The casual things that wealthy people take for granted

[KaleQueen]

Inspired by a thread that’s gone totally off topic….where someone suggested a £400 watch was cheap.

What’s the most casual (even accidental) brag you’ve ever heard a wealthy person say?

I can start as I know someone who celebrated a big birthday recently and is an absolutely lovely person but during their party (in the wonderful house) they said “oh! Here comes the string quartet. I had completely forgotten about them!”

^www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5174898-to-feel-slightly-suspicious-of-dp?page=35&reply=138771616^

Many years ago, we had a £2.5k young and somewhat green NF pony and a 20 year old £500 one worth his weight in gold because he'd BTDT and got the tshirt 100% safe for any little rider, AND came with loads of tack, rugs etc much of which fitted the NF too.

Even so we were considered rich till I pointed out to said apparently hard up family that claimed 'you are so luicky to afford them, we could never afford ponies' that the annual running cost of 2 unshod not fed hard feed live out at grass ponies, even allowing for pony club and competitions cost FAR less than their all in family holiday to non-exotic location, let alone their 2nd UK resort family holiday (which I think was paid for by grandma, but even so).
All depends what you prioritise.

I fully agree I am financially very privileged.
But everything is relative.
i know people who spend 2 - 3 times more on stuff like that though, and that’s what I think is expensive.
i Would not spend £70 on a winter coat & expect it to last 10 years which my last one did / bought in a Toast sale for £150.

The car always starting, because it’s never more than 2 yrs old.

My friend, godb love him comes from a very rich family, I only know cos I googled his surname which is unique. Danish royalty, pre second ww. He rents a very ordinary flat. One day we were talking and he said. Mummy was on antiques road show years ago, took one of the miniatures of her when she was a gal. I said oh I'd love to that. He had it on video. It was a tiny painting on ceramic, probably 1920s by a painter I didn't know £200k and she had a series of them.

He's a bit eccentric, in his 60s now and all his clothes are his grandfathers or fathers.

Doing whatever they want to in their free time because they want to. Regardless of cost.

Not dreading the washing machine going.

firing a new nanny because she washed the lettuce for the rabbits under the tap, instead of with Evian water.
Thank you, that made me laugh. Barmy rather than wealthy.

I always put layers on first, but it's not enough. It's very difficult to do what you need to do with gloves on, for example and I don't have a nose cover so I need the air around me to be warm too.

I also know some people with skin conditions who avoid covering their arms completely because of this.

I agree. Heating is a necessity, not a luxury.

Didn’t LaQueen’s husband allegedly lose a BMW? Parked it somewhere and couldn’t be bothered to have a proper look so just left it?

A holiday to Spain may well be cheaper than one to a caravan park in your own country, especially for someone who doesn't have a car.

😂
Not rtft but some of the faux naivety from posters claiming not to understand the point a PP is making about £400 watches not being expensive is ridiculous - especially when many of the comments will be written on a £1k / £65 per month iPhone (possibly whilst their DP watches Sky Sports on their enormous TV...). Surely these things are all relative?

It is for some of us. Doesn't mean it should be.

I think she’s allowed to spend money on something that makes her feel happy. You voluntarily paid her double what she asked for … are you saying she should be walking around in a sack cloth?

Getting your nails done in London can be as cheap as £15.

you just use your money on different things- it sounds like your money has allowed you to buy a home and get a cleaner…she will perhaps never earn enough to buy a house, so why should she save it? May as well spend it

I agree.

Winter coat is from 2020 and still going strong so far! Tbf I don't wear the same one every day - also got a smarter but less warm one for going to posher work meetings that was £5 from a charity shop (10 years ago) and a bright yellow ski jacket for winter cycling that cost a tenner from facebook marketplace😉

I did spend £100 on takeaways this month though as work was so stressful, so agree with previous posters that it's partly about what you prioritise...

They also don't count against you for benefits. Cash at home and savings in the bank have to be declared, but not jewellery, cars, etc.

I see we’ve moved to the price of ponies 👏👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩

Pony prices are insane these days OP 😅

Wow. How do you know these people??

Nope. Never spent that kind of money on any of those things.

This really resonates with me.

Definitely. My post was more in response to the posters who claim they don't know what the difference between a £25 and a £4000 watch is. It's like comparing a cheap chest of drawers made out of mdf to something made out of solid wood with dovetail joints. Sometimes paying more means that the cost per wear or use is lower than it would be for a cheaper version. And yes it is a privilege to be able to afford quality items but I don't know why we are pretending that there isn't a difference.

And I thought I was bad going to Lidl to buy milk and coming back with all sorts from the middle aisle!

That just shows that there are other people who are as deluded as you, not that you are right 😏