I Hate Being Poor!
Human Clauses September 11th, 2007I hate not being rich. That’s what this rant is actually all about. I hate being poor.
I somehow manage to attract rich friends, like M who has his own sailboat and goes sailing every weekend, L who was chosen to be on my super sweet 16 and turned it down, Y who wears Burberry stockings, O who’s the heir to Kodak. I’ve spent my life vacationing with them at summer homes, eating over at their fancy houses, etc and yet I always end up feeling like shit because at the end of the day, I have to go back to my shitty existence.
I hate that I’m so frigging greedy - that my parents work their asses off to give me the best life they can, which they have, and I still want more. I hate that we are clearly middle-class, I live in a nice apartment, have both my parents when so many people clearly have nothing and I’m never satisfied. Why am I such a selfish, self-centered bum?!
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October 18th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
The good thing about you is that you recognize it….. and this part of charachter maybe will help you somehow…………..
November 11th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
I know you think that being rich would be easier and better.
it’s not.
The rich have to pay higher taxes
and half the people who are rich, really aren’t. they just want to look that way, and they are up to their eyes in horrible credit and debt. so be thankful for what you do have, and remember its not all its cracked up to be.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
WOW. You MUST BE RICH.
“The rich have to pay higher taxes” - LMFAO! That is such god damn lie (or at best highly ignorant statement). The richer you are the less you pay, percentage wise.
So yeah, I guess if a guy who makes $500,000/year paying 7% of his income to taxes is paying MORE than me, but I am paying a HIGHER PERCENT. I pay nearly 20% tax on my former-lousy $14,000/year income, and now I’m UNEMPLOYED because of the poor economy.
Who pays more? Me or the guy making $500,000/year? I think I do because I pay 1/5 while the rich pays less than 1/10.
Moron.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I’m not the richest person alive either, and I’ve come to not mind it. I know a lot of people who claim to be rich, but I hear from other, usually reliable, sources that they are knee deep in debt. Some rich people are used to getting what they want - always - so they think that they can take or have whatever they want whenever they want it. Also, some rich people are snobby. That’s not too good of a characteristic. I’m not saying all rich folk are like this, so anyone who is rich or considers themselves rich, don’t get your panties up in a bunch. So yeah, I’m not rich either but I have a decent house just as you have a decent apartment. No need to be ashamed of living in an apartment, I used to. So don’t get all upset about not being rich, plus just be glad you’re not as poor as some of the other people out there who don’t even have a house or apartment to live in, and who sometimes don’t even find food to eat some days. I feel like this response was a bad one, but I’m not awake right now and I’m not really paying attention. Just rambling on. My apologies. =/
April 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
i know what you mean, i had a similar situation in my school days in the UK. Managed to go to a private school only through assisted places and bursaries based on my academic achievement in the entrance exams. Felt out of place due to the place being full of stuck up pricks who only gain good marks through hard work rather than intelect. I on the other hand shunned education due to the feeling of rejection i had felt throughout my school life thus ending up in a shit university where im about to graduate, thus i have restored the balance. If only i had the insight into my situation earlier then i would have had the opportunity to redress this imbalance. But ah well hindsight is a terrible thing. SWuppose this should have been a seperate rant but then if you relate let me know. Oh and as for materialism definatley have the same views as you. But then look at statistics for self made millionaires and you will find that many have come from the same economic background as you or i, being around wealth but not having drives you to succeed, maybe not academicaly but in life and with that will come wealth. Also be true to yourself, i have and still do find it hard to relate to my own cousins even due to how different our upbringings have been. However the ability to relate to a wide cross section of society will set you up for success.