My OH earns millions AMA

[scumbagmillionaire]

Just that really. I'm a SAHM. He's earned over a million pounds for the last few years. 7 last year probs not as much this year. Presume I will get a lot of abuse but do think that there are a lot of misconceptions as to.how much money it really is after tax and what sort of person you are so....

Family know. No we don't help them.

I’ve got no problem with people earning lots of money as long as they pay the proper tax 😊

What’s the best holiday you've been on? (Please don’t say centreparks 😂)

Job security is non existent. We could easily lose it all but hopefully have saved enough now to keep us going.

Best holidays. Safari. Maldives. Sri Lanka. Laos and Vietnam. Safari was the best.

No family don't expect handouts.

Do you get a delivery of flowers every week?

Do you own your own jet and yacht?
Do you shop only at designer shops ?
Do you know only rich people?
Are your dc spoilt in your honest opinion?

Yes and no littlemisssunshine. I never set out to be wealthy (OH did). But I've got used to it. I think if the marriage went tots up I'd have enough to live on comfortabley.

scumbagmillionaire Some wonderful places there.
Do your kids go to private school? Did you have private care during you pregnacies? X

You say the house costs a fortune to run - are you ever tempted to downsize ever so slightly to make it more affordable ?

We earn decent amounts (100Ks rather than millions though) and we've just bought a new flat. We chose not to get our maximum possible mortgage so that we can pay it off easier and quicker and if one of loses a job, it'll not be so much of a panic.

Which shops do you buy most of your clothes from? Part of me thinks that if I ever became a millionaire I would carry on shopping in Topshop and maybe step up to Whistles, but perhaps probably I would be seduced very quickly by the high-end stuff.

Have you got a personal trainer and do you keep thin/fit?

What sort of family background are you both from? Is your income unusual in your families, or reasonably standard? If it is unusual, does it cause friction?

We would like to escape the rat race. The whole point is early retirement. He is not a workaholic like many that he works with.

Is there a point at which you will think you have enough?
What stops you giving much to charity?

So what misconceptions are there?

How much does 7million gross become net?

I have no idea about taxes for businesses owners v PAYE high earners

Can you buy me a new car?

There are a lot of misconceptions as to.how much money it really is after tax

Do you feel embarrassed at making that statement? After about 100k doesn't everyone pay pretty much the same % of tax? It doesn't increase exponentially

Our parents were both working class ish and lived in council housing at some point. My parents were hard workers and earned enough for nicer holidays etc. No it doesn't cause friction although OH's older brother found it difficult to speak to him in the early years (he was earning around 20/30k at this point!) he was very jealous.

Do you define yourself by your husbands wealth?

Do you have any help at home?

Do you worry about mainting the lifestyle if you husband couldn’t work.

Ie have you saved carefully so that you could retire next year if you needed to? Or do you spend what you have?

Do you worry about the stress on your husband. Seems like these sorts of jobs require you to sell your soul in return!

After being together 20 years why have you not got married ??

@DixieTrix they are married.

Do you actually like the people you hang out with?

I live in a very naice area, and despite being a Chelsea tractor driving mum, I can't stand most of them and most of my friends feel much the same. And none of the "rich mummies" round here have close to what you guys must have. They're insufferable some of them ("Oh, we went to Center Parcs once, it was like hell on earth, poor people everywhere")

We're all from pretty modest backgrounds and have different incomes, I sort of imagine though the wealthier you and your friends become the worse the snobbishness could get?

Or is it the case that the "well off but like to think we're multimillionaires" are actually a lot more snobby that the genuine multimillionaires?

Was it exciting when you both realised big money was going to come in? Did you spend lots of time chatting about financial priorities and how to use the money?

Do you ever worry about gold diggers turning his head?