40 Of The Most Interesting Things People Spotted Rich People Doing Casually

The lives of affluent people are undoubtedly different from those of others. A lot of the things that are daily concerns for other mere mortals, like utilities and a 9-5 job, are probably foreign concepts to the rich. Naturally, their social status and financial position can also affect their behavior. Even here on Bored Panda, we have lots of 'rich people' stories that people have shared.

Yet this Redditor wanted to hear some more. So he asked fellow netizens, "What is the most rich thing you've seen wealthy people say/do casually?" From invitations to spontaneous trips to Dubai to living in French chateaus, the people of r/AskReddit delivered.

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Friendships can be harder when one friend makes less than the other. Remember that scene from Friends during Ross' birthday dinner? Telling your friend that you don't feel comfortable or simply can't afford a fancy restaurant can be awkward and, in some cases, even humiliating. Friendship coach Danielle Bayard Jackson told HuffPost that this is a common problem she sees with her clients.

They usually don't come to her with this particular problem, but it does come up quite often. "It's really important to feel connected as friends, and one basic way we do that is to share experiences. But a lot of social activities we engage in are highly dependent on the funds that you have available," she told HuffPost. "We might share common interests, but our access to those are different."

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Author of Change Your Habits, Change Your Life, Thomas C. Corley, found in his research that wealthy people tend to make friends differently. The self-made millionaires he interviewed said they consciously choose to make friends with those they aspire to be like: successful and rich people.

But, as evidenced by this thread, money doesn't always matter in friendships. People can be friends regardless of their financial situation. Yet talking about it is almost always too awkward. That's because it isn't just about the money itself, Professor Mark Fenton-O’Creevy, a professor of organizational behavior at the Open University, told The Guardian. According to him, people who have money also have security, freedom, power, and status.

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Otegha Uwagba, the author of We Need To Talk About Money, told The Cut that it's best that friends put their feelings out in the open. She advises to just suck it up and have that awkward conversation. Uwagba even suggests a possible script: "We are not in the same financial position and I don't want our friendship to be based around what we can do with each other that involves spending money."