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I've mentioned before that my wife's closest friend is rich, by whatever definition.  And she has a lot of problems in her life, not because she has money, it's just life.  We don't see her that often, but she calls about weekly and they talk for an hour, I usually get a synopsis.  She has two sons who are really nice guys, I spent some time with them at their fazenda.  She has staff, which is one aspect of being rich.  My wife commented once that she's very happy with our situation, but one thing she'd like to have if a chef to fix dinners every night.  (I actually fix dinner about half the time.)

Anyway, I personally am "content".  I wouldn't mind having more money, as Badge notes, but we get by.  My kids will probably get a nice inheritance because I'm pretty conservative with spending.  And I actually "earned" more after I retired than I was getting paid in many years.  And I made like $100 on book sales last year.

I'm 48, just a late bloomer on the family thing. I did get married until after 40.

Wowzer.

Quite the opposite for me. I married 3 people when I was 30. The two boys are on their own and completely off my payroll.

Grandkids are on the payroll, so to speak. My wife likes to go nuts and I reel her in by threatening to cut travel.

Stigma?

I give them credit, mostly. For example, I give Paris Hilton no credit. But I also don't loathe her for being born with a silver spoon up her ass.

That's probably jealousy. 

I sort of took umberage with it because at the mere mention of being rich, half a dozen of you guys guffawed and seemed to suddenly forget what the word means. 

That reaction is what I have a disdain for.  If you're rich and you earned it, great.  If you're rich and you earned it unethically or something, that's not great.

The account of what half a dozen folks here posted is not aligned with my memory, or the facts.  But it's your world, you can imagine what you want.