Poor People Like Rich People Things Too
I am not rich, very much the opposite in fact. Between student loan payments, bills, and keeping up functional alcoholism I'm lucky if I can spring for a hot dog for lunch some days. In spite of that, or maybe because of it, I desperately love reading about rich people things. My favorite past time is finding out about all of the luxury items that I can not indulge in. I look at luxury watches and amazing sports cars, the latest electronic gadgets and the strangest cosmetic surgical procedures. My perpetual misery is a direct result of my lack of money and some people have told me my obsession with the wealthy and with big money items is simply a version sadistic self torture. These people are probably right but my inability to pay bills and enjoy life is the canker sore I simply can not help but press my filthy tongue against.
I wonder sometimes if the incredibly wealthy know anything about ATM transaction fees or how difficult and desperate things can feel when you overdraw from a bank account or how heart breaking it can be to pawn a wedding ring for groceries. I wonder this because I am so well versed in the world of private jets and Hublot watches that cost thousands of dollars. I even have in depth understanding of what might make a bottle of scotch, usually reserved in my life for silencing the demons in my head telling me of what a hopeless failure I am, cost upwards of seventy thousand dollars. I know which million dollar pieces of property are worth buying and which you might buy simply to flaunt your wealth. Yes I get these rich people things because I want them and so I research them heavily and then mope about my inability to experience them for myself.
They say money can not buy happiness and they may be right, I wouldn't know, but it would be great stop feeling anxious every time a bill collector shows up at my door. They scold me in front of my children for my lack of "responsibility" but really they miss the point, I am very responsible I just have no money.
Alas these intrusions on my life will likely never end. I am doomed to be poor forever because I am not the sort of person that understands how money works. Oh, I know what you can buy with money, unlimited lobster for example, but I do not know how to get money. This is the way the system is designed of course. I am a permanent poor person.
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http://luxuryod.com/ Luxury OD is a blog about the finer things in life. Which luxury items are worth buying and what rich people things are completely useless. We look at the culture of wealth so the 99% can understand it. http://ajblognetwork.com/
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