Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for April 09, 2022

I would too.

I’m with you sister.

I’m fine with that!

I think we all would. The other way is to much work.

There are a lot of people who say they “made it themselves” who got a big leg up from parents, grandparents, mentors or others, or were just lucky to be in the right place and the right time.

There are extremely few — I would dare say no — millionaires who did not receive significant help in some form or other. The big question is whether they acknowledge it or not.

Those that turn my stomach the most are the ones who inherit multiple millions and then proclaim themselves “self-made.”

It’s so hard!

My dad said money cant buy happiness but it helps you to be miserable in comfort!!! He died in 1954, things don’t change!!!

Those who made it themselves respect the hard work it took to build up that kind of capital. They don’t spend foolishly, and tend to invest their money in building up more. Those who inherit it (or win it in a lottery) don’t respect the value of what they’ve got, and within a short time they have lost or spent it all.

No millionaire ever “made it themselves”. They made it through getting others to do the actual work then taking the credit and the profits.

Money can’t buy happiness, but poverty can’t buy anything.

They’re generally nicer people too

No thanks. ’Mo money, ’mo problems.

“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”

(attributed to many, actual authorship uncertain)

My Dad went blind in his 60’s and my parents had very little money from then on. However the inheritance they left was our family home – fully paid for. This may not seem like much but this house is in the middle of Silicon Valley. My sister and I could never have afforded any kind of housing here were it not for their choice to put paying off the mortgage as a top priority. Some things are better than money.

Politicians make millions while in office. Nice to be a “public servant”.

I’d be happy to inherit enough to fix my teeth

,,,and she’ buying a stairway to heaven.

Yep.