Comments on: How would being filthy rich change your weekend? http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Sun, 20 May 2012 23:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RohoMech http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 RohoMech Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:13:13 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/#comment-1290 <b>Presh</b> There is also a question of...preferences / tastes, we have a mutual friend who really likes cars, and is quite sad because owning / racing the high-performance ones is impossible without having a 7 figure income. Presh

There is also a question of…preferences / tastes, we have a mutual friend who really likes cars, and is quite sad because owning / racing the high-performance ones is impossible without having a 7 figure income.

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Presh Talwalkar Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:30:20 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/#comment-1280 <b><em>Christina</b></em>: Your second point is excellent: more salary does not always translate to more spending money due to lifestyle choices. Your first point echoes David's. I can agree that having too little money hampers weekend fun. I just find that we dream of what money will do for us, and when we get it, things never seem to be as great as they should. Perhaps it's because of those other money-sucking lifestyle choices like you point out. Christina: Your second point is excellent: more salary does not always translate to more spending money due to lifestyle choices.

Your first point echoes David’s. I can agree that having too little money hampers weekend fun. I just find that we dream of what money will do for us, and when we get it, things never seem to be as great as they should. Perhaps it’s because of those other money-sucking lifestyle choices like you point out.

]]> By: Christina http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Christina Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:01:24 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/#comment-1275 I agree to a point...just to a point though. This semester, while I have no income at all, I've definitely avoided going out and doing those things that everybody does as much as I would like to. While I don't know that I would do radically DIFFERENT things if I had more money, I think that the amount of times I did those things/felt comfortable doing those things would go up. Also, I think part of the reasoning is that having a greater income doesn't necessarily mean you have more money to spend. Most people I know who make more money have bigger houses, nicer cars, etc. - all stuff that sucks your money away and leaves you with probably just about the same amount of expendable money. I agree to a point…just to a point though. This semester, while I have no income at all, I’ve definitely avoided going out and doing those things that everybody does as much as I would like to. While I don’t know that I would do radically DIFFERENT things if I had more money, I think that the amount of times I did those things/felt comfortable doing those things would go up.

Also, I think part of the reasoning is that having a greater income doesn’t necessarily mean you have more money to spend. Most people I know who make more money have bigger houses, nicer cars, etc. – all stuff that sucks your money away and leaves you with probably just about the same amount of expendable money.

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 Presh Talwalkar Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:26:04 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/#comment-1260 <b><em>Robbie</b></em>: Your restaurant example is quite appropriate. In fact, it's often more fun to find these "bargains" than go to well-known expensive places that everyone knows about. Hulu.com seems to beat Yahoo Tv in every aspect. Thanks for the pointer! Robbie: Your restaurant example is quite appropriate. In fact, it’s often more fun to find these “bargains” than go to well-known expensive places that everyone knows about.

Hulu.com seems to beat Yahoo Tv in every aspect. Thanks for the pointer!

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Presh Talwalkar Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:23:02 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/04/04/how-would-being-filthy-rich-change-your-weekend/#comment-1259 <b><em>David</b></em>: I brought about raising serious topics for this fun Friday article--I apologize. I mainly wanted to criticize the money-envy of people who are generally well-off to begin with. I completely agree that going from poor to well-off is a big step. My point is that from there, it's hard to improve on weekend fun. So sorry for the confusion. It's hard to make catchy yet completely accurate titles ;) David: I brought about raising serious topics for this fun Friday article–I apologize. I mainly wanted to criticize the money-envy of people who are generally well-off to begin with. I completely agree that going from poor to well-off is a big step. My point is that from there, it’s hard to improve on weekend fun.

So sorry for the confusion. It’s hard to make catchy yet completely accurate titles ;)

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