Millionaire£ at 23, self made. Feel lost.

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I became a millionaire£ at 23.

All happened between 20-23.

Self made, have 3 buy to let houses with 300k£ equity in them rented out. With 750k£ liquid money.

The change happened so fast. All of my friends have regular income , it’s sometimes hard to do things I want to do as income difference.

I am use to making money so quickly that essentially I feel as if I’ve lost touch over it. As no one around me friend wise can relate or I speak with about it. Does anyone else feel like this in a similar situation?

I’ve lost motivation. Feel disconnected from the people around me who I grew up with.

Oh come on. He's 23 not 15. Plenty old enough not to be so obnoxious.

I think the OP has played a blinder here. He's having a fine old time! Arguing with people, being superior, being rude and dismissive and argumentative and even a little bit racist. You can tell he's loving it, it's putting a nice zip into his horrible little step. Just the sort of attention he's looking for that he's lacking in real life. Toddlers can be like this - any attention is good, whether they're being cuddled or shouted at.

I hope you're different in real life OP. I hope you introspect at some quiet point in your day today and think about whether you want to carry on down the life path you're on. You feel disconnected because you ARE disconnected. We've all been there at some point. It's within your gift to plug yourself back in. But you'll have to decide to stop being an egotistical, superior dickhead before you'll be able to.

Oh, jumpshark. Will hang on for MN message.

school is out. the children are posting nonsense

I kind of thought this was quite interesting, if what he says is true he would appear to be an unusual kid, but what a pity he's just turned out to be a standard (boring) little prick now!

OP you took a very long time to understand the issue people had with your posts, you said you’d made your money from property, when you made it from a business you set up, earned unusually high for your age then invested that in property.

The business, are you still running that? Is the issue you are self employed and your friends are either unemployed and have flexibility but no money or doing ok financially but have work responsibilities so can’t fit round your spontaneous schedule?

You are sadly out of sync with your peers, unless you make friends with the trust fund types, you won’t fit in, until those on the earning grind now get a bit older and get more flexibility that comes from being established.

If you don’t need to work on your current business, I’d look at a new challenge. You are financially set up, but sound bored/lonely.

So you are telling me that you don’t have equally rich friends who are also in the music business?
If you want to go on holiday to certain places, choose rich friends, or go by yourself, or go with your family members. Why are you making a problem out of this?
Most 23-year-olds I know regularly go on holiday abroad, why don’t you just join them? And if you want to go to a posh, expensive place like a private island in the Maldives, then just go with someone who can also afford it.

Even if you are hanging out with your “poor” friends, why is money a problem, unless you are flaunting your money/lifestyle and rubbing it in? Act poor around poor people and don’t talk about money.

That was indeed a terrible tragedy, but it wasn't what Nchangeo was referring to, so s/he was not being callous.

You’ve learned a crucial truth about money. It doesn’t make you happy, at least not in and of itself. I know you feel you are much the same person after having it as before. However the trajectory of your life has altered to a degree most people dream of but seldom experience.

The arrogant will just perceive you as lucky, having not seen the effort and sacrifices you put in to acquire it. Resentments will build in some, this is why maintaining a certain degree of circumspection and discretion over wealth accrued is usually wise.

Separate the things you want to do with the people
that you love, you can still do what you want, just not perhaps always with the people that you want to do them with. Really good people that make good friends are as rare as hens teeth, and you’ll come to learn relative economic variances have no correlation to where those people are. Hold
onto the good ones.

It will be tough to to keep a financially liberated lifestyle off everybody’s radar, but a really good approach is if a good friend is really curious about it you can to some extent pass on some of your financial expertise accrued (it’s actually
more valuable than the actual assets you have!). Property is a really sensible one, as you have identified. If they are curious, teaching or encouraging your friends to reach your level is one of the best uses of your time. Its a wise
way to invest in those friendships.

With more of your friendship group in a
state of financial freedom you’ll be able
to do more of those things you want with the people you wanna do them with. Just approach it with a decent degree of humility with a spirit of “if I can do it anyone can”.

@curious79They are nowhere near rich enough for the private banks!

And the cost is painful for your friends.

So you are not so removed from them as you think. You want to hire a private jet. I’m sure they do too.

But in the end, no matter the reason…none of you are hiring a private jet.

You have a choice here. You either find friends that match your wealth. Or you appreciate the friends that you have. Maybe you can do both.

congrats on making the money. Have you ever thought about how you could use your business knowledge to help mentor other startups?

Assuming this is legitimate, you are feeling lost because you have no sense of purpose. You won’t find that by buying fancy cars or taking trips in private jets. You have the luxury of both time and money, something few people have. You seem to be laying the blame for how you feel on your friends and their apparent inability to meet your expectations. You need to look to yourself and work out what do you find fulfilling and work on that.

I am glad you know what I am on about 😂

Obviously our friendship group has grown and when this comes up in convo around people who don’t know these old friends of ours; they honestly think we are taking the piss.

Its so mental I would think I was imagining it too. But they are so convinced of their ‘authentic reality’ they have no shame espousing text and video on social media - so I assure posters it is very real. And always more mental than even my memory. It cannot be explained unless you have seen it.

This

Oh, do tell. What are the strict requirements?
Ability to make a bacon sandwich?
Ability to go halvesies in a private jet?
Willingness to spread cashola over the floor then pack it into shoe boxes in mummy's wardrobe?

I am so sorry. That is awful.

I have absolutely no idea about that and it’s not what I am talking about.

I am so sorry. That is awful.

I have absolutely no idea about that and it’s not what I am talking about.

I understand that now. I guess most people have forgotten. I am stepping away from the thread now. Thanks anyway.

I can't believe posters are responding as if OP is serious

Honestly? I’d go and spend some time in the real world - work for a charity, go do some work in a third world country. Get some perspective - eith some experience snd years on yoy you could build wealth that could do some real good in the world whilst still looking after your future.

That’s what I’d do - but I’ve been homeless twice.

Sorry @endofthelinefinally 😢

Hello and thanks to the many who reported this thread to us. We did think it a wee bit odd that a 23 year old millionaire super successful bloke would spend his Saturday afternoon telling us to get back in the kitchen. Bold use of your precious free time there, OP.

Anyway, we've since banned OP and will close this shortly.

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But I didn't get the chance to ask OP how he made his money!

Thank fuck for that. I feel sorry for the kids of parents on here that believed this shit. You are in charge of teaching your children safety online and you can’t identify such an obvious troll. Do an esafety course for your children’s sake.