Rich people stay rich by acting like they're poor.

On paper when everyone sees my home etc and cars. People make assumptions but truth is although husband and I earn great money we have high expenses and there are times where it is “rough” but no body believes it. Right now to be honest I lay in bed most nights having anxiety and freaking out about what I’m going to do it my husband doesn’t stop his bullshit LEGO addiction... yep you heard right LEGO!!!!!

It’s so embarrassing, my entire garage is filled with LEGO! Everyone says oh there’s worse things he could be doing... yeah you’re right he could be cheating again but instead he spends every last cent on LEGO he won’t stop

Push a fiver into their pockets and whisper that they dont have to pay you back.

People wouldn't think of us as poor, we own a brand new home, an investment property and two very expensive cars, we dress very well and have beautiful things but we're in crippling debt and living paycheck to paycheck, barely scraping through. You don't know what trouble people are really in when you're looking from the outside. My husband was actually suicidal over it and we've only just recently started to see a way out after a few years of hard slog to sort our shit out.
Instead of being offended you should take note, the grass isn't always greener.

My husband and I both have 100k+ jobs. But we are what I consider cash poor. We have 25k in the bank at the moment, but I still consider us cash poor. To me that isn’t enough of a safety net and I am now working on increasing it. Like many others have said it’s all relative. Unless they are actually saying it to be rude and disrespectful towards you I wouldn’t worry about it, they are just expressing their feelings at the time.

We are considered millionaires but we are cash poor at times. You cant always sell a piece of your house property when you need money.

I think that you inlaws are being a bit insensitive but I do feel that is all relative. Just because they have the $1.8 million dollar home doesn't mean that they aren't lying awake at night, anxious about how they are going to pay for it.

It's hard to say. My husband and I look like we have a lot of money because we own our home, have a business, good savings and have $100k + cars but we are on one wage of $70k, whereas my BIL who was on way more money almost lost his house when he lost his job.

I don't like this idea that people shouldn't compalin or talk about what is happening in their lives because there is someone who has it worse off. Yes there probably is, but if someone is struggling then they should be encouraged to talk about it. It is not a competition on who has it worse off.

Cash poor perhaps. But they shouldn’t whinge about it. If they want to have a sook they should downsize their home or sell their boat ( or whatever assets they can live without). I get sick of hearing it too.

Everything is relative.

You are rich compared to street urchins in Asia.

I earn 45k annually but sometimes I appear to have more money than people with 6 figure incomes. But I also don't have debt while they very well may do. Everything is relative. It seems insensitive sure. Especially when poverty is real. But financial struggles are hard on everyone, whether it's because they have debt and are bad with money. Or because they have no money to start with.

Yeah it pisses me off