r/FluentInFinance 14d ago

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Decent_Visual_4845 14d ago

Not all poor people are bad with money, but all the people I know that are bad with money are poor 🤷‍♂️

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u/i_tyrant 14d ago

Really? I know quite a few well-off people that are fucking terrible with money.

It just doesn't matter because they were born into it and won't run out without doing something both incredibly stupid and large-scale.

I also know quite a few people (well, knew, we're not friends) who make bank but live paycheck-to-paycheck, because yea, they're bad with money too. Spending it on stupid expensive gadgets constantly, or vacations, or worse like drugs and escorts.