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 it helps to inherit the money  
 Well, you're spot on with that one. 👍 
 Doesn't mean you shouldn't work ya ass off, though. Money don't last forever, mate! 🤷‍♂️ I spent a fair amount of time selling what was left of my granddad's art collection. Quite a bit of flights. Not as fun as it sounds 😅. 
 yup
or just worthless 
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 Yeah, these couples fit together.