why do people who are rich think they are better than people who arent rich
2006-08-31 05:38:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
ANgel why are you better than me
2006-08-31 05:46:45 · update #1
First a comment then an answer:
Angel is NOT better than you-- in the following question Angel asks:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnfpHn6A4H5bCpCIw9Vqagbsy6IX?qid=20060829085429AAxdowR
She admits she is a horny grandmother who wants to know how to cheat on her live in lover and not get caught. That is not rich, at least in spirit. So Angel is no better than anyone else in this world who uses deceipt, lies, and sex to get what she wants in life.
Now, as for my own answer:
I grew up poor, became rich, and ended up going back to being poor all before I became an adult. Rich people DO think they are better than others.
I have a friends who are rich-- I am their babysitter/nanny too -- and one time I mentioned about going someplace because it was "cheap and I can afford cheap". The friend's 10 year old son got really angry at me, and when I asked why, he said that "cheap" was like saying a bad word. I said "no, cheap means that I can ensure my electricity does not get shut off because I do not spend what I do not have." They give their children everything they want, and the children do not appreciate it.
I learned that being rich does not teach us morals, or values. It teaches us that we can have anything we want and nobody can stop us-- the rules do not apply.
So people who are rich THINK that they are better than those who are not rich, but in reality, it is the poor who have the morals and values- the good working ethics, etc.
2006-08-31 06:55:46 · answer #1 · answered by AnAvidViewer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they can buy whatever they want and the poor can't. They can and the poor can't. That's why they feel they are better.
Given a choice, no one wants to be poor. They rather be rich. People who are rich have their unhappiness, so do the poor. So why not be rich and unhappy than be poor and unhappy? Why not have the comforts and luxuries of life than be living in discomfort, want and not able to buy nice food to eat which the rich have. This is not to say that poor people are all unhappy. The poor's wants and needs are simple and they find happiness in the simplest of things. The rich gets everything they want easily and they get bored easily too.
2006-09-01 03:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define rich? Wealthy financially?
I know a lot of wealthy people who don't think they're better.
Stupid and insecure people think they're better than you are for any reason, doesn't have to be for money.
Maybe you shouldn't think about money so much, it really only matters if you have enough to take care of your needs anyhow, anything more than that is excessive.
2006-08-31 07:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysbombed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define rich.
2006-08-31 05:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by OneLilithHidesAnother 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I 'feel rich' because I am in a good place and time in my life. But unlike others you have run into this causes me to be very happy and also very humble, I realize how fleeting everything in life is and how quickly good feelings can be taken away.
2006-08-31 06:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not rich, but if I was, I wouldn't let it get to me like that
2006-08-31 05:39:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm not rich.... and I'm just as good as somebody who is rich!
2006-08-31 05:42:23 · answer #7 · answered by my2cents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im rich spiritually and i feel like i have a rich life just because of my friends and family im blessed so im rich .....
2006-08-31 05:41:03 · answer #8 · answered by HOT LATINA 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am rich in debts!
2006-08-31 05:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by qisyia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm rich and you are not getting any money from me. And rich people ARE better than people like you. Live with it, TARD.
2006-08-31 05:41:25 · answer #10 · answered by ANGEL 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋