Page 9 | Are any Mners on here super rich?

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.

Workhardplayhardsaveforarainyday · 21/04/2023 17:47

MissLucyLiu · 21/04/2023 17:45

Sorry please ignore me. I don’t understand people who got so much privacy that they are willing to waste that much time doing mundane chores. Unless you tell me you love cleaning it’s literally your hobby.

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My mum loved cleaning
im not her
but I am pedantic

The kids and dh are quite good at it though 🤣🤣🤣

MissLucyLiu · 21/04/2023 17:47

Foreversearch · 21/04/2023 17:46

You want to try looking at mega yacht interiors.

I love property and yacht porn but I always want to redesign the interiors.

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@IClaudine which zone is taste free zones?

MissLucyLiu · 21/04/2023 17:48

Workhardplayhardsaveforarainyday · 21/04/2023 17:47

My mum loved cleaning
im not her
but I am pedantic

The kids and dh are quite good at it though 🤣🤣🤣

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Oh if you can immobilise your kids to do the chores then you are winning. Well done for installing that in them.

CalpolDependant · 21/04/2023 17:49

Ladderback · 21/04/2023 17:41

Maybe you really are rich. You certainly seem to have plenty of time on your hands.

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Ooh. Sick burn. Now tell me how thin and pretty I am, to really stick it to me. 😂😂

Mirabai · 21/04/2023 17:51

Workhardplayhardsaveforarainyday · 21/04/2023 17:39

It’s got nothing to do with trust really.
We just like our privacy. Employees, strangers, staff….doesn’t really matter what they’re called they are still people in our personal space.

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I like my privacy but cleaners don’t impact that. Well they make my privacy cleaner and tidier!

People who’ve never had cleaners seem to think it would be some kind of invasion it actually isn’t.

Crazykatie · 21/04/2023 17:51

Hated having a cleaner but with 4 boys and a career to to keep up with it had to be done to keep the mess under control

usernother · 21/04/2023 17:53

PollyAmour · 21/04/2023 15:14

I'm wondering how the poster managed to see My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican last week when it's not currently on?

I thought she was talking about her neighbour who was on at the Barbican

Pertinentowl · 21/04/2023 17:53

MissLucyLiu · 21/04/2023 17:33

Is he trying to hide this information so you don’t know enough in case you two get a divorce. So you haven’t signed a pre nup.

My partner gets a yearly director divident from his dads company that’s more than his current job.

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No. He genuinely doesn’t know. His cognitive function is declining and it would be much more apparent if I wasn’t actually the main carer. His family as in denial I think. Their idea is to do all the business for him so he isn’t stressed out which is.. well. But the siblings money is still tied in some ways to the larger family and it seems to me it’s still in an awful mess. I can’t work out what’s going on.

Mirabai · 21/04/2023 17:54

Foreversearch · 21/04/2023 17:46

You want to try looking at mega yacht interiors.

I love property and yacht porn but I always want to redesign the interiors.

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This is all very true, one way I maintain my my dignity is having better taste than people who have much more money than me.

slamfightbrightlight · 21/04/2023 17:56

Pertinentowl · 21/04/2023 17:53

No. He genuinely doesn’t know. His cognitive function is declining and it would be much more apparent if I wasn’t actually the main carer. His family as in denial I think. Their idea is to do all the business for him so he isn’t stressed out which is.. well. But the siblings money is still tied in some ways to the larger family and it seems to me it’s still in an awful mess. I can’t work out what’s going on.

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This sounds like an extremely risky situation for you if your husband becomes incapacitated.

OldMoney · 21/04/2023 17:59

I come from ‘old money’ (hence name change)

I grew up in an inherited house that’s probably worth £5/6 million, with lots of land (16 bedrooms) My parents owned the houses of several school friends at primary school as part of the estate.
we had horses, and went on nice holidays. Mix of private and state school, and my parents helped us buy our first house with a gift of £20k.

If you met me you’d have no idea. Tbh, if you met any of my family away from the village where they live you’d have no idea. Old cars, tatty clothes.

I don’t live that life now- normal house, normal life. But one of my rings (inherited) is worth about £20,000. And we have silver cutlery (needs cleaning but I rarely bother). My kids are at state schools and we holiday in the UK.

My brother got the house and the land. He has a cleaner once a week, and a gardener a few hours a week. He’s asset rich, but cash poor. he and his wife both work full time and send their kids to private school but no holidays because of school fees. When my parents died I didn’t really inherit anything- I’d got the money for the house already, and my brother got everything else (and the title obvs).

I consider myself to be ‘rich’ because DH and I are healthy & happy, as are our kids.

Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 17:59

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.

What's the various ranges in personalities ? How are their manners ect compared to the average common person ?

Colourmylifewith · 21/04/2023 18:06

Lvb7533 · 21/04/2023 16:13

Yeah, I quality under your criteria. We have a 7 figure income per year. But honestly it's not a diamonds and lunch with the ladies lifestyle.

husband is an artist and became famous in his circles maybe 10 years ago. Before that he was a lawyer and I worked in corporate middle management. Then he started earning as much through his hobby (art) as he did at work, so he quit his day job. I carried on working for a time until on maternity leave with my second child. By this time he was earning as much is a year as I did in a month so I quit my work.

House wise, we live in a house worth a few million in the country in the south of England. We also have a house in Suffolk worth the same that we rent out as a holiday let. We have two kids, both go to private school. Staff wise, we have a cleaner 20 hrs a week and a part time PA who works on the business term time and covers some child care in the holidays. We also have a gardener 5 hrs a week.

Despite the help, I still do a reasonable amount of housework a day, school runs, evening meals, laundry, house admin, shopping, walk the dog etc etc. I also have a horse who is a significant amount of work. I could have a swanky horse worth five figures, but I don't - I have a horse I "found" in a field in poor condition and we have built an amazing bond together. I spend 3 hours a day with hay in my hair and trying to ride 🤣 it's a work in progress. But it's how I get a sense of achievement and progression now I don't work.

we have 2 cars - I have a SUV and hubby has a sports car. I also have a horse box.

holiday wise, this year we will have 2 weeks in Suffolk and 2 weeks in the Maldives at Christmas.

moneywise, we have an accountant and financial advisor but we pay our taxes and don't try to find "loopholes" - personally I like libraries and want to contribute to our society.

pretty boring really. I don't have manicures or pedicures or hair extensions or a wardrobe full of designer stuff. I don't like shopping. I just try to get on with life and live a life that is fulfilling and happy without that being to the detriment of others.

Can’t buy writing skills eh?

Season0fTheWitch · 21/04/2023 18:07

We're not super rich, but DH's family are. He has a very high paying job because of his family and opportunities, but his parents own a lot of land, properties, businesses etc and are multi-millionaires. We are millionaires in assets, and have 6 figures in savings but ILs are definitely super rich. Through inheritance we will be one day, and our kids will get an amount put away too. We live very comfortably but their lifestyle is just something else. Brand new pair of socks every day sort of life.

Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 18:08

Season0fTheWitch · 21/04/2023 18:07

We're not super rich, but DH's family are. He has a very high paying job because of his family and opportunities, but his parents own a lot of land, properties, businesses etc and are multi-millionaires. We are millionaires in assets, and have 6 figures in savings but ILs are definitely super rich. Through inheritance we will be one day, and our kids will get an amount put away too. We live very comfortably but their lifestyle is just something else. Brand new pair of socks every day sort of life.

After the capital is took care off, what drives you in life then ?

Pertinentowl · 21/04/2023 18:08

If he gets incapacitated, my eldest son is of age. But the family seem to keep businesing till they die. I say businesing rather than working because it looks like signing papers every now and then to me. It looks like owning rather than managing.
I’m not sure. Sometimes I think I’m being difficult and I wish things looked like what you read in the Uk, where everything seems organised. The reality is that family businesses here aren’t started by anyone with a degree, they started as someone opening a small corner shop and expanded. It’s only now among my kids generation that people have decided to sort of educate kids to the trade

MissLucyLiu · 21/04/2023 18:08

My partners parents are in theirs 70s and they are in super super health. We’d be waiting for another 30 years before we see any of that. In the meantime I have to continue to grind away.

Lvb7533 · 21/04/2023 18:11

Colourmylifewith · 21/04/2023 18:06

Can’t buy writing skills eh?

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No, indeed. I'm from a working / middle class background. And im happy with that. 😊

Season0fTheWitch · 21/04/2023 18:13

Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 18:08

After the capital is took care off, what drives you in life then ?

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I'm driven to provide a better upbringing for our 4 daughters than I had, money doesn't change that. Right now my purpose and drive is to be a good mum and wife and person. Having a good financial status doesn't change that, and if we lost everything overnight I'd have the same drive, alongside a job.

rumpsteak · 21/04/2023 18:14

BigChesterDraws · 21/04/2023 14:09

Nah…just fantasists.

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Not really. I was charging 1k a day twenty years ago. I'm now retired but 1500-2k a day is pretty average for come consultancy work.

Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 18:18

Season0fTheWitch · 21/04/2023 18:13

I'm driven to provide a better upbringing for our 4 daughters than I had, money doesn't change that. Right now my purpose and drive is to be a good mum and wife and person. Having a good financial status doesn't change that, and if we lost everything overnight I'd have the same drive, alongside a job.

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Very much appreciated, and all the best and positivity

Scalottia · 21/04/2023 18:18

MissLucyLiu · 21/04/2023 17:40

Ok each to their own. Whilst you cleaning I’ll spend my time planning for my next dinner party then.

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Yes to each their own, I would rather clean than have a dinner party!

Colourmylifewith · 21/04/2023 18:18

SybilWrites · 21/04/2023 17:32

it would be really good if a woman came on here having earned millions rather than her dp/dh.

Anyway, I went out with a super rich guy last year. It was a lot of fun!

Wouldn’t it just. I suspect not many of them would post though…

VeggieSalsa · 21/04/2023 18:20

Hawkins003 · 21/04/2023 17:59

What's the various ranges in personalities ? How are their manners ect compared to the average common person ?

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It really does vary.

A lot of the people I deal with a first generation wealth, and I’m there to help them so they are perfectly friendly and polite.

Those with multigenerational wealth can seem a bit more stand off ish as they’re more stereotypically ‘posh’, but there has not been any greater proportion of awful people amongst the ultra rich as there are amongst the poor.

If anything, the worst are those who have c £1-5m as they perceive themselves as rich and better than other, but at the poorer end of my client base so it’s a bit unfounded. But that’s more personality than wealth.

I had a client receive about £50m in cash, and he bought himself a static caravan (a very nice one!) in a UK holiday park and invested the rest. You would NEVER know to meet him he was anything but a blue collar worker.

Rainydaysgetmedown · 21/04/2023 18:20

I am absolutely not super rich but am probably quite rich. I was widowed several years ago and have a £1m house with no mortgage and £1m in cash and investments. There’s still a business on my late husbands side to sell and I expect my share of that will be another £250-300k.

I don’t consider myself rich although I am sure I probably am. I work part time earning about £50k and have a pension of about £10k a year on top of that from DH’s work. I try to live within that £60k plus about £15k a year from part of the interest from the investments

I am not particularly extravagant, the kids are able to do school trips. We take a couple of nice holidays a year, they share a small 8 year old group 1 car which I pay for. I have 1 nice car I lease and I’ve paid some school fees for one of my kids who needs it. Don’t pay uni fees and they’ve taken the loans as was my late husbands request although I top up to make sure they don’t have to skimp too much. I have a cleaner once a week and a gardener every 2 weeks

long term the money will have to last me always and I’m not going to risk running out. Would expect an inheritance of probably about £1m I imagine when my parents pass but they’re fighting fit at the moment but they’re very well off and have set up their finances so that they would be able to manage care well if needed.