Overheard at the LFGSS golf club bar

Yeah but earning 30k a year isn’t the same as £120k. No freelancer I know would say they earn 60k a year if they have a good month where they earn 5k. Christ I’ve been in that situation for many years where I’ve gone from big months to no pay for a while. You know exactly what you’ve earned because you do your tax return each year.

I’m drinking an espresso I asked to be made by my housekeeper in my own kitchen.

Escalation.

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Anyway- anyone fancy helping me tidy my garage up?

I'd help you make some room by taking the serotta off your hands. Free of charge

The real measure of whether someone is rich or not is should they stop working, does the money keep coming in?

If yes -> rich
if not -> just another pleb like you and me

I don’t agree with that.
Technically that encompasses pensioners and small scale landlords, or stepping back from a owning a company with employees.

Passive income vs active income doesn’t determine whether you’re rich or not.

I’m drinking an espresso I made with a machine in my own kitchen.

That’s half of London, unless your is plumbed directly and cost 2k min.

Innit. With my grinder and machine set up that cost a whopping £130, I’m not sure it’s quite golf club material - as aspirational as I am.

Although this is dammit, so I wouldn’t be surprised if his setup cost more than my car ;)

Passive income vs active income doesn’t determine whether you’re rich or not.

The subtext is that we are talking about large passive incomes here, i.e at least equivalent to a £70k salary but more like equivalent to £100k +

But yeah, there are other aspects to being actually Rich - typically if you are Rich you have lots of influence in whatever circles you operate in, you don't sweat the small stuff around big purchases, have a willing army to do shit for you, you and whatever profession in which you made your money are viewed positively, you mange your time to the way you see fit etc etc

Also some pensioners are fucking loaded based on their pension income alone, as are people who step back from small-medium sized enterprises but remain significant shareholders.

I thought the best (most entertaining?) aspect of this thread is things taken out of context. Which is why it always seems to miss the point when people come on here to protest their non-golf club-ness, or indeed other people's lack of golf club-ness (I know them, they're not like that at all, you've got it all wrong).

It can also be a useful 'check your privilege' reminder - but for anyone reading, not (just) those mentioned. And (sometimes) enlightening discussion about wealth and privilege etc. I'm sure there will be some interesting points coming up about passive vs active income.

I thought the best (most entertaining?) aspect of this thread is things taken out of context

+1

But because money and wealth is such an emotive subject everyone gets pretty touchy about it (clearly I am included in this before anyone gets excited).

Can we bring the lols back plz.

.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srwxJUXPHvE

I'd help you make some room by taking the serotta off your hands. Free of charge

Which one?

Good point. Any

I would quite like to buy the yellow Serotta CSI frameset

We just paid the application deposit for “DD” private school.

I’ll read back why it’s bad to send her to a school with only 16 in a class with a teacher and teachers assistant.

One of the interesting parts that I learned was about unqualified "teachers" paying their way into the job. Was/is this true?

Which one?

Upvote for leaning into the banter.

Bad for whom?

Had to look up what be benevolent omniscience is. Every day is a school day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibenevolence

You can skip around the issue all you want, but it’s pretty hard to spin being a top 1% earner into not being rich.

Is tres parvenu to consider oneself as rich. I believe the accepted euphemism is "comfortable" or "fairly well off".

I think some people regard being rich as not having to worry about money. And many wealthy people have (mostly voluntary) money worries for reasons discussed in here in recent weeks.

Epic mortgages and private school fees then. And the £40k+ kitchen reno.