'She suggested I just buy a second house': 25+ Out of touch rich people who live in another tax bracket

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Dec 7, 2024 11:00 AM EST

Money solves most problems in life, but it seems like there's just never enough of it. Even the richest people in the world just want more and more cash. You can never have too much! 

However, when you've been wealthy for a long time, you start to forget what it's like to be a "normal person." Most people can't just throw money at their problems. They get their paycheck and pay off their rent or mortgage, buy some inexpensive groceries, pay their car payment, maybe pay for some insurance or electricity, and if they have kids, the rest goes towards schooling or nannies. For a vast number of people, having extra disposable income at the end of the day just isn't their reality. 

That's why it can feel frustrating to listen to wealthy people talk about their own lives. They can solve almost all of their problems with money. If they're getting restless at work, they fly to Italy for a weekend away. If their kids are a handful, they have a team of nannies at the ready. And if they're trying to make even more money, they'll tell you that the best thing to do is get into real estate. As if! They're just living in a whole different reality than most folks, as you can read all about in these interesting stories below. 

Then, read about one family who got handed a Family Code of Conduct before their big holiday meal, leaving the whole family divided. 

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  • 02
    What is the most out of touch thing a rich person has every said to you?
    via u/That_Is_Bryce
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    NeverDoesSide... "Just ask your parents" friends from wealthy families who couldn't understand why I couldn't just come paintballing or have the latest playstation/xbox
    via u/NeverDoesSideQuests
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    carlysoph A wealthy acquaintance once told me, "If you're struggling, why not just take a sabbatical and travel? It clears your mind." As if time off and world travel are accessible to everyone.
    via u/carlysoph
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    Hot_Mention_9... "Why don't you just call your lawyer about that?"... ma'am. My what? Because apparently some people just have a lawyer on retainer?
    via u/Hot_Mention_9337
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    Oroku-Saki-84 I was at work talking about how I was gonna struggle to pay rent or eat this week because of bill and disabled child etc etc. and very seriously she suggested I just buy a second house! I don't even own my own house.
    via u/Oroku-Saki-84
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    SoBasso I used to work for a billionaire on his private yacht. Purchase price 35 million euros. 13 crew at his beck and call, for him and his wife only. This was his toy, not a cruise ship. We took him to a secluded anchorage in Sardinia, Italy. Massive mountain range, blue waters, rugged coast,
    via u/SoBasso
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    starry skies, completely silent. Just magic. We we're the only yacht in the bay too. At night, his response "it's just a bunch of rocks innit?" Next day we rushed to Cala di Volpe so they could go to the Gucci store.
    via u/SoBasso
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    twobigmelon Why don't you just invest in real estate? Thanks, Chad, I'll pick up a duplex after my next paycheck covers the ramen noodle shortage.
    via u/twobigmelon
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    Nir414ra "Just buy a new one!"—as if I don't have to budget for that.
    via u/Nir414ra
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    grandoro "I just don't understand why people complain about rent"
    via u/grandoro
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    smokinghotstella Why don't you just have your parents pay for it? Oh, sure, let me just call my mom, who works double shifts, and ask her to liquidate her imaginary yacht.
    via u/smokinghotstella
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    dontellhusband You should take a gap year to "find yourself." Yeah, because my landlord definitely accepts payment in self-discovery.
    via u/dontellhusband
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    Demonic_Strike "Money doesn't buy happiness." Yeah, but it sure. can pay for a lot of therapy and self-care.
    via u/Demonic_Strike
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    Pangolinsareodd Accidentally told a wealthier relative about how my teenage kids were fighting because they shared a room and didn't have any private space. They just looked at me and asked as if it had never occurred to me "why don't you just buy a bigger house?"
    via u/Pangolinsareodd
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    N... Whilst at university, I got into quite heavy debt and was generally struggling with money and keeping my head above water as a full- time student. I was with my ex at the time who was from a quite well- off background (not private jet level of well-off, but business class flights level).
    via u/Newaccountforlols
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    She turned to me one evening and asked "do your parents not love you or something to let you get into this level of debt, would they not just pay it off?", as if everybody's parents came from the same money as hers did. I was speechless...
    via u/Newaccountforlols
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    Edit: just to clarify, my parents had recently split and neither were particularly well-off, especially not since they now had their own household bills to pay. Yes they probably would have helped a bit if they could. have, but they couldn't afford to pay off my £2000 overdraft I had at the time (one of the lines of credit I had open), nor give me any sort of support. I had
    via u/Newaccountforlols
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    student finance and a part- time job but things were still very tough. I came out the other end ok, and am now doing well financially because I learned the hard lessons about budgeting during that time.
    via u/Newaccountforlols
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    samtresler "I don't have time to write you your paycheck, right now. If you need money you're just going to have to go to the bank like everyone else." That's where money came from for her.
    via u/samtresler
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    Dusky Velour I once heard a very affluent person complain about how difficult it was to choose which of their vacation homes to visit over the holidays, as if the dilemmal of too much was a genuine hardship.
    via u/Dusky Velour
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    Ok-Praline4364 "Why didnt you buy a New car? You like old ones?" Like if price or monetária wasnt relevant
    via u/Ok-Praline4364
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    ceilingkat "If you really wanted it you would just make it work." Does "make it work" mean not paying rent, my car note, feeding my kids?
    via u/ceilingkat
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    xSweetCrystal One rich person once told me, "Just fly private if you don't like the hassle of airports." It made me realize how disconnected they were from the everyday struggles of most people.
    via u/xSweetCrystal
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    AnybodySeeMy... When my wife and I were going through a tough time financially and the transmission on the minivan gave out after 70,000 miles (Kids, never buy a Dodge). I mentioned this to a friend of mine who practically poots $100 bills. "Why don't you just buy a new car?" was his response.
    via u/AnybodySeeMy
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    UnusualBake499 The wife of my boss came into my workplace one day and bluntly asked into the room,,Why does money change people?" i bursted out into laughter. I cannot stress enough how greedy that woman is..
    via u/UnusualBake499
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    VillagerEleven "Why don't you and your friends just go skiing for a couple of weeks?"
    via u/VillagerEleven
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    cheekyKitten Dr... Why don't you just ask your parents to buy you one?' ...Ma'am, my parents are still paying off the toaster they bought last year.
    via u/cheekyKittenDream
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    fghkklb "Why not join the X gym right around the corner, it has a pool and sauna in it!" Thanks, 290 bucks per month...
    via u/fghkklb
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    GlimmerGoddess_ "If you can't afford childcare, just hire a nanny. We love ours!"
    via u/GlimmerGoddess_
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    I... I was 19, living in a different country from my family, and was in my overdraft because my boss was with paying me late. Jaround
    via u/lavenderacid
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    A very well off guy I knew told me to "just buy a house" with 4 bedrooms, live in one, and rent out the other three. He explained I wouldn't have to pay rent again, and it would save me loads of money! Just buy a house.
    via u/lavenderacid
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    chefshoes not me but a policeman friend of mine dealt with a guy who left his porsche (model escapes me but 24 plate) on a seafront in mid wales (wont take long to work out where)
    via u/chefshoes
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    next morning car pelted with pebbles and sand so scratched and cracked windows, oh and drenched in seawater said oh ill just get another one..
    via u/chefshoes
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    GEB82 During Covid was crying because they ONLY had 250k to live off for the year. They have never worked and usually make 1mil plus a year off of stock dividens. raving like a lunatic about possibly having to sell the company private jet.
    via u/GEB82
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    orangpelupa Kid: how's youtuber life? Lotta money right? Me it varies, around 50 usd a month Kid: yikes, that's like my daily allowance
    via u/orangpelupa
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    Kmac-Original Why are you throwing your money away on rent when you're a single mother? You should just buy a house.
    via u/Kmac-Original
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    thecityboy781 "if you think money solves. problems; you're wrong, it just creates more problems"
    via u/thecityboy781
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    p 3s4you Just don't buy coffee every day, and you'll own a house by 30. Cool, Karen, let me just skip my $5 latte and manifest that $400K down payment.
    via u/p****3s4you
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    HuntAllTheThings My boss told me one time I should be putting "about $5000 a month" into the stock market. Sir, do you know what you pay me?
    via u/HuntAllTheThings
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    phase_oj 'You just can't find anyone nowadays to cut the tennis court grass properly can you?'
    via u/phase_oj

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