What Makes You Think Someone Has A Lot of Money?

I think a lot of people always have the misconception that other people's lives are better than theirs. I know a few millionaires who you would never guess. They drive beat up cars, live in really old houses with nothing fancy to them, don't go out ever, wear old ratty clothes, etc. this is probably how they were able to do it! i know just as many people that have fancy cars & houses, designer clothes, great jobs etc. but have no more money than me, just a lot more debt!

I guess (like you said), it is the material things that make people think that someone has a lot of money. But I have personally seen people who drive a big car or live in a big house usually try to be cheap where they think people might not notice. So, I usually don't bother with how much money anyone has. Frankly, it doesn't really matter does it? I don't work for the money. Or maybe it's easy for me to say that because I don't NEED to work for the money. And so I don't bother about how much other's make. If you look at the term 'rich' in a materialistic way, I guess, yes, I would go by what car they drive, where they live, etc. I mean they wouldn't go out and buy it if they didn't have the money, would they? As far as what others say to you, I think you should tell them that you do what you do because you like to do it and want to do it and not because you don't have the money. People who don't have as much as you might think you are lucky. You might think someone else who has something you don't is lucky! It's each person's perspective. I don't think those people mean any harm. It's just that they don't understand what you need and they think you need what they do. When they get what you have, they then need something else. It's human nature. I'm going to stop coz I think I'm not making any sense and rambling..lol

Alright I wasn't going to answer it becuase to be truthfully honest I have no way or no method of knowing who is rich and who is poor. My mom spent a lot of time spending money we didn't have to make the house look like we had money. But in reality we were bouncing checks because of her. My step dad Owned his own painting business when we lived in Texas but just because he owned his own company by no way where we rich or had money we lived paycheck to paycheck job to job. You can't tell if a person is rich UNLESS IT'S BILL GATES. Heck that man can lend money to the president. LOL!!

This definitely happens. I drive a 2006 mitsibushi eclipse. People think that I have a lot of money due to that. I am 28 and have a good job, but I am a single mom. I support my daugher and myself. And I don't have a boyfriend at all. It's just the 2 of us. If I had a good boyfriend and they told me to stay home, I would jump on it. Not that you should because I know that I would get tired of it after awhile. I would not want people telling me that either. And I would not want to stay at home forever. I just think it would be nice for right now because I have always had to work to suport us. I would like to take a rest.

I think a person could be rich, at least potentially, for the job they do for living. Though they might not spend their money on the most expensive car or house, their income is making them well off. I would never tell somebody not to work and be dependant by a spouse neither finacially nor emotionally.

Something that can make you think on has a lot of money is: based upon how little he cares about savings!

For me, it is more about walking into their home or looking at the way they dress. I think you can tell a lot by designer clothes and a big diamond. Houses that look like they have come out of interior design tell me someone has money.

I'm not impressed at all with fancy cars, big houses, or the latest cellphones. They don't mean a thing. They only mean that you spent a lot of money buying them, so that means you're probably stupid and on your way to financial disaster.

Hi there. Well, there are certain things appear to be benchmark to be true the question .... like other friends have quoted here including the Bank Balance, the money in hand, Car being owned, property and the status being enjoyed. All is true and I do agree. But, I don't think that "richness" would compensate those having such lacking that would be irreparable. I know personally persons having too much apparent things from some leasing or banking debts, just to make them impress others. This is too much deceiving and I don't like that, at all.

The answer to that question has changed as I've gotten older and hopefully more wise. When I was younger I thought people had a lot of money based on the type of house they lived in, the car they drove, or the clothes they wear. Now I know that most of those people do not have a lot of money, they have a lot of debt!

i think one has a lot of money if s/he does not worry on anything. s/he is living a worry-free life. s/he travels a lot, s/he pursues his/her personal interests and hobbies. s/he does things that can not be a spurce of any income. s/he does a lot of volunteer work and philantrophy.

Well i dont think so. I personally know some people who drive expensive cars but actually they are leasing it.And to think they pay the lease through credit cards which they maximize.Mean to the roof. And i dont agree that just because your spouse or spouse to be have an excellent job and good pay.One should work on their own. What will happen if the relationship break down? Where will the underdog go? Worst if they got kids and dont have a single red cent on their pocket. And you(i believe youre a female as you said your husband to be) should be independent in your own way. We dont know whats gonna happen.

Hi friend,actually not all expose the real situation in their life although he rich.some people don't like use fancy car or wide house.maybe he rich but sometimes many money he donate at welfare organisation.for them very peace the soul than waste the money to shopping for not important thing.not all like this.someone like big spend go to shopping with family and feel very happy.here depend the each perception someone and the way to handle many money.

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