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Felixss · 2023-04-21T10:09:17+00:00

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.

Blizzard23 · 21/04/2023 13:57

I wonder why you are interested?

We fall into the category you describe. We have paid staff, a housekeeper, two gardeners, a PT, ironing team and we had a nanny for a decade, now no longer required.

We have a good life, but it’s not without the usual challenges. You adjust quickly to the finer things in life, luxury is meaningless because it is purely subjective and fluid.

It’s important to have purpose and to stay in touch with how life is for other people. I have ‘detached’ friends and it seems they can lose empathy and bearings unless the time is taken to learn about other life experiences/poverty etc. Suffering comes in all forms even to the ‘super rich’ you can’t buy a free pass to bypass pain and loss we all experience but yes you can buy therapy and comfort but not love, good health (in the main) and genuine friendships. I am very careful allowing anyone into my life, I have to be.

Daisiesandprimroses · 21/04/2023 13:58

My near neighbours are like this, house is worth several million, ours much less, they have 11 cars, several garages, their own mechanic, a gardener who is there at least 3 days a week, a cleaner/housekeeper who is there 4 days a week, 12 bedrooms, 4 kids, all in boarding school, tennis court, swimming pool, gym etc. she doesn’t work, has never really worked, he has multiple companies.

they are in reality quite entitled arrogant people. Very judgemental and superior and I’d class them as unpleasant individuals but fake nice to your face. They talk dismissively and quire insultingly about their neighbours so I’m assuming they do the same to us behind our backs. They fall out with neighbours on the regular. They genuinely appear to think as they are wealthy they are better than others. It is very odd as they come across like a pair of twats.

timothynicebutdim · 21/04/2023 14:00

I am pretty rich (in combo with DH). We own two houses outright, one in London and another near my parents in near Edinburgh. They total around 2.3 million between them (neither is huge). Most of our money came from shares from companies DH has worked at. He is clever and also pretty lucky and focused on getting a good amount of cash. We currently have about 3 million in stocks and shares and various accounts. This is down from about 8 million pre some of them diving in value.
Both of us come from a normal working class background. I was on free dinners at school etc.
Routine: get the kids up for school, do packed lunches etc. get ready, have breakfast and lots of coffee then go to work (I work PT) if its not a work day I often either go to the fancy gym (David Lloyd) and have a swim or yoga class or have a wander around the parks in central London or get some housework done. Do the tea, watch TV, maybe go out for a pint or dinner, go to bed repeat.

The 'rich' parts are: I go to a nice gym, if I'm out I don't worry about the cost of whatever I fancy for lunch, I work part time and don't take on any extra work unless it sounds interesting or will further my career. I don't spend loads on clothes and I don't drive but I do get ubers a lot. I also have a cleaner 4 hours a week. If there is something I want to go to and I have time, I'll just go and not worry about the cost of the tickets - I went to see my neighbour totero at the Barbican last week with DD and the tickets cost over £100 each.

Other things we've done is pay off the mortgages of our siblings and parents, taken time out of work to do more study, sent one of the kids to a private school (vocational type thing that he is really into and is not available at any of the local states), go on some nice holidays. The best thing though, is never worrying about money.

The worst thing we've bought is the second house, organising its upkeep is a total PITA. We do enjoy staying there and its nice to be able to offer it to close friends and family for holidays, but really its just an annoying source of laundry and admin for me. Also its a big thing that screams - we've got loads of money, and that makes me feel really awkward as our friends and family are all in more normal situations. I work in an interesting but not that well paid job and I generally avoid telling my work mates we have it.

BonnieGlasses · 21/04/2023 14:05

I won £50 on premium bonds this month. Treated myself to an Easter egg and the rest I invested, as that's how the rich stay rich.

Kittykatchunjy · 21/04/2023 14:08

BonnieGlasses · 21/04/2023 14:05

I won £50 on premium bonds this month. Treated myself to an Easter egg and the rest I invested, as that's how the rich stay rich.

See I'd have just spent the lot 😳

BigChesterDraws · 21/04/2023 14:09

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.

Nah…just fantasists.

RishiSunak · 21/04/2023 14:13

"The best way to judge people is not by what job they're doing or where they come from, it's about what they're actually doing, and I think you can judge me by my actions".

Scalottia · 21/04/2023 14:13

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".

😂

MusicansMum · 21/04/2023 14:14

I think it's obvious from the way a lot of posters write that the MN crowd is much more highly educated than you'd normally find on a forum. A high percentage live in the south east, too, so it's no surprise that there are women here in very high-earning jobs. Given it's a site that a lot of women join when they become mothers, it's obvious that even highly successful women in all spheres will come on here to ask questions anonymously. I don't disbelieve everything said on here but my eyebrows were at my hairline at the post about "my parents' cottages" and absolutely loved the denouement.

Blizzard23 · 21/04/2023 14:18

What are the benefits? I don’t have to do the drudge stuff, I can and do outsource everything and anything that bores me . I think time is precious, and it’s a commodity that can be used for pleasure and leisure, and I guess fun.

We have lovely parties sometimes, a balance and a tranquil life.
It has downsides too.

Newnanit · 21/04/2023 14:21

@onefinemess serious money but a 2k engagement ring was an upgrade?

FilthyRich · 21/04/2023 14:23

Yes. I made it all myself, and despite having been raised by an impoverished single parent, and having no shoes never mind boots to pull up the straps of, I made my way onto the Sunday Shite Rich List.

SweetSakura · 21/04/2023 14:26

Newnanit · 21/04/2023 14:21

@onefinemess serious money but a 2k engagement ring was an upgrade?

Well quite. Surely theres an Aibu in that .. "my DH is super rich but he bought me a cheapo engagement ring"

Scalottia · 21/04/2023 14:27

I would say that most of the actual rich people on MN won't post on this thread...

AdoraBell · 21/04/2023 14:28

I’m super rich, oh hang on I’ve just woken up from a lovely dream.

Back to reality. Never mind.

Drlovestrong · 21/04/2023 14:32

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".

Cool story LOL

mewkins · 21/04/2023 14:43

There are lots who treat the forum like a creative writing exercise (or just use it to start fights/get their aggression out anonymously).

Fair enough. A thread the other day had one poster describing how many staff they had and described their dh as a 'treasure' for polishing the antique brass regularly 😅. It's like they had adopted the characteristics of an imagined wealthy person. Fair play 😁

Sallyh87 · 21/04/2023 14:45

BonnieGlasses · 21/04/2023 14:05

I won £50 on premium bonds this month. Treated myself to an Easter egg and the rest I invested, as that's how the rich stay rich.

😂

ilovemydogmore · 21/04/2023 14:46

The villa in Mauritius was the giveaway for me. South of France is where you would have a villa, Mauritius is where you stay in a luxury resort.

GidgetGirl · 21/04/2023 14:46

Most of my clients are super-rich and I have to spend a lot of time visiting their houses (which they have usually bought for £20mil+). Anyway their defining feature seems to me to be their fucking awful, AWFUL taste in home decor. They invariably end up looking like something out of a DFS advert from 20 years ago.

DrySherry · 21/04/2023 14:50

I have some friends in the 10m plus bracket if you count them wealth by asset rather than actual savings or investment. It seems to come with its own particular issues, most of which oddly seem to centre around money. In particular asset protection, and children who have hugely over inflated self images and no drive whatsoever to stand on their own feet, just waiting to take over the family fortune.
Are they happy ? No more than you or I - when you can have everything you want from a consumable angle the things you can't buy with money seem to be further out of reach.

Botw1 · 21/04/2023 14:52

@Blizzard23

What are the downsides?

HaggisBurger · 21/04/2023 14:53

I’m lol’ing at the cleaner for 4 hours a week super rich person - that’s just average for a lot of people , no? It would be enough time to clean a house over 2,000 square foot.

Any of the super rich I know from the kids school have a live in housekeeper / driver couple - as a minimum.

That said, I deeply admire people who earn a lot and don’t go for overt consumption and continue to live simply. When I was much richer I was a bit bad for spending too much …

xogossipgirlxo · 21/04/2023 14:55

AdoraBell · 21/04/2023 14:28

I’m super rich, oh hang on I’ve just woken up from a lovely dream.

Back to reality. Never mind.

😂

bettyjane · 21/04/2023 14:56

timothynicebutdim · 21/04/2023 14:00

I am pretty rich (in combo with DH). We own two houses outright, one in London and another near my parents in near Edinburgh. They total around 2.3 million between them (neither is huge). Most of our money came from shares from companies DH has worked at. He is clever and also pretty lucky and focused on getting a good amount of cash. We currently have about 3 million in stocks and shares and various accounts. This is down from about 8 million pre some of them diving in value.
Both of us come from a normal working class background. I was on free dinners at school etc.
Routine: get the kids up for school, do packed lunches etc. get ready, have breakfast and lots of coffee then go to work (I work PT) if its not a work day I often either go to the fancy gym (David Lloyd) and have a swim or yoga class or have a wander around the parks in central London or get some housework done. Do the tea, watch TV, maybe go out for a pint or dinner, go to bed repeat.

The 'rich' parts are: I go to a nice gym, if I'm out I don't worry about the cost of whatever I fancy for lunch, I work part time and don't take on any extra work unless it sounds interesting or will further my career. I don't spend loads on clothes and I don't drive but I do get ubers a lot. I also have a cleaner 4 hours a week. If there is something I want to go to and I have time, I'll just go and not worry about the cost of the tickets - I went to see my neighbour totero at the Barbican last week with DD and the tickets cost over £100 each.

Other things we've done is pay off the mortgages of our siblings and parents, taken time out of work to do more study, sent one of the kids to a private school (vocational type thing that he is really into and is not available at any of the local states), go on some nice holidays. The best thing though, is never worrying about money.

The worst thing we've bought is the second house, organising its upkeep is a total PITA. We do enjoy staying there and its nice to be able to offer it to close friends and family for holidays, but really its just an annoying source of laundry and admin for me. Also its a big thing that screams - we've got loads of money, and that makes me feel really awkward as our friends and family are all in more normal situations. I work in an interesting but not that well paid job and I generally avoid telling my work mates we have it.

My Neighbour Totoro at The Barbican was amazing.. however it was only on stage until January, and isn’t running again until November so not sure how you saw it last week? (but do get tickets for when it’s next on if you can!)