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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Those tend to be guys who end up spending the principle, tho. And their whole existence tends to be weird.
Or they have a big trust fund and they spend all day at board meetings and philanthropy projects, and etc.
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Nobody | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 I can't deny that. I have a decent number of childhood mates whose pockets are nearly empty now! 🤷‍♂️🙄 They spent the majority of their inheritance on partying and going on expensive vacations and whatnot. Many of them seem to have very little, if any, ambition whatsoever. To be frank, this is fairly common behavior. Luckily, my parents taught me right.
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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Yeah, I know. Know plenty of them.
They would have been better off skipping the bimbos and marrying someone sensible, who would have made sure to secure their fortune, instead of helping them spend it.

But sensible women probably wouldn't have wanted them.
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Nobody | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Its such a bizarre mindset, imo. 🤔 People like that will put in an immeasurable amount of mental and physical effort in to flaunting everything they've got. Yet, put absolutely none in to expanding their generational wealth for their children (if they ever have any that is). Blokes like this usually just end up leaving their kids with nothin' but debt. 🤷‍♂️ And usually have fairly dysfunctional families.
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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yeah, these couples fit together.