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Are any Mners on here super rich?

368 replies

Felixss · 21/04/2023 11:09

I don't mean upper middle at least a few million. What's life like what staff do you have? What's your daily routine like?How do you earn your money investments etc. Being nosey.

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TheSuperRichBillionaire · 21/04/2023 11:46

I'd like to know this too.

LemonBall · 21/04/2023 11:47

I'm rich by your "few million" criterion. We don't have any staff beyond our cleaner twice a week.

onefinemess · 21/04/2023 12:24

I'm not exactly on the Sunday Times list, but I do OK.

No staff here at the Messy Mansion, just a cleaner, gardener/handyman who does the general maintenance, and we have someone from a detailing company come in once a month to give the "the fleet" a wash and wax.

We call it "the fleet", but it's really just a small collection of runabouts, there's my Rang Rover, the X6 we tend to use for the dogs, my husbands "boy's toys", a Lamborghini Aventador and a Ferrari 355, he did buy a Delorean a few years ago, but there is something wrong with the doors so he doesn't drive it anymore, we also have a Model X, which I bought on a whim because I thought the inside looked lovely, it isn't, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never driven it since it was delivered, its sitting at the back of the garage collecting dust. I'll have to do something with it over the summer.

House wise, we have one in the UK, a villa in Mauritius and a house boat on the Thames. There are also my parents old cottages in Devon which were an inheritance, but we don't count those as my sister and her family stay there quite regularly and we never know if there will be an empty one for us to use.

Daily routine would be breakfast, then Yoga with my instructor. I'll check my emails and browse Mumsnet with a coffee until lunch time. We usually eat out, so I'll meet someone for lunch at a cafe then a little shopping after. Evenings are couple time, where we normally go to a restaurant for dinner and drinks.

I grew up "poor", typical council house in the Midlands, but I married rich. I met my husband when I was 29 and not long divorced, he was a client at the solicitors I used to do admin for. He comes from money, serious money, although most of it has been split through inheritance with his sister. My husband used to work as a trader in London before Covid, now advises banks (worldwide) about funds and risks and stuff, I think. It's something to do with money anyway.

Most of my friends are similar to me in terms of lifestyle, only one has ever had a job, all the others grew up rich, married rich and have no concept of cost or affordability. If they want something, they get something. I was in the diamond quarter not so long ago where one of my friends spent 36k on a necklace! That's more than I used to earn in a year! She bought it because it "looked so cute on her".

Being rich isn't as good ad people think it is, you get used to it so quickly and "luxury items" quickly just become "stuff".

Tortiemiaw · 21/04/2023 12:46

Intrigued by you growing up in a council house and your parents also leaving 'cottages'?

xogossipgirlxo · 21/04/2023 12:50

Tortiemiaw · 21/04/2023 12:46

Intrigued by you growing up in a council house and your parents also leaving 'cottages'?

This is how true the story is 😂

BinnityBoo · 21/04/2023 12:53

xogossipgirlxo · 21/04/2023 12:50

This is how true the story is 😂

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Exactly. Total BS. 😂💩

AndrexPuppy · 21/04/2023 12:58

Tortiemiaw · 21/04/2023 12:46

Intrigued by you growing up in a council house and your parents also leaving 'cottages'?

Got a bit carried away there, eh?

Tortiemiaw · 21/04/2023 12:58

I didn't want to say...

onefinemess · 21/04/2023 13:16

Of course its Bullshit!

What kind of responses do people think they'll get on these threads!

🙄

Tortiemiaw · 21/04/2023 13:20

Quite well done though!! nearly had me 😁

Original poster
Felixss · 21/04/2023 13:22

Tortiemiaw · 21/04/2023 13:20

Quite well done though!! nearly had me 😁

I particularly liked the car list haha.

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Bananaduck · 21/04/2023 13:26

😄 I'm overlooking the cottages as the cute necklace and dinner and drinks at a restaurant every night for couple time sounded so nice.

BigChesterDraws · 21/04/2023 13:27

onefinemess · 21/04/2023 12:24

I'm not exactly on the Sunday Times list, but I do OK.

No staff here at the Messy Mansion, just a cleaner, gardener/handyman who does the general maintenance, and we have someone from a detailing company come in once a month to give the "the fleet" a wash and wax.

We call it "the fleet", but it's really just a small collection of runabouts, there's my Rang Rover, the X6 we tend to use for the dogs, my husbands "boy's toys", a Lamborghini Aventador and a Ferrari 355, he did buy a Delorean a few years ago, but there is something wrong with the doors so he doesn't drive it anymore, we also have a Model X, which I bought on a whim because I thought the inside looked lovely, it isn't, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never driven it since it was delivered, its sitting at the back of the garage collecting dust. I'll have to do something with it over the summer.

House wise, we have one in the UK, a villa in Mauritius and a house boat on the Thames. There are also my parents old cottages in Devon which were an inheritance, but we don't count those as my sister and her family stay there quite regularly and we never know if there will be an empty one for us to use.

Daily routine would be breakfast, then Yoga with my instructor. I'll check my emails and browse Mumsnet with a coffee until lunch time. We usually eat out, so I'll meet someone for lunch at a cafe then a little shopping after. Evenings are couple time, where we normally go to a restaurant for dinner and drinks.

I grew up "poor", typical council house in the Midlands, but I married rich. I met my husband when I was 29 and not long divorced, he was a client at the solicitors I used to do admin for. He comes from money, serious money, although most of it has been split through inheritance with his sister. My husband used to work as a trader in London before Covid, now advises banks (worldwide) about funds and risks and stuff, I think. It's something to do with money anyway.

Most of my friends are similar to me in terms of lifestyle, only one has ever had a job, all the others grew up rich, married rich and have no concept of cost or affordability. If they want something, they get something. I was in the diamond quarter not so long ago where one of my friends spent 36k on a necklace! That's more than I used to earn in a year! She bought it because it "looked so cute on her".

Being rich isn't as good ad people think it is, you get used to it so quickly and "luxury items" quickly just become "stuff".

But you have a job….when do you do your yoga and diamond shopping?

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tescocreditcard · 21/04/2023 13:27

I sussed it when you said he was a super rich client at the solicitor you were doing admin for. Like a super rich person with family money would marry an admin clerk from their solicitors office who grew up on a council estate.+ 😀

Kittykatchunjy · 21/04/2023 13:31

What a load of ole bunkum

Kittykatchunjy · 21/04/2023 13:31

tescocreditcard · 21/04/2023 13:27

I sussed it when you said he was a super rich client at the solicitor you were doing admin for. Like a super rich person with family money would marry an admin clerk from their solicitors office who grew up on a council estate.+ 😀

Quite, how very Pretty Woman ...

SecretsIWouldNeverTell · 21/04/2023 13:33

Grabs popcorn........

xogossipgirlxo · 21/04/2023 13:33

tescocreditcard · 21/04/2023 13:27

I sussed it when you said he was a super rich client at the solicitor you were doing admin for. Like a super rich person with family money would marry an admin clerk from their solicitors office who grew up on a council estate.+ 😀

Sad, but true. It doesn't happen in real life. Shame person who wrote this post admitted it's bullshit so early, I'm wondering if someone believed it 😂Or daily mail could have picked it up.

VeggieSalsa · 21/04/2023 13:35

I’m nowhere near rich, but my job means I spend most of my working hours speaking to the ultra wealthy.

Most of them, you wouldn’t know it and wouldn’t just be spending £37k on a necklace on a whim (even though they could probably afford to do that every day for the rest of their life).

There tend to be two types of client, those who are asset rich (who tend to be the multi generational, upper class wealthy) and the cash rich (who tend to have well paid investment type jobs, or more commonly have sold a business they founded).

The most spendy are those who have earned the wealth from a high paid job. The asset rich aren’t generally very liquid and value investment over lifestyle, although they are more likely to have staff (as they often have a stately home to look after). The business owners tend to have come from more humble beginnings and tend to live a (much) more comfortable version of that life than having staff or a private jet.

Vermin · 21/04/2023 13:35

Like any solicitor would have the admin person anywhere near the clients!

tescocreditcard · 21/04/2023 13:36

Vermin · 21/04/2023 13:35

Like any solicitor would have the admin person anywhere near the clients!

Well to be fair, someone has to bring the coffee tray in. Bit like Maid in Manhatten.

RobertsRadio · 21/04/2023 13:39

SecretsIWouldNeverTell · 21/04/2023 13:33

Grabs popcorn........

😂😂

tenbob · 21/04/2023 13:42

For large parts of London, you need a few million to have an Upper Middle class lifestyle

A standard mid-terrace family house is over £2m in a lot of areas which are classed as fairly unremarkable areas - Clapham, Fulham, Chiswick, Battersea. £3m+ if you want a bigger house (or a smaller one in Chelsea etc)

Add £45k+ for 2 kids in private school, same again for your holiday budget to cover a week skiing and a fortnight in Sani, a bit more for a few half term breaks at Four Seasons, £85k for the ubiquitous Range Rover or XC90

If you need a nanny, that’s another £50k/year

Not many people will have staff beyond a nanny, but it would be fairly standard to have a cleaner/housekeeper in 2-5 times a week which would be £200-500/week
PT/Pilates studio/yoga - £500 a month?
Gardeners are less of a thing because city gardens are small but maybe £200/month for a gardener or handyman to come and make sure everything is working properly

Other frivolous spending will totally depend on what they are into. Some people will have a ‘wine guy’ who will be on the constant look out for wine they like, and will buy cases on their behalf.
Others couldn’t give a shit about that but spend £5k a year on a fancy gym, or to fish for a couple of days on a certain stretch of river

I work with people who have personal PAs, full time gardeners and housekeepers, fly on private jets etc

They are all in the £50m+ sort of wealth levels, some of them £100m+

Neandertallica · 21/04/2023 13:50

Detective @BigChesterDraws is on the case! 😂

Mummyoflittledragon · 21/04/2023 13:55

There was a thread the other day with an op saying that £350 a day is mega bucks for a former ceo for a charity. Posters were coming out with their day rate and explaining it isn’t. I only read a few replies but some were as high as £1800. It’s fair to say there are some pretty well to do mnetters.