How to appear rich?

Say you invented Post-its.

Surely that depends on what age she is.

A three-year-old car is virtually new!

I earn 'the fabled MN six figures' and drive a 14-year-old Mazda. It's got four wheels and it goes, it's fine.

But yeah, OP, don't try to be something you're not. It'll show and you'll be uncomfortable. Live your happy life proudly.

Volvos are not cheap. You can't be that poor with a 3 year old Volvo!

Just be yourself.

MN loves the old trope about how really rich people wear tattered clothes and drive an old beater. I’m sure it happens sometimes but it’s not the norm. While it is true that a lot of wealthy people aren’t going to care about “status symbol” luxury items like flashy handbags with a recognizable brand logo that doesn’t mean they don’t have conspicuously expensive things. If you have money why wouldn’t you use it to make your life more comfortable?

3 bed house and a 3 year old car and a healthy happy family is rich OP You are blessed.

Are these people really going to ask you if you live in a semi or detached or how old your car is? 😅

You can’t be that proud of your family and loving your life if you want to appear as someone entirely different!

I love my life and I am proud of what we have achieved as a family

So own what you've achieved.

Do you honestly, in your heart, believe that the college friends who have managed to find themselves rich spouses to marry have actually achieved something worth your envy?

So what if they've travelled the globe? So what if they've married rich people. Surely you know that marrying a rich person is not actually a personal achievement?

Be proud and happy with what you have and try not to over enthuse with what they have

Talk about your three bed semi with pride ( what is wrong with a 3 bed semi anyway? Or a 6 year old small car for that matter )

So this could be me - Oh your house is lovely - I am so lucky with my home - it's just the Perfect location for us. Trouble with neighbours? Why no they are lovely people, what are yours like?

But she has to talk. You can tell money when it talks. Schooling, holidays, housing,it’s not just clothes and shoes. Nearly all of us can tell money when we see it.

https://onehundredstars.co.uk/collections/kimonos-one-hundred-stars/products/grande-kimono-moorish-indigo

They go to evening events that suit them, so yes they wear whatever they feel comfortable in. They’re in their 70s they don’t want/need to impress anyone.

My dad drives a white van still and my mum drives an old mini. So yes they are the richest people I know and are exactly like I explained!

If you love your life, and are proud of what you have going on in it, then why the collywobbles about fitting in with these people for one night. Just put on your best frock, and rock it.

Wear head to toe navy or black and then wear a shawl from One Hundred Stars.

I don’t agree “they will know” 🙄
this is up there with old money are all lovely benevolent sorts and have “whispering” money while scummy new money are vulgar rude trash whose money “shouts” 🥴

• rent an amazing outfit
• get your hair and make up professionally done
• get some amazing jewellery
• keep the backstory simple, my husband and I run a business it’s done quite well.
• watch Romy and Michelle!!!!!

crack on with your fantasy life 🙌

They go to evening events dressed up in evening attire, with old Barbour jackets on? Sure they do. I move in some very wealthy circles and no one does this.

Am I the only one who thinks a three year old car is still virtually new?

I'd go very minimalist and go for a clean, solid look.

Go to bed earlier than usual for at least a fortnight.

Think posture. Do the 'thread pulling you up from the crown of your head' thing. Set your core. Do some pilates off YouTube to improve it further.

Can you spring for a good haircut? Go somewhere more expensive than you normally would if youre not 100% happy with your current one. I'm not brilliant at hair product stuff but others will be - smooth and shiny is your goal.

Do you have a lipstick you really like? The one that works for me is Bare Pop by Clinique - I get compliments when I wear it. And are you good at shaping eyebrows? Or would a friend help you with that? I'd do lipstick, mascara and nothing else. I might visit the testers and swipe a bit of really expensive moisturiser just beforehand. Maybe a spritz of a classic perfume- Miss Dior would be mine.

Maybe hire an outfit? Or borrow? If you have a reasonable pair of dark trousers that fit well, hire or borrow a posh shirt and an interesting jacket (maybe a separate thread).

A single substantial ring or bracelet in a precious metal would be the way I would go, or a big plastic cuff can work - pop art kind of vibe.

🤣 love that movie. But really OP just be yourself, if they look down on you then fuck them🤨

Rich is loud,
Wealth is silent.
Broke is flashy

Less is more.
Don’t try, stay classy.

In the astronomically unlikely event anyone gave a shit about their former schoolmate’s Volvo, they’d probably think of a three year old one as relatively new.

My parents are millionaires and are exactly like this 😂

I love my life and I am proud of what we have achieved as a family

If this were true you wouldn't want to hide it.

You will look like a twat if you do this, the poster has been reading too much jilly cooper. Wealthy people do not do this in reality.

just don’t - being healthy and truly happy with your life partner etc will radiate from you. So many people are false either with what they’ve done to their bodies or who they are trying to be bank account wise. Maybe be hire an outfit, otherwise be neat nails, hair not too much of anything make up or perfume and be clean, smile a lot and enjoy. Don’t get really drunk. Success doesn’t = rich