Are you low key about your wealth?

[Anonymous]

I'm very low key about it. I work in the arts and most of my peers/friends have very little money. Having access to it is actually a bit embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:i drive a beater but have a fat brokerage account. live in an unassuming townhouse. but i wear an Omega or a IWC on the daily, even for groceries

LOL. What a weird thing to say bud. Omega is a wealth indicator? I have one in my drawer somewhere. I guess I should wear it too.

its all good, im not trying to one up anyone. im aware this thread has people with 10m or so net worth. but im very aware that i am grocery shopping with a watch that cost me $8k USD on my wrist, its a weird feeling. most people think an apple watch is expensive, and thats like 300 bucks. for most people, spending more than $500 on a watch is rich person territory. i personally think my two watches (yes, i only have 2, sue me) are fairly low key, they look pretty normal to the unitiated

Huh? Women regularly wear engagement rings worth $100K-250K+ grocery shopping. You think $8K is impressive…?

Women do not regularly do this. You’re like Lucille Bluth thinking a banana costs $10. Scoffing at an $8K watch makes you sound stupid.

You sound stupid not knowing a 1 carat natural diamond engagement ring with good clarity and color costs about $10-$15K from Jared or Kay or similar today. 2 carats are $20K+ and that’s from a “mall” jeweler. I guarantee almost any woman PP is walking past in the grocery store in this area has a more expansive engagement ring than this $8K illustrious watch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:i drive a beater but have a fat brokerage account. live in an unassuming townhouse. but i wear an Omega or a IWC on the daily, even for groceries

LOL. What a weird thing to say bud. Omega is a wealth indicator? I have one in my drawer somewhere. I guess I should wear it too.

No prob! Funnily enough, the poster under you proved to be unreasonable lol

its all good, im not trying to one up anyone. im aware this thread has people with 10m or so net worth. but im very aware that i am grocery shopping with a watch that cost me $8k USD on my wrist, its a weird feeling. most people think an apple watch is expensive, and thats like 300 bucks. for most people, spending more than $500 on a watch is rich person territory. i personally think my two watches (yes, i only have 2, sue me) are fairly low key, they look pretty normal to the unitiated

all good indeed. whatever works for you.

seems like you're upset that i said my watches are related to wealth and the topic of this thread. do you disagree that a $8k watch is not an indicator of wealth, at least for 95% of the population?

no you misread my intention. i thought your post was funny (but not in a bad way). i meant "all good" sincerely. sorry for misunderstanding

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Anonymous wrote:i drive a beater but have a fat brokerage account. live in an unassuming townhouse. but i wear an Omega or a IWC on the daily, even for groceries

LOL. What a weird thing to say bud. Omega is a wealth indicator? I have one in my drawer somewhere. I guess I should wear it too.

its all good, im not trying to one up anyone. im aware this thread has people with 10m or so net worth. but im very aware that i am grocery shopping with a watch that cost me $8k USD on my wrist, its a weird feeling. most people think an apple watch is expensive, and thats like 300 bucks. for most people, spending more than $500 on a watch is rich person territory. i personally think my two watches (yes, i only have 2, sue me) are fairly low key, they look pretty normal to the unitiated

Huh? Women regularly wear engagement rings worth $100K-250K+ grocery shopping. You think $8K is impressive…?

Women do not regularly do this. You’re like Lucille Bluth thinking a banana costs $10. Scoffing at an $8K watch makes you sound stupid.

You sound stupid not knowing a 1 carat natural diamond engagement ring with good clarity and color costs about $10-$15K from Jared or Kay or similar today. 2 carats are $20K+ and that’s from a “mall” jeweler. I guarantee almost any woman PP is walking past in the grocery store in this area has a more expansive engagement ring than this $8K illustrious watch.

nobody at the grocery store can tell whether the diamond is lab or natural.

either way, you are completely missing the point: it was not a comparison between a watch and a ring. also, PP could be a man wearing an omega. men dont wear diamond rings and have less things to 'show off', at least compared to women

[Anonymous]

We have two nice homes but other than that we are very low key. I drive a 10 year old Subaru SUV and my husband a 7 year old used Mercedes SUV. We spend very little on clothes and jewelry. My husbands watch is a $100 Swiss Army watch. We’ve always lived well below our means as we both grew up middle class. We do fly first class. By any definition we are UHNW and we are very happy with the way we live. We are currently doing a window replacement project in our home that is costing $35k and I don’t worry about paying for it. That’s a real luxury!

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Anonymous wrote:i drive a beater but have a fat brokerage account. live in an unassuming townhouse. but i wear an Omega or a IWC on the daily, even for groceries

LOL. What a weird thing to say bud. Omega is a wealth indicator? I have one in my drawer somewhere. I guess I should wear it too.

its all good, im not trying to one up anyone. im aware this thread has people with 10m or so net worth. but im very aware that i am grocery shopping with a watch that cost me $8k USD on my wrist, its a weird feeling. most people think an apple watch is expensive, and thats like 300 bucks. for most people, spending more than $500 on a watch is rich person territory. i personally think my two watches (yes, i only have 2, sue me) are fairly low key, they look pretty normal to the unitiated

all good indeed. whatever works for you.

seems like you're upset that i said my watches are related to wealth and the topic of this thread. do you disagree that a $8k watch is not an indicator of wealth, at least for 95% of the population?

Most luxury items can be owned by poor and middle class people so not really a good indicator of net worth on its own.

[Anonymous]

I mean I am not flashy but I am divorced and I don't work and I travel a lot.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Low keyed but we don’t lie should close friends or family inquire. People close to you generally have a good idea so no point in lying about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Low keyed but we don’t lie should close friends or family inquire. People close to you generally have a good idea so no point in lying about it.

Who "close to you" is even asking? Seriously wondering how that goes down?
As I cannot imagine any family member asking "how much are you worth" or "what is your yearly salary"? If they "generally have a good idea" then why do they feel the need to even inquire

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Anonymous wrote:i drive a beater but have a fat brokerage account. live in an unassuming townhouse. but i wear an Omega or a IWC on the daily, even for groceries

LOL. What a weird thing to say bud. Omega is a wealth indicator? I have one in my drawer somewhere. I guess I should wear it too.

its all good, im not trying to one up anyone. im aware this thread has people with 10m or so net worth. but im very aware that i am grocery shopping with a watch that cost me $8k USD on my wrist, its a weird feeling. most people think an apple watch is expensive, and thats like 300 bucks. for most people, spending more than $500 on a watch is rich person territory. i personally think my two watches (yes, i only have 2, sue me) are fairly low key, they look pretty normal to the unitiated

Huh? Women regularly wear engagement rings worth $100K-250K+ grocery shopping. You think $8K is impressive…?

Women do not regularly do this. You’re like Lucille Bluth thinking a banana costs $10. Scoffing at an $8K watch makes you sound stupid.

You sound stupid not knowing a 1 carat natural diamond engagement ring with good clarity and color costs about $10-$15K from Jared or Kay or similar today. 2 carats are $20K+ and that’s from a “mall” jeweler. I guarantee almost any woman PP is walking past in the grocery store in this area has a more expansive engagement ring than this $8K illustrious watch.

You're an idiot. Get out of your bubble.

https://www.theknot.com/content/how-much-to-spend-on-engagement-ring

[Anonymous]

I don't really think about it, but I suppose not. The real estate is not low-key.

[Anonymous]

We're in our late 40s and recently became HENRY. Low 7 figure income, about $4M net worth.

It's all relative on how flashy one thinks we are. We wear unassuming clothes by almost any standard and have very "regular joe" personalities in general. We have a $2M house that we think is pretty nice, though it certainly doesn't scream opulence to anybody who doesn't know the price tag or the local market. Our cars are pretty normal if not understated. Our kids go to public. We eat chipotle and take out pizza, not at nice restaurants.

But we've recently started taking nicer vacations more frequently, though not luxury ones by DCUM standards. Our biggest tell is that I'm a car enthusiast and I want to buy a cool/fun car which would be hard to hide. And I can't exactly tell people "yeah, this cost me less than 10% of my annual income" without being super obnoxious.

We'd like to maintain a subtle lifestyle and we're definitely not into telegraphing our good fortune. But at the same time, being artificially subdued about it by abstaining from something I find joy in naturally seems inauthentic and a waste of my one lifetime.

At the end of the day, I think it's pretty obvious who is just enjoying what they enjoy and who is trying to promote an image to impress others. We all know it when we see it.

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Anonymous wrote:i drive a beater but have a fat brokerage account. live in an unassuming townhouse. but i wear an Omega or a IWC on the daily, even for groceries

LOL. What a weird thing to say bud. Omega is a wealth indicator? I have one in my drawer somewhere. I guess I should wear it too.

its all good, im not trying to one up anyone. im aware this thread has people with 10m or so net worth. but im very aware that i am grocery shopping with a watch that cost me $8k USD on my wrist, its a weird feeling. most people think an apple watch is expensive, and thats like 300 bucks. for most people, spending more than $500 on a watch is rich person territory. i personally think my two watches (yes, i only have 2, sue me) are fairly low key, they look pretty normal to the unitiated

Huh? Women regularly wear engagement rings worth $100K-250K+ grocery shopping. You think $8K is impressive…?

Women do not regularly do this. You’re like Lucille Bluth thinking a banana costs $10. Scoffing at an $8K watch makes you sound stupid.

She thought milk was $10, not a banana. Get your facts straight before you ride in here on your pompous high horse.

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Anonymous wrote:What is wealthy?

Just to be clear, NW<$10M isn’t wealthy.

Just to be clear, NW of $10 mil is top 1-2% of all households in the US. Financial planners consider that "Very High Net Worth." So objectively, yes, it is wealthy.

[Anonymous]

NW ~$10 mil. I try to be very low key, because I spend a lot of time in a very rural area of the West in which there is not much wealth at all. I drive a beat up Ford and wear Wranglers and sweatshirts most of the time like everyone else. But I realize there are a lot of "giveaways" that show that I am from a more privileged socioeconomic class than most of my neighbors. Everything from this being a second home to kids who went to private universities rather than State U, to looking younger than most women my age here (fancy dermatologist, better hairstylist, more sunblock) to what's in my cart at the grocery store (I'm the one buying lots of produce and the organic meats and dairy products that cost three times more than the non-organic brands). I'm pretty sure the check-out ladies at the supermarket think I'm rich! And I am, relative to most people here. Not sure there is much I can do though: I'm not going to try to look more haggard or buy more ultraprocessed foods just to avoid seeming "rich."