re: The moment you realized you were rich growing up.

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We weren't rich but better off than most I guess. My dad was extremely frugal.

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This was my situation too, only my mom was the penny pincher. My dad worked at the IP mill in Natchez, so he had a great job long term, but he was super blue collar. He was one of the guys that went into tanks, and the smoke stacks and cleaned them out with a chlorine mixture. My mom stayed home and kept my two brothers and I. She went back to college after we were all in school. Got a couple of degrees, taught school, special ed, was the person that diagnosed the special kids, and finished up her career in the school board office where she was in charge of training teachers and principals on doing everything within federal guidelines. She was on some state boards when she retired. She's testified in Senate hearings headed by Charles Rangel, about abuses in Social Security "Crazy Money". He didn't like her.

They started with nothing, but worked hard, and bettered themselves. They both had jobs where they got the kind of retirement most of today's working stiffs can only dream of, so they are, and never will be, a burden on my brother and I.

My parents were cheap, but saved a large amount. I helped them with their investments and proper asset allocation and long term risk. Reallocated some of their savings after 2008 and their net worth is now in the 7 figures. We lived frugal, but I would constantly see statements where we could buy a Ferrari?

My mother is still cheap living off social security with zero bills.

When dad bought the plane?

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Bravo to what being rich really is.

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Something poor people say

We weren't rich, but we were members of a country club and I played all the sports you could fit in a year. Didn't realize how much money that was until I had kids that started playing sports and we had our own club dues.

I think we were more in the "keeping up with the Joneses" type. But with an above ground pool. #trashyandhappy

company, "a", that my mom had stock in was bought up by another company "b".

"b" stock went up like a rocket due to nothing company "a" did. pure luck.

pretty soon im following stock b in the papers.

my moms 300k in "a" went up to 9 million.
i had been given a used car for my 18th birthday before the rocket ride.
mom asked me what new car id like.
said jaguar xke.
she said id kill myself.
got me a safe car with bench seat.
great drive-in movie car.

When we were fishing from our 14’ Lowe “Big Jon” with a 25hp Mercury, while the poors fished from the bank.

When I got out of college and realized that not everyone grew up in a two story house with 2 acres, a pool, a car (my moms old one) when I turned 16, and I didn’t have to take out a single loan to go to college.

I didn’t grow up OT baller, but I never lacked for anything.

When I made my first annual million dollars at age 35.

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