-year-old mother live with her, she claims the elderly woman has other grandchildren and enough money for a caretaker: ‘I’m not willing to give up any more time’
Helping out a neighbor now and then is completely fair. Helping out a 96-year-old lady who lives alone is even more expected. But taking on the role of the «always-at-your-service granddaughter» crosses that invisible line between the two houses. The problem with doing a favor, and the reason many people hesitate before stepping in, is …
Seguir leyendo Polite woman refuses to look after 96-year-old neighbor, after already having her 76-year-old mother live with her, she claims the elderly woman has other grandchildren and enough money for a caretaker: ‘I’m not willing to give up any more time’
Teacher calls her 41-year-old retired husband a loser because he spends all day playing video games: ‘I make $125k/yr in income off my liquid assets. I just want to chill after working a stressful job for 15 years’
Most of us can expect to work nearly every day for at least 8 hours a day until we’re 65; for some, it’ll be even longer. There is a way out of this ratrace, but it doesn’t come easy. There’s a whole community of people who work extremely hard and make a ton of money …
Seguir leyendo Teacher calls her 41-year-old retired husband a loser because he spends all day playing video games: ‘I make $125k/yr in income off my liquid assets. I just want to chill after working a stressful job for 15 years’
Pregnant stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old with a housekeeper and nanny tells her CFO husband making 7 figures annually that she feels like a single mom: ‘I know he works hard, but it feels like he is completely absent from our lives’
Everyone has a God-given right to complain about their lives. One of the best plays of all time is about a whiny, rich, 30-year-old unemployed prince whose mother married his uncle, the very Uncle who was responsible for his father’s demise. Some might say that Hamlet is a spoiled brat, but you’d have to have …
Seguir leyendo Pregnant stay-at-home mom of a 3-year-old with a housekeeper and nanny tells her CFO husband making 7 figures annually that she feels like a single mom: ‘I know he works hard, but it feels like he is completely absent from our lives’
‘You are extremely out of touch and tone deaf’: 18-year-old landlord hides wealth from her roommates, arguments ensue when they open her mail
Growing up is realizing that everyone has their own arrangement. Sure, you might be jealous of that girl with the fabulous apartment and clothes and wonder what she’s doing better than you. Odds are… nothing. She probably just has rich parents. But some people are weird about their wealth. They try to be humble about …
Seguir leyendo ‘You are extremely out of touch and tone deaf’: 18-year-old landlord hides wealth from her roommates, arguments ensue when they open her mail
17-year-old inherits his wealthy grandpa’s estate then gets hounded by greedy family members who all want ‘their cut’: ‘[I’m] not sharing my trust fund with my step siblings’
If you ever won the lottery, you’d probably have distant cousins hitting you up out of nowhere to ‘catch up’. Decades have crawled by without a word from any of your distant family members and now that you’re a millionaire, everyone seems really interested in how you’re doing. This teenager in our next story realized …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old inherits his wealthy grandpa’s estate then gets hounded by greedy family members who all want ‘their cut’: ‘[I’m] not sharing my trust fund with my step siblings’
‘They’re ‘retired’ but in their 30s’: 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins
Rich people love to be covert about how rich they are. Maybe they’re scared to be too braggadocious or offend someone. Maybe they’re trying to be relatable to the common man. Maybe they’re worried that people are going to ask them for money if they know how rich they are. Or maybe they’re afraid to …
Seguir leyendo ‘They’re ‘retired’ but in their 30s’: 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins
Sibling Rivalry Turns Nuclear When Brothers Feud Over Their Mother’s Inheritance, Leaving Back-Stabbing Siblings Without a Designated Gravestone at the Family Mausoleum: ‘[My brothers] don’t deserve to be buried next to Dad’
These back-stabbing brothers learned that if you play dirty with the executor of your mother’s will–your responsible sibling–there’s a chance you’re throwing away your chances of becoming an heir to the family fortune. Money makes everyone crazy. Although we like to think that we can keep our heads on straight when it comes to inheritances, …
Seguir leyendo Sibling Rivalry Turns Nuclear When Brothers Feud Over Their Mother’s Inheritance, Leaving Back-Stabbing Siblings Without a Designated Gravestone at the Family Mausoleum: ‘[My brothers] don’t deserve to be buried next to Dad’
Bride and groom gift $800 to each wedding guest, pay for their first-class flights: ‘For a 100 guests that’s like half a million alone’
Many people dream of their fairytale wedding. Movies and TV shows put big ideas in our heads about over-the-top ceremonies in exotic, far-flung locales, huge couture gowns, and all the bells and whistles. Weddings capture our imaginations: they’re parties, yes, but they’re also public displays of love, family, and most importantly, of wealth. They’re opportunities …
Seguir leyendo Bride and groom gift $800 to each wedding guest, pay for their first-class flights: ‘For a 100 guests that’s like half a million alone’
Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’
Hypocrisy is a common disease in the contemporary workplace. And we all fall victim to its wiles every now and then. Like when I tell my cat, who is whining to be fed at midnight that «food is over for the day,» when I’m jauntily cracking open a bag of fresh potato chips. Or when I’m driving, …
Seguir leyendo Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’