Thread: Is making/having money a bad thing on SRP?

Sorry to be quoting a post from the first page... but this fits perfectly with one of my favorite expressions...

"Why are rich people so eccentric? Because they can afford to be!"

I certainly like to think I'd never be a total jerk, but I can definitely see myself being much more eccentric had I the means to do so. One of my college friends even told me that "of all people I know I can see you being the most famous for being eccentric".

Money in and of itself is definitely not a bad thing. Misuse of money is... Like someone else said money is a tool with no moral stature. I happen to have this love of "good" stuff... usually I'll save up to buy something of top quality (and buy it once) than settle for something cheap that I'll never be happy with. That said, I have a house mortgage and a car loan right now and don't intend to ever be in any more debt than that.. pay off credit cards every month, etc. Also still give 10%+ to church and try to keep some in savings of various sorts just to keep my head in the right place.

Originally Posted by honedright

Interesting. I was having a discussion with my step-son similar to this just recently. He is convinced that sudden wealth can change a person. I contended that sudden wealth might bring out, or exaggerate, in some, previously unexpressed character traits, but that those traits already exist and that the perceived change is only an apparent one and not a real change of the individual.