Does It Matter How Someone Acquired Their Wealth? (business, house, sell)
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There is an expression: new money and old money. Generally, people from old money behave differently than those of new money....
This is true. So it would depend in part on how he handled his new money, if he won it in a lottery.
It would matter if he got his money through pimping, or doing a Bernie Madoff, or through some other unethical means. Otherwise, no. Except that people who inherit all their money and haven't worked much for it tend to be immature, in my observation. Maybe not everyone who fits that circumstance is that way, but there is that tendency. They're not well-grounded in reality.
How someone obtained their money wouldn't matter to me, unless they obtained it unethically, of course. Their behavior, attitudes, and values in general (and towards money in particular) are what matter, and whether or not we're compatible for whatever kind of relationship is developing.
I typically find that those who earn through hard work and personal sacrifice tend to be more level-headed with their income. They truly know the value of a dollar, as opposed to those who inherited wealth just for the sake of being born. Like the saying goes, "A fool and his money."
It would depend on their character, which is something I wouldn't know until I got to know them. They may have drive/stamina, but all hard workers don't have good character.... and likewise, all "trust-fund babies" aren't careless brats who have bad character.
I'd simply depend on their behavior, the money wouldn't play any part into it. Ok, I take that back it would definitely be a plus but it would never at any point be a make or break.
It would depend on their character, which is something I wouldn't know until I got to know them. They may have drive/stamina, but all hard workers don't have good character.... and likewise, all "trust-fund babies" aren't careless brats who have bad character.
Of course it matters. I have major respect for anyone who is self-made whereas I have much less respect for anyone who obtained wealth via inheritance or through the lottery.
My my. All these people wanting to pass judgements on others. After all, let's say you knew some really great guy who was hardworking and good at his job, yet lucked out and won the lottery. Would that make him less likable and less respectable? Meanwhile, if you were a woman and a Kennedy came a calling, would you turn him down because the family money came from bootlegging? I mean, if the person were a pornographer or a drug dealer, then sure.
Money doesn't necessarily change people. It just gives them the freedom to be who they really are.
I agree, my concern would be if they made their money legally or illegally.
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