30 People Discuss What They Think Quietly Screams Wealthy

1. Financial Risks

Have a friend who is moving to the Bay area. To work for a non-profit. Part-time. She didn’t know what her salary would be.

monkeyfeets

2. Mystery Prices

Not hesitating to eat in a restaurant with no prices on the menu.

baloneycologne

3. Lots of Legos

I cleaned huge houses for a living, and to me it was the custom built Lego rooms with cabinets -floor to ceiling -full of organized Lego sets.

EddieLaneWrites

4. Their Attire May Shock You

Friend of mine used to run a ridiculously exclusive cocktail bar. He always said “The ones in the fancy clothes who look filthy rich are normally reasonably wealthy. The ones in jeans and t-shirts who look normal are normally filthy rich”
Basically the truly rich people didn’t see the place as anything out of the ordinary, so saw no reason to dress up.

DendroNate

5. The Pool House

Having a pool house. And letting guests stay there because it’s a nice nice pool house.

Prettyplants

6. Money and Time

If you use money to get time instead of time to get money.

spyplusplus

7. Free Time

Suspicious amounts of free time to pursue their interests, travel, or just be out and about.

dildonic_aftermath

8. Being Spontaneous

Spontaneity. Just talking about something or some place and doing it or booking it there and then.

evilgiraffee57

9. Not Living Paycheck to Paycheck

One of my roommates child-hood friends has generational wealth, billionaire level. They lived on the Big Island of Hawaii and she would remark that he would just decide to go skiing, in Aspen on a whim, and wonder aloud why everyone else didn’t just drop everything and go the next day. The guy was super down to earth but a bit disconnected from the reality of his friends living paycheck to paycheck.

breals

10. Polished Silver

I know it’s not a big thing, but people who use really nice plates and silver cutlery very casually. I’ve seen poor people with mustangs. But I’ve never seen poor people eating with polished silver.

garlicroastedpotato

11. No Refunds

Not bothering with refunds because it’s not worth the hassle.

Quit_social_media

12. Not Using the Extras Much

Owning a second house or a boat and not feeling obligated to use it heavily.

zMargeux

13. Pianos

Just having the space to have a piano that size in the house, especially if it’s not used often, must mean you’re pretty well off before you even look at the name on the piano.

Raichu7

14. Entering Through the Empty Garage

Saw someone say once “everyone enters their house through a garage that’s empty except for some bottled water.” I don’t know why, but this is so true.

papusman

15. Age of Retirement

Retired with no debt before being in your 50s.

Melodic_Machine_9818

16. Black Amex

I used to work at a clothing store. This lady comes in, she’s well dressed looks great and is super polite to the people helping her. At checkout she pulls out a black Amex card.
She was not my first black Amex card customer but she was above and beyond more of a human than the others.
I assume she was rich as fuck.

moogula1992

17. Weekend Home

A Family member owns a lake house but always refers to it as “just a little weekend place” like it’s no big deal and everyone has one.

samiam871

18. Drinks on Me

Being able to buy a round of drinks for your friends is wealth. Doing that without affecting your rent is a huge deal and should be celebrated. It’s a good goal to have.

bu88blebo88le

19. The Trip House

Casually owning a second house in another state for “trips.”
Edit: when I say house I’m not referring to just a small cabin, I was referring to a full size house for the family, this is what came to mind cause I know a few people who own an additional home in other states, their secondary houses range from 350K to 575K USD.

A-r-c-a-n-e

20. Outfit Choice

Being the guy wearing a suit in a room of guys in t-shirts and sweatpants.
OR
Being the guy wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants in a room of guys wearing suits.

pikingpoison

21. Future Expectations

Speaking about your plans for your life with full expectations that they will be successful no matter how unrealistic they would be to the rest of us.
“I plan to become a writer, but in the meantime I’m thinking of opening my own art gallery. I’ll totally be successful, all my wealthy friends will buy shit from me, then I’ll hire someone to run things while I travel for the experience I’ll need to do my writing.”

penny_can

22. The Level of Noise

Wealth Is Quiet. Rich Is Loud. Poor Is Flashy.
Credit: Tim Denning

Shaun3Sheep

23. Just Buy Instead of Renting

I was out with a few of friends of friends last year, and I was talking how I was going to be forced out of the area I live because rent prices have increased by 15-20% in the last 12 months. One of group piped up with the sincere, but dumb as fuck, suggestion, “Why not just buy your own house?”
Cheers pal, never thought of that.
Spoke to him a while longer and it turns out his family are major landlords in the area and own many of the apartments within the area of the city I live in. One of the deciding reasons I can’t buy my own property is, funnily enough, his parents buying it all up and charging so much for rent that being in a position to even save for a mortgage is a pipe dream, let alone actually getting one.

BenBo92

24. Braces for All

Parents with multiple children with braces. I remember going on vacation to Jamaica and going into town and I asked my dad why none of the kids had braces on their teeth (almost my entire class at school had braces at the time). He gave me this look of disappointment and was like, “braces are very expensive”. A lot of things really clicked for me in that moment as a 12 year old.

omgbbqpork

25. Sure

Saying “sure” to every suggestion a server makes. “Prime Rib with orange salmon mushroom glaze?” Sure. “Pairs well with our 1976 Pineapple Farms Pinot”. Sure! “And for. Dessert…. ??? We do have a purple avocado sorbet”. Sounds good.

saucelessnuggets

26. College Without Loans

Maybe not quietly, but being able to afford college without loans, financial aid, or having a job screams money. Bonus points if the parents are bankrolling the whole experience.

mcmcsample

27. Level of Politeness

I grew up wealthy. What I’ve noticed is manners. The longer your family has had money the more likely you are to be polite to everyone. I’ve had friends ask how to behave at functions. Be nice to everyone and don’t attract attention to yourself. Loud and rude is either new rich or people thinking that’s how rich acts.

designgoddess

28. Being Attractive

Attractiveness. Sure anybody can be attractive when they’re 20, but it take time and money to stay that way in your 30s and beyond. Plenty of sleep, good nutrition, exercise, nice hair and skin, well fitting clothes, plastic surgery, etc all quietly (sometimes loudly) scream “money”. This struck me the hardest on the beach In Cancun. The people (especially the women) hanging out in front of the Ritz Carlton and similar luxury resorts looked SO different from the people at the public and motel beaches.

Cucumbrsandwich

29. Skiing From a Helicopter

I had a boss with 3 sons that work at the company. They would go skiing. But they would jump from a helicopter at the top of the mountain to ski on fresh snow. I was always amazed by that.
My ex had a rich family. They owned many houses and they had 3 just on their main property. They even had their own mini firetruck. And they had a lot of fake floral arrangements in the houses. I have fake flowers in my house now too.

luckeegurrrl5683

30. Whole Foods

I felt like a baller when I did all my grocery shopping at Whole Foods and didn’t look at the bill.

mattbrianjess