GTKY

drbethc · May 2013

Since the June board has come back alive, I wanted to pose this GTKY question.

Would you rather have lived a luxurious life full of riches ( you know celebrity life like P diddy and the extravagant celebs) and then lose everything at the age of 40, or have not lived that kind of lifestyle at all? And are just steady lower middle class your whole life?

Starbear06 · May 2013

Definitely not live that life at all. I can't imagine the stress some of the celebs go through to constantly have to look and maintain a certain image...basically constantly "watched". Then the emotional stress to have to deal with when you lose everything at 40. I think it's hard for most celebs/athletes to cope with losing their grand lifestyle.

bogus123 · May 2013

I'd definitely rather live the plain Jane lifestyle.

drbethc · May 2013

drbethc:
Since the June board has come back alive, I wanted to pose this GTKY question.
Would you rather have lived a luxurious life full of riches ( you know celebrity life like P diddy and the extravagant celebs) and then lose everything at the age of 40, or have not lived that kind of lifestyle at all? And are just steady lower middle class your whole life?

oops, I forgot to answer this.. DH and I were talking about this and he said he would rather have lived it and lose it...I'm the opposite. I value my mental health and think that it would be way to stressful.

ReginaLV · May 2013

I would rather live a steady, stable lifestyle. I would not want to deal with the stress of losing everything so suddenly and having to adjust to a new standard of living.

kpearse99 · May 2013

It's a steady and stable life for me too!!

MsLs · May 2013

Good question. Without going into detail my childhood was like this. Obviously we weren't Celebrity rich but my family was very well off. My father made some very dumb and illegal decisions and we lost it all when I was in middle school. So having been on both sides of the spectrum and now happily in the middle class I can honestly say I would much rather be steady lower class

BR · May 2013

Interesting question...I would rather just be middle class and stable.

lizzybean · May 2013

Option #1 is tempting for me only because I would be able to travel and see the entire world before I was 40, but I would probably choose stable, middle class for my whole life instead.

Courtneyw04 · May 2013

Steady middle class. You can't miss what you never had!

acbfreire · May 2013

I would rather stay at lower middle class.

khill86 · May 2013

I'd rather be steady and stable. I'm really not materialistic at all, so it wouldn't make me any happier to have lots of "things."

drbethc · May 2013

lizzybean:
Option #1 is tempting for me only because I would be able to travel and see the entire world before I was 40, but I would probably choose stable, middle class for my whole life instead.

I was thinking the same thing about traveling, but I think it might cause more harm than good getting used to a lifestyle like that and then losing it.

unaveragejane · May 2013

I know this isn't an option in the original question, but if possible, I would love to flip-flop it and live a very plain life until 40, then hit it rich. I think by then I would be able to prioritize better and not let the wealth and P-diddiness go to my head.

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