“My fiance’s family is old-school money… ## Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be romantically linked to the super wealthy?
Here are the most shocking stories:
1.
“I dated a woman whose family was rather well-off.
I also worked with wealthy people for a while.
She talked about visiting exotic parts of the world like it was nothing.
They are knowledgeable about rich people’s stuff, like Rolexes and yachts.
They all play golf, tennis, or both.
They know international airports inside and out.
They don’t talk about money unless it’s business or gossip.
They are generally very opinionated about how people should do stuff.”
(Some stealth wealth people are the complete opposite.)
They make a lot of time for their hobbies and to be with their kids.”
u/lagrandesgracia
2.
“I married into a hugely wealthy family.
My father-in-law was president of an international medical staffing firm.
He retired three times from the company, and each time, he had a bigger retirement package.
We were treated like royalty that week.”
“There was also my wedding to his daughter.
Six countries, well over $100k in a honeymoon, and never said a word.”
Anonymous
3.
“I came from a low-class family.
My family immigrated here, so it was really hard.
comes from the top 1%, is very intelligent, and has lots of money.
They were the top at everything, and as a result, they were a little snobby.
My family and my S.O.
didn’t care about the relationship, but my S.O.
’s parents and siblings were very upset over it.
It took years for just the mother to like me.”
“They didn’t think I was good enough and constantly acted cold.
I couldn’t care less because I’m happy.
It would be nice if they liked me, but I only need my S.O.
and my family.”
u/xjnoodles
4.
“I’m pretty sure my husband married me for my money.
I was 29 and feeling lonely.
We were both science nerds.
He was a doctor’s son, but he was really not financially supported.
When we turned 50, he met another woman, told me, ‘She’s rich!’
and abandoned me to basically poverty and food stamps.
Lovely, right?”
u/Faefae33
5.
“They don’t really have a concept of how rich they are.
My ex-boyfriend was WEALTHY but had a complex about how he was super poor.
They don’t really have a point of reference for how poor some people are.
He seemed to think that most people work because they choose to because he’s neverhadto work.”
u/lavenderacid
6.
“I broke up with someone set to inherit over $1 billion from her father.
Nice woman, no major issues, but I just didnt feel like we clicked.
u/Minia15
7.
“I unknowingly married into a wealthy family.
My wife’s parents are millionaire-next-door types.
It literally did not register with them that a 2324-year-old probably doesn’t have $70K in the bank.
So, they sent me a pre-signed check and told me to fill it out with the final price.
I had been dating their daughter for maybe three months at that time.
I took it as if he were dreaming and said yeah, that would be really nice.”
u/Moreofyoulessofme
8.
“My best friend from childhood married a billionaire’s daughter.
He’s still depressed and still himself.
He lives a nice life, but it’s not his money.
He’s a mate.”
u/puresav
9.
“My side of the family didn’t have two nickels to rub together for a long time.
I didn’t know of anything outside a Super 8, Motel 6, or Holiday Inn.
My clothes were from factory outlets, Kmart, Walmart, etc.
My first car was a 20-year-old piece of junk that burned oil.
I had to take out loans and work full-time to make my way through college.
My spouse’s side of the family was 100% polar opposite.”
“But they are so nice.
They are charitable, they are kind, and they are earnest.
Do I feel I’ve changed a bit?
I visited her family’s lake house with speedboats and jet skis.
She had a good attitude in life and just wanted to help underprivileged children.
She just wasn’t for me.”
u/Chad_RVA
11.
“I dated a man who didn’t work he lived off of a trust fund.
Oddly, since he could afford nearly anything, nothing had any value.
He’d buy a $400 KitchenAid mixer and burn it up making Christmas candy the first week.
If he decided to make more candy, he’d just go buy another $400 mixer.
Nothing meant particularly ANYTHING to him.”
u/BlitheringEediot
12.
“I know a man who married the daughter of a wealthy family.
She was a huge pain in everyone’s ass.
Spent money like it was water and had no idea of its value or use.
Spoiled the kids, caused them to develop unearned attitudes.
It was hard to watch.”
“It ended in divorce.
He got a payout from the family, but I don’t think it was worth it.”
u/Desert-Mouse
13.
“I dated a woman for six years.
Part of me believed her because we really were in love.
I just couldn’t shake it, though.
It was like a rock in my shoe.
‘Once a cheater, always a cheater’ never left my brain.
I ended up dumping her and moving on.
I married a middle-class woman from a farm who had a blue-collar dad.
I was also raised in a lower-middle, blue-collar family.”
I think about it a lot.
u/DonnyMurphy
14.
“My family had rough times.
My husband is nowhere near the same.
He grew up in Europe with old money.
The shock came from just visiting his hometown.”
“It was gorgeous!
I had never been to Europe before that and was in complete awe.
My husband never had to work for anything.
I fully supported the decision.
He had to learn how to struggle for the first time since things were not easy soon afterward.
u/WanderFucking_Chef
15.
“My first girlfriend in high school went to a private Catholic school in town.
She and all her siblings are in the trust to get more than 10% each.
We didnt last more than a year.”
‘We didnt last two years.
I grew up dirt-floor poor with seven siblings on a farm.”
“I did not like the men I met who were wealthy.
Other people were obsessed with money, and that was all they talked about and focused on.
Plus, they felt you should show off and look like you had money.
One of them insisted I should buy a Mercedes.
It was weird.”
I’ve been with him for most of my adult life, and it’s been wonderful.
‘I fell in love with my best friend and have no regrets.”
u/bidextralhammer
17.
“My daughter married someone with a ton of cash in his pocket.
He grew up in an extremely wealthy family in the suburbs.
We have next to nothing in common.
As for my daughter, I think she’s definitely changed.
I always sensed growing up that she resented the lack of money our family had.
… With them, it seems like they go brain-dead if they can’t buy something.
It all seems artificial to me.”
u/SouthieBornAndBred
18.
“I did get together with someone who’s wealthy.
I was shocked at how down-to-earth, caring, and giving very wealthy people are in real life.
u/Foreverforaminute
19.
“We’ve been together for years, and we’re getting married in a few months.
I grew up in a pretty standard middle to upper-middle-class family.
When I shopped, it was at the mall, but we weren’t buying a designer or anything.
That key in of thing.
I wasn’t spoiled, but I was privileged.
He’s still just the way he always was.
I would say I’m a bit more relaxed when it comes to accepting him paying for things.
When we started dating, it was hard for me to be okay with it.
It’s definitely put a wedge between some of my friends/family because of it.”
u/notasugarbabybutok
20.
“The men I dated when I was younger, whose parents were incredibly wealthy, were jerks.
Everyone puts up with them because of their parents.”
It’s a different world.
Money buys all sorts of things.
Yes, they were bright and smart, but it was a different world.
The rest of us just dont live this way.
They never had to be nice or kind.
They felt entitled to whatever it was that day.
Nothing was fun or special.
Nice dinners at fancy places were inadequate.
Nothing was good enough.
There was no pleasure in anything.
The restaurant catering to your every whim?
Still not good enough.
Access to the best seats?
Still cant be happy.
Nothing was good enough, and they were unpleasant the whole way through it.
I was embarrassed to be standing next to them or sitting across from them.”
u/whiskeysour123
And finally…
21.
Or, like, my then-boyfriend would say, ‘Let’s go to this concert.
u/PhiloPhocion
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
