Money can buy a lot of happiness.
But it can't buy everything, like love. It can garner you a lot, though.
We all have grand ideas on how to spend money.
There is so much to acquire, and with lots of wealth, you can have it all.
Redditor Short_Function_5062 wanted to discuss the ways we'd all spend endless amounts of money, so they asked:
"What is a rich person thing that you would be totally into if you became rich?"
All Play
"Not working. In particular, not working for money."
- ruskyandrei
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Attainable Splurge
"Tailored clothes. I hate the way clothes are made these days. So I would definitely get my clothes made specifically for me."
- Shoottheradio
"Oh my God, this is my aspiration, too. I'm a normal white-collar professional, but I now buy my bras bespoke because I found a brand that does it at an 'attainable splurge' price point. I also bought a couple of belts made-to-order from my local blacksmith/leatherworker. I wish I could do this with everything I own. There are some made-to-measure Etsy brands in cotton and linen that I've had my eye on for a while, too."
- bachandbacchanalia
On the daily...
"Professional cleaners. My boss got rich and upgraded to the 'daily cleaner who does everything including putting away kid's toys' level cleaning and man. His kids are going to be spoiled as s**t but what a joy to have a daily cleaned home."
- woman_thorned
"Oh, I love a cleaning service."
"But what I'm talking about is the payoff difference between a regular person cleaner and essentially a real maid, a personal maid, is astronomical. A person to come behind children and tidy up after them every single day, on top of deep cleans or even dishes/laundry help."
- woman_thorned
Always Warm
“Summering”
- ChaosNDespair
"And you’ve got to 'winter' too!"
- nuclearswan
"I live in New Zealand. My best friend married a guy from Switzerland. They aren't rich but they have two campervans, one in NZ and one in Switzerland. They spend 6 months a year in each country, so it is always summer for them. They just get by doing seasonal work like fruit picking and living in the campervan or staying with family. They do a lot of driving around Europe and NZ and just live a life of freedom."
- AriasK
Whims
"Shrugging at money and fixing things on a whim."
"I started dating a guy who came from a completely different background than me, and I was talking to him about how I needed to prioritize going to the dentist to fix a tooth, which I had been putting off because of money. His response was 'Well, go do it then, it's only a couple of hundred dollars.' Like... yes, that is the issue, that is A LOT of money."
"It is important to look after your teeth, and I am getting it done, but that really made us realize that we did not have the same view on money."
- Schizofish
Freedom
"Being able to chase my dreams and aspirations freely."
"No budgeting, hoping everything lines up, and having it get derailed because unexpected expenses keep popping up."
- IllusionsMichael
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Attaining Knowledge
"I’d take an obscene amount of classes. From elder law to beekeeping to scuba diving, rock climbing, quantum physics, pharmacology, and French cuisine. I’d know everything."
- snake______________
"This has always just stunned me about the billionaire class. You could hire a language professor for what would -for you- be pennies and just have them travel around with you teaching you Russian or whatever. You could have a full-time woodworking instructor. You have the resources to legitimately become the best-educated person in the history of humanity. And you’d rather work?
- fatbuddha66Miracles
"I would anonymously go onto GoFundMe postings looking for people in need of miracles like paying off surgeries and funerals etc and pay them completely."
- madmanmoonbeambeard
"It really resonates with me. A couple of years ago, a high school girl in my town was killed by a hit-and-run driver. She was from an underprivileged family. Her mother couldn’t speak English so on the local news site, it was the older brother being interviewed. I followed the info from the article and donated to their gofundme for the funeral. I felt bad that at the time, I could only afford to give them $50. The brother wrote me a heartfelt email, and it made me cry. Sigh, only if I could be rich."
- lyricmeowmeow
Star Collection
"A friend of mine is a DINK (double income, no kids) and does what he calls 'star collection.' By this, I mean that he and his wife go to Michelin-starred restaurants (sometimes flying to different locations), and he keeps a little journal about each of the restaurants; he asks for the wine labels, typically keeps the menu, takes photos of the food, writes a little blurb about the stuff he liked/disliked, etc."
"It would be a pretty baller coffee table book someday, I think. The funny thing is, though: his wife is super finicky (doesn't eat fish or cheese and doesn't care for sweets), so the experience is almost always wasted on her. But if I were rich... sure. I'd do that."
- Quijanoth
Goodbye...
"Disappear. My biggest confusion about people having billions of dollars is not shutting the f**k up. You won the system, you could literally sit back and do nothing other than vacation and throw money at charities your entire life and for generations to come but instead, these wealthy people think they’re entitled/obligated to meddle in public affairs and government."
"If I had a billion dollars, I set up an affordable housing charity, then f**k off."
- Jessintheend
Footwear
"Custom-made shoes/boots. I have crazy high arches and insteps, so shoes made just for my weird-a** feet would be wonderful."
- shagura
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Tasties
"My husband isn't rich by any means but he eats like he is and it's amazing. Tasting menus are not bulls**t. They are overpriced but some of them are SO F**KING GOOD. He took me to Porto in Chicago for my birthday 4 years ago and I can still remember my favorite dishes so much."
"Even the water was amazing. It was a salty mineral water to go with the seafood. The meal was probably $800 altogether so obviously not worth it to most people on the planet, but Godd**n I wish everyone could experience a beautiful tasting menu at some point in their lives."
- chuggauhg
Giveaways
"Philanthropy is definitely something I'd get into. My partner and I would live comfortably without bells and whistles because we do not need much. Both of us feel strongly about differing causes, so I'd be helping homelessness, families in poverty, and marginalized groups like ex-offenders, she'd look after all the cats and cute animals."
- amboandy
Fly High
"I know it's really bad for the environment, but the thought of taking a private jet from my home to my destination and avoiding having to deal with airport terminals and connecting flights seems like a dream. I'm not saying the millionaires are right, but I understand.
- TheRealRunningRiot
"One of the big things worth paying for if you can afford it is Time. Anything you can do to get an hour of your life back is fantastic value. For the middle class, it’s stuff like cleaning services, for the rich is private transportation and personal assistants."
- phl_fc
I'd like to believe I'd giveaway as much as possible.
Spreading the wealth is a beautiful thing.
I would certainly spend on clothes. Fabulous clothes make the body feel good.
Please, God, send me money.
I promise to do good things!
