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Originally posted by andViolins
You can put on the brave face all you want bn'b., but WE all know that you sit at home, weeping softly to yourself. Alone in that huge fucking mansion. Probably swimming around in the money pool.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
aV
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I'm not quarrelling with her being happy with her lifestyle, I'm picking a fight with dtb about what constitutes happiness. I think that we can agree that we would all be happy if we had the financial resources to be able to do whatever the fuck we wanted -- but some would work, some would have a passel of children, some would travel, etc. etc.
I guess this means what bnb calls "being able to do whatever I want" I would call "having enough resources not to have to work in order to support a resonably luxe lifestyle."
I don't know who, of people who currently do have to work in order to maintain a reasonably luxe lifestyle, would not want to have a chunk of change that would give them the option of taking some time off or taking a different job. Even if they ended up leaving it in the bank (or in real estate, or whatthefuckever).
It's like a tautology. Or whatever. It may be a little different for someone who grew up superrich -- they might think it would be interesting/fun for a while, or better for them, if they actually knew what it was like to HAVE to work.
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