Being a billionaire is not what it's cracked up to be...

[anonyrat39]

This is not intended as a willy waving thread (12" BTW, just FYI), I just wanted to get comments on my wealth from the unwashed masses.

I returned from my holiday island in the Caribbean to my holiday peninsula in the Mediterranean recently and I have just found out that if I was to pay off any debt I currently owe (nothing big, a couple of small mortgages for neighbourhoods in Monaco, the Eastern United States, that sort of thing) I now have assets and cash in excess of 562 billion pounds.

I consider myself to be an average guy. If you asked me "how many countries do you own?" I would still tick the "0-15" box. I am a bargain hunter at heart and exclusively shop for factory outlets, very rarely purchasing higher end shopping centres. I even took a train once - it wasn't easy to transport, believe me!

I'm not looking for any sympathy, but it's really not all it's cracked up to be. I tried diving into a pool of gold coins á la Scrooge McDuck, but that cartoon is not realistic.

At what point will I start to feel well off? £2 trillion? £3 trillion?

[HughG]

Hehe

[SpeckledJim]

I broke my skull, nose, arms and collarbones the first time I Scrooge McDucked into my swimming pool of pound coins.

The assembled staff all laughed.

Being hugely rich is rubbish.

[Silverbullet767]

You think that's bad, the bank called the other day to tell me to stop sending money, the account was full.

FML.

[Hereward]

Guys, let's keep this stuff in the First World Problems thread, please.

[stongle]

Silverbullet767 said:

You think that's bad, the bank called the other day to tell me to stop sending money, the account was full.

FML.

Even poor people have that problem in the EU.

[xjay1337]

I went into Tesco and found that their "finest" range was not expensive enough for me to consider purchasing

[geeks]

You just need to find the right occupation OP...

[urquattroGus]

SpeckledJim said:

I broke my skull, nose, arms and collarbones the first time I Scrooge McDucked into my swimming pool of pound coins.

The assembled staff all laughed.

Being hugely rich is rubbish.

Scrooge McDucked

[Claret Badger]

In all seriousness, the topic title can be true.

I know a billionaire and to be honest, genuinely feel a bit sorry for him. He inherited his wealth so little or no sense of achievement in creating it. He can buy literally anything, so life becomes pretty boring. He cannot trust anyone as thinks they are after his money and so has very few true friends. He's constantly paranoid about being ripped off. He is gay yet comes from a place where that is frowned upon, and so has to live a lie when in his own country. No amount of money can change that. As he is used to the best of everything, his expectations on food, hotels, service etc are so high, that he is constantly disappointed. His attention span is the shortest of anyone I know and constantly needs something new to keep himself occupied. He just seems like he is totally bored. Obviously doesnt have to work so his life is pretty much just what he chooses to do.

Dont get me wrong, his wealth means that he can enjoy so much, and he is of course very lucky, but I genuinely wouldnt swap places with him.

[a]

Claret Badger said:

In all seriousness, the topic title can be true.

I know a billionaire and to be honest, genuinely feel a bit sorry for him. He inherited his wealth so little or no sense of achievement in creating it. He can buy literally anything, so life becomes pretty boring. He cannot trust anyone as thinks they are after his money and so has very few true friends. He's constantly paranoid about being ripped off. He is gay yet comes from a place where that is frowned upon, and so has to live a lie when in his own country. No amount of money can change that. As he is used to the best of everything, his expectations on food, hotels, service etc are so high, that he is constantly disappointed. His attention span is the shortest of anyone I know and constantly needs something new to keep himself occupied. He just seems like he is totally bored. Obviously doesnt have to work so his life is pretty much just what he chooses to do.

Dont get me wrong, his wealth means that he can enjoy so much, and he is of course very lucky, but I genuinely wouldnt swap places with him.

From what I've seen/gathered, inheriting that much wealth does no good at all for peoples personalities. There is loads of evidence of this and I always think it's incredibly irresponsible of wealthy parents to raise their child with so few restrictions when it's obvious that it never ends well.

A few points you've said are silly though.
He can buy anything, so life is boring... Excuse me? He can afford to travel to space and life is boring? He can afford to create his own country/utopia and invite like-minded people to live there, and life is boring?

He's gay and his own country doesn't accept it.... As above, he can literally create a new country. He can buy an island off the coast of Canada and invite like-minded people to live there with him and start a new society.

[TheLuke]

Its an issue, you miss the little things in life, I dropped a fat wad of £50's on the floor the other and it literally wasnt worth my time picking it up.

Make sure you mention its a fat wad Jeeves.

No dont type that.

[turbomoped]

I imagine lots of billionaire anxiety as you realize someone else is going to have all your stuff one day soon.
Psychopaths and the maladjusted aside the normal ones probably try to do good with their cash eventually.

[gr1340]

TheLuke said:

Its an issue, you miss the little things in life, I dropped a fat wad of £50's on the floor the other and it literally wasnt worth my time picking it up.

Make sure you mention its a fat wad Jeeves.

No dont type that.

[Hoofy]

a said:

Claret Badger said:

In all seriousness, the topic title can be true.

I know a billionaire and to be honest, genuinely feel a bit sorry for him. He inherited his wealth so little or no sense of achievement in creating it. He can buy literally anything, so life becomes pretty boring. He cannot trust anyone as thinks they are after his money and so has very few true friends. He's constantly paranoid about being ripped off. He is gay yet comes from a place where that is frowned upon, and so has to live a lie when in his own country. No amount of money can change that. As he is used to the best of everything, his expectations on food, hotels, service etc are so high, that he is constantly disappointed. His attention span is the shortest of anyone I know and constantly needs something new to keep himself occupied. He just seems like he is totally bored. Obviously doesnt have to work so his life is pretty much just what he chooses to do.

Dont get me wrong, his wealth means that he can enjoy so much, and he is of course very lucky, but I genuinely wouldnt swap places with him.

From what I've seen/gathered, inheriting that much wealth does no good at all for peoples personalities. There is loads of evidence of this and I always think it's incredibly irresponsible of wealthy parents to raise their child with so few restrictions when it's obvious that it never ends well.

A few points you've said are silly though.
He can buy anything, so life is boring... Excuse me? He can afford to travel to space and life is boring? He can afford to create his own country/utopia and invite like-minded people to live there, and life is boring?

He's gay and his own country doesn't accept it.... As above, he can literally create a new country. He can buy an island off the coast of Canada and invite like-minded people to live there with him and start a new society.

It is a shame, isn't it, that he has no clue about the possibilities.

If he doesn't have to work and wants to feel a sense of achievement, how about starting and running a charity that fits with a cause he believes in? Maybe a gay charity in UAE or wherever he comes from. Or perhaps something less "extreme" - help the poor in his country (I bet even if it's the richest country in the area, there will still be people living in poverty) via health or social support in some way. The possibilities are endless.

Edited by Hoofy on Friday 11th August 12:48

[anonymous-user]

why is PH so obsessed with money and status, There are never any threads about philanthropy or being altruistic. it seems like as a whole the more money and status obsessed you are, the more kudos you get.
Everyday it seems to get worse, people trying to out money each other for the applause of random people on here, very sad. You see the subtle drops into threads, like they expect a pat on the back.

[AMG Merc]

Claret Badger said:

In all seriousness, the topic title can be true.

I know a billionaire and to be honest, genuinely feel a bit sorry for him. He inherited his wealth so little or no sense of achievement in creating it. He can buy literally anything, so life becomes pretty boring. He cannot trust anyone as thinks they are after his money and so has very few true friends. He's constantly paranoid about being ripped off. He is gay yet comes from a place where that is frowned upon, and so has to live a lie when in his own country. No amount of money can change that. As he is used to the best of everything, his expectations on food, hotels, service etc are so high, that he is constantly disappointed. His attention span is the shortest of anyone I know and constantly needs something new to keep himself occupied. He just seems like he is totally bored. Obviously doesnt have to work so his life is pretty much just what he chooses to do.

Dont get me wrong, his wealth means that he can enjoy so much, and he is of course very lucky, but I genuinely wouldnt swap places with him.

So how did you come to know Mr. Trump?

[montecristo]

gr1340 said:

TheLuke said:

Its an issue, you miss the little things in life, I dropped a fat wad of £50's on the floor the other and it literally wasnt worth my time picking it up.

Make sure you mention its a fat wad Jeeves.

No dont type that.

Have another

[Guvernator]

Claret Badger said:

In all seriousness, the topic title can be true.

I know a billionaire and to be honest, genuinely feel a bit sorry for him. He inherited his wealth so little or no sense of achievement in creating it. He can buy literally anything, so life becomes pretty boring. He cannot trust anyone as thinks they are after his money and so has very few true friends. He's constantly paranoid about being ripped off. He is gay yet comes from a place where that is frowned upon, and so has to live a lie when in his own country. No amount of money can change that. As he is used to the best of everything, his expectations on food, hotels, service etc are so high, that he is constantly disappointed. His attention span is the shortest of anyone I know and constantly needs something new to keep himself occupied. He just seems like he is totally bored. Obviously doesnt have to work so his life is pretty much just what he chooses to do.

Dont get me wrong, his wealth means that he can enjoy so much, and he is of course very lucky, but I genuinely wouldnt swap places with him.

Lol this is the type of clap trap people who don't have a billion come up with to try to make themselves feel better. Wouldn't swap places? What a load of BS. So you are telling me you don't have any problems? I certainly do and most of them would be helped greatly with a large injection of money. Sorry but I'd swap my pauper problems for his "perceived" billionaire problems any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Most of the problems you mentioned aren't real problems anyway, he sounds like he's a bit weak willed and if he was poor he'd still be miserable probably more so because he would have money worries too.

[Otispunkmeyer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFXHaai3srA