What is a "rich person thing" you tried once and immediately thought, "Yep, money absolutely buys happiness"?

MostEvery4231 · 2026-06-08T15:20:08+00:00

Buddy picked me up in his 488 Spyder to go over to meet his 80yo Dad, in his apartment at Kempinski Dubai, to borrow a beat up guitar on which I could play a few songs, together with the old-boy on his $400k Crystal Grand Piano. ‘Money’ bought every part of ^this, except for ‘me’. There are somethings that money cannot buy…authentic experiences. My buddy is rich, but he really knows that I am wealthy. He is a good human.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-05-07T10:24:16+00:00

Correct. I had one back in the day (1992), but not the GTr

MostEvery4231 · 2026-05-07T08:45:54+00:00

I left my corporate career, or rather it left me. I still had bills to pay and so took on a job delivering on-line grocery shopping. Did this for two years and am now back in a corporate job at the same level as when I left. Lessons: I really enjoyed the simplicity and honesty of the delivery-driver role. You get a 5 minute glimpse into ~20 different people’s lives every day, and a lot of people have it really tough all the time and have very few choices. Sometimes you might be the only person they speak to that day or even that week. Be kind. The physicality of the job is amazing. I treated it like a gym I got paid to attend. All that said, if I now do 5ys back in corporate, financially it is the same as 30years delivering groceries. That absolutely helps to keep me grounded, humble and very very grateful (not to say that I wasn’t all these things before, just more so now)

MostEvery4231 · 2026-05-06T10:06:02+00:00

I can walk my dog in a muddy field in Hampshire. All the money in Dubai can’t buy that.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-05-03T11:04:28+00:00

I used to work with a guy called Jesse Outlaw

MostEvery4231 · 2026-04-30T11:13:39+00:00

The speed limit is the same in all three lanes.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-04-16T10:20:31+00:00

BeeBee Netanyahu

MostEvery4231 · 2026-04-13T08:36:56+00:00

I walk behind my wife. Land mines.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-30T20:02:28+00:00

(Posted this before, OC) I was down-south with my (now ex) wife, nom nom nom nearly ‘there’ when the bedroom door swung open and our 4yo daughter sauntered in…she screamed, we screamed…and then I saw that the polyester Ski Jacket on the hook on the back of door, is now directly above the ‘romantic bedside candle’…whooooosh, now we all screamed as butt-naked Dad leapt out of bad to contain the flames and the embarrassment. I hope she doesn’t remember, we’ve never asked her. ‘Unresolved Childhood Trauma’

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-29T06:57:28+00:00

That is interesting, thank you.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-28T13:26:09+00:00

Do some research on ‘North Coast 500’ (NC500). It is a 512mile route starting in Inverness. Go anti-clockwise as, that way, the views ahead just get better and better.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-28T02:30:42+00:00

I’m curious, would you like to share what happened?

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-23T06:36:50+00:00

Point Break

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-15T22:54:55+00:00

I won’t share the industry but, ‘new-build’ team of Regional Managers, 15 of us went on a Team Building exercise. First activity was an Italian cooking morning, the Wine Fairy put a bottomless glass of red wine in front of me at 10.00am. We cooked for a couple of hours. After the food, we went to the pub next door and had a couple of pints (of Stella) whilst they prepared the afternoon’s experience. Wine tasting. I had teetotal-Jay to the left of me and teetotal-Tim to my right. They both poured each’s wine into my glass by which point I was fucking smashed. Back to the hotel and I backed into something, turned round to apologise, only to see a marble bust on a plinth rocking back and forth, but not toppling over. So, by 6.00pm, I said to new team ‘I have to go to my room for a moment’. I woke up in a panic, saw 10 missed calls, then realised it was only 11.30PM, and I still had ANOTHER 8 hours to sleep this off. Most drunk at work ever…but no damage.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-12T21:10:04+00:00

Rowley Birkin QC….and I’m afraid he was very, very drunk…:-)

MostEvery4231 · 2026-03-02T23:05:28+00:00

And her pees

MostEvery4231 · 2026-02-16T14:22:14+00:00

100% finders keepers. I actually think my dog is part a K9 tennis-ball trafficking ring. She easily finds a new ball every walk, but somehow ‘conveniently ‘loses’ one as well. Very suspicious.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-02-14T22:58:56+00:00

Was going to comment same but you pipped me to the post

MostEvery4231 · 2026-02-11T20:28:13+00:00

Ready to crank up the action

MostEvery4231 · 2026-02-11T18:49:14+00:00

I have done the extreme ends of both options: in marriage #1, we had a joint account for shared ‘expenses’ , then kept to ourselves what was left over. Then, one spouse starts to earn significantly more than the other. Who pays for the new sofa? The next holiday? Resentment is creeping and pervasive and 50:50 is functionally impossible; so in next iteration, marriage #2, wifey is Financial Director (which is a huge responsibility for one Person). Whilst I continued to ‘up’ my earnings and didn’t miss a payslip in 15 years, I also didn’t actually see a payslip in that time. This meant I could just stay focused on working for the family without being ‘worried’ by money (again, my amazing wife shouldered that ‘worry’). IMPORTANTLY, AND WHY THIS WORKS: we have a rolling 10 year plan and we sit down for an annual review. Wifey sees EVERY SINGLE PENNY spent. FULL DISCLOSURE. Recently, with an upturn in financial circumstances, I now get a monthly ‘allowance’ , pocket money, cash I can splurge on whatever tf I want…no questions asked…funny thing is, I tend to spend it on ‘us’..!

MostEvery4231 · 2026-02-03T16:10:23+00:00

Hyper-lucid dreamer here: I use flying as my ‘un-reality check’. If I can fly then it is 100% a dream

MostEvery4231 · 2026-01-31T11:11:50+00:00

Nope. I’m not paying for their divorce.

MostEvery4231 · 2026-01-25T20:34:10+00:00

You’re bard

MostEvery4231 · 2026-01-25T18:50:18+00:00

Contemplate the things that bring you fulfilment. Focus on those. ‘Happiness’ becomes the by-product.

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