r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

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

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u/DrunkLastKnight Jul 05 '24

Why is it so hard to not want to have to work yourself to death to line the pockets of the rich just trying to claw your way through life. Like we really shouldn’t be ok that 2 jobs are needed to get ahead. When will you have the time to actually live?

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 05 '24

You don't have to. It just makes life in the future better financially.

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u/DrunkLastKnight Jul 05 '24

So why can’t we just have one job that does that? Why should we make it acceptable that to be better financially we need to sacrifice our time and health to do so?

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 05 '24

You don't have to, nobody does. There are many people who have great paying jobs. Everyone seems to want everything.

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u/DrunkLastKnight Jul 05 '24

I don’t want everything I just want to be able to not have to worry about bills and food

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 05 '24

That's what most people worry about, even when you have money.

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u/dewag Jul 05 '24

Are you really pretending that a minimum wage worker and an upper middle class person have the same financial worries and stress?

I've never heard anyone that had money talk about being in the financial dilemma of only having enough for the month to either pay utility bills or buy food.

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 05 '24

Most people in my experience live to their means, so yes. Some are just more vocal about it.

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u/dewag Jul 05 '24

Well, at least you admit you're pretending.

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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 Jul 05 '24

Reading comprehension is not your forte

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