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Originally Posted by Fly320s
I've always considered "wealthy" to be free from having to work. If you can afford to live without needing to work, or needing someone else to support you, then you are wealthy.
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Mmmmm-- maybe not?
My best friend just..... doesn't want to work, despite having a degree in electrical engineering.
He has some savings (although I suspect he's playing around in the market a bit), and he might..... MIGHT have enough investment income to cover his (tiny) mortgage, utilities, food, etc. (although I think Covid Unemployment money might be bridging the gap).
He's been doing this for about five years or so now, so I guess he can "afford to live without needing to work", but he drives a beater of a 15 year-old car, lives in a dilapidated house and would probably be pushed to bankruptcy if he took his girlfriend out to a fancy dinner and show.
Although he meets your definition, I'd hardly call him wealthy.
An idiot maybe, but not wealthy.
