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its true that there are people who are wealthy that you would never know of, drive the reasonable car, house, etc but whats wrong with the person who worked hard, has made millions and wants a 911 in the drive way next to his wife's range rover. if they can afford it and everything else in their lives is in place than why is that person not "truly rich" or showing off? if i ever get to a point where a few 100k in cars doesnt concern me i will buy them because i enjoy nice things and i worked hard to have them. sure hondas are great values but when you don't NEED the value, buy something you will enjoy.
Pretty sure that among the 1% (and that's where I'd start the "at the top") there are humble modest old-money types, and there are "enjoy it because you worked hard for it" types, and there are "new money" types and there are leave the price tag on everything Minnie Pearl types.
If you don't fit in with people any more, its likely more than just your car causing an issue. Its okay - people change and grow over the course of their lives and you may have outgrown your old friends, or they may have outgrown you.
So you find new friends who you have more currently in common with.
As far as some magic # of "real friends". In the age of facebook, doesn't everyone have like a minimum of 500 friends?
No, missing the point totally--those that are truly wealthy or "at the top" don't feel the need to show off their wealth with fancy cars or fancy wardrobes and are usually more humble then the wannabees. They certainly can relate to being wealthy and some of the REAL issues it can cause...but a social life usually isn't one of those issues because they are usually nice, down to earth people...
I agree that some wealthy people don't wanna show off....But there are other wealthy people that like nice things and it doesn't necessarily mean they are showing off.At some point you gotta enjoy yourself in life.
its true that there are people who are wealthy that you would never know of, drive the reasonable car, house, etc but whats wrong with the person who worked hard, has made millions and wants a 911 in the drive way next to his wife's range rover. if they can afford it and everything else in their lives is in place than why is that person not "truly rich" or showing off? if i ever get to a point where a few 100k in cars doesnt concern me i will buy them because i enjoy nice things and i worked hard to have them. sure hondas are great values but when you don't NEED the value, buy something you will enjoy.
One one level you're right. There's nothing wrong with luxury stuff if you can easily afford it (i.e. can pay cash with money left over). That said, research has found luxury cars really don't make people any happier in the long run. So I question this whole premise that you'd "enjoy" a luxury car more than a good Honda.
One one level you're right. There's nothing wrong with luxury stuff if you can easily afford it (i.e. can pay cash with money left over). That said, research has found luxury cars really don't make people any happier in the long run. So I question this whole premise that you'd "enjoy" a luxury car more than a good Honda.
Research also shows that people who have a Honda are no happier than those with a nice car.
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