https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 11:30:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money/page/2#post-581060 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:01:27 +0000 rachiecakes 581060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, absolutely. I would love to build new businesses and give back to the community, let my parents retire, take care of my family and friends and make sure future generations have something waiting for them. That would be just fabulous!<br /> I'm not extravagant and am a total busy-body by nature. I would definitely work, work, work with my billions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money/page/2#post-581021 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:39:58 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 581021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will probably never have a ton of cash, but we'll be comfortable hopefully. I was raised with very limited resources and I think that gave me a really nice perspective on life. Bust your bum, save as much as you can, and make priorities.</p> <p>I went to a HS with many very wealthy students. I did not like the attitude of "we went to Barbados", "well, we went to Iceland.", "well we rented a place in Tahiti", "well we went yachting in the virgin islands". I was like, "well, I went to Sacramento, so suck it!". There were a very few lovely girls who I ran into that had loads of money but no attitude to match. Usually they were girls whose parents made them work for anything they got.</p> <p>So that's our plan, to make our girls earn the things they get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money/page/2#post-580761 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:13:43 +0000 MrsH 580761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@char54: aww , her response about sledding was great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money/page/2#post-580754 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:12:47 +0000 MrsH 580754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love obscene amounts of money but that wouldn't change how I raised my child. We'd still be frugal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money/page/2#post-580552 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:10:50 +0000 BoogieBea 580552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't mind the money as long as it doesn't change who you are. He money would definitely make things easier but I'd want to continue to live a simple lifestyle. I'd definitely put the money to better use than living extravagantly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580544 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:08:10 +0000 prettylizy 580544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes please!!! I don't think we'll ever get to a point where we don't want to make more money... being loaded doesn't make you awful, being awful makes you awful! lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580538 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:04:07 +0000 sarac 580538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess it would be fun to have a ton of money just so that you didn't have to ever truly worry about it. But I wouldn't live a significantly different lifestyle, and I'd probably not tell my children about it. I wouldn't give them a huge trust fund when they became adults, either. I'd probably pay for their college, and leave it at that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580418 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:36:19 +0000 Trailmix 580418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, yes :) I wouldn't spend it on my kid's birthday parties but hell yeah, I wish we had a ton of money! Not that I can complain about our financial status in any way but there's a lot of amenities in NYC that I would take advantage of if we had tons of money (car service, doorman apartment, travel, etc)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580331 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:15:02 +0000 StbHisMrs 580331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd love to have a lot of money (obscene, sure!) but I would still raise my children to know the value of a dollar. I absolutely would not spend that much money a birthday party, are you kidding me??? We'd go on nice vacations, and do more as a family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580273 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:00:05 +0000 bpcmarj 580273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would LOVE to have tons of money. I think many of the minor problems we have would be solved with money. More space, more time together and money to spend on activities, new clothes (lol). I think I could have a grounded family even with lots of money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580267 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:58:48 +0000 SouthPaw 580267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would LOVE to have an OBSCENE amount of money!!! It would be in the bank and not outwardly shown. Depending on our kids ages I would still work to continue to mentally challenge myself. I think that it's not the money that makes these people act so ridiculous it's how they let it get to them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580261 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:56:13 +0000 loveisstrange 580261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't mind having a lot of money, but you better believe my kids wouldn't act like that. I grew up fairly poor and have always known the value of a dollar. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580253 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:53:28 +0000 sunny 580253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I would retire from my day job and pursue other passions. Hopefully the kids wouldn't know the difference except that Mom and Dad don't have to leave for work every morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580144 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:27:08 +0000 mrsjyw 580144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I would want to not worry about bills, set up funds for our kids to be financially secure, and donate the rest and spend the rest of my life doing charitable things and pursuing my hobbies and traveling.</p> <p>I would NOT spend an obscene amount of money on ridiculous things such as $100K birthday party. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580136 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:25:48 +0000 ladyfingers 580136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course I'd like an obscene amount of money. I'd like to think I wouldn't spend it on anything absurd or completely spoil my children, though. I'd rather set them up properly for the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580045 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:02:52 +0000 Bao 580045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will raise LO the same no matter how much money we had. We are on a pretty tight budget right now and it will probably stay that way. Even if I had $100,000 to spend on a party I absolutely would not. Such a waste of money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580040 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:02:07 +0000 blackbird 580040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd be totally ok with having an obscene amount of money. It can always go in the bank! I don't have the mentality to live it up a la a kardashian, but I don't think complaining about being too rich is a legit thing to complain about :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580037 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:01:51 +0000 MsLipGloss 580037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I agree. While I may make a couple of changes here and there that I wouldn't otherwise , the idea of taking money as a factor out of any and every equation is what appeals the most to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-580029 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:58:36 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 580029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't mind having a lot of disposable income because it's always nice to have that security, but I think it all depends on how it's used and I would want to continue to live simply and realistically so that my LO's never realize they come "from money". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579803 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:16:34 +0000 Smurfette 579803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to have all that money, only I wouldn't change that much about how we live now. It just would be so nice to have to worry/stress about money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579796 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:14:46 +0000 MrsSCB 579796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sure, having lots of money would make life a LOT easier and I wouldn't have to worry as much. We're not bad off, but we're definitely not rich. I don't think that being fabulously wealthy necessarily makes you more likely to spoil your kids. Maybe more able to, but if you really have the desire to keep your kids grounded, you can do it with or without lots of money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579786 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:12:47 +0000 MRSMATHY 579786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd love to have that much money--mainly so that we could be comfortable and debt-free, and so I could be a SAHM. But other than that, I don't think I would drastically change our living conditions. I don't want my children to be ill-prepared to work when they are adults and have to live in the real world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579776 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:10:08 +0000 KissMeCait 579776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@vnvdvci: I was fairly spoiled as well (only child, only grandchild) but I always appreciated what I had. I think that's the difference between these demon children who don't care about anyone and those who are just lucky. Having money and nice things doesn't make a kid rotten, the way they are raised does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579741 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:03:06 +0000 vnvdvci 579741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We-ell I think there are pros and cons. It's nice to have money of course but unless I have a SERIOUSLY obscene amount I'll always worry about how to maintain/keep it for the future. It doesn't take long for money to disappear....</p> <p>That said, I was totally spoiled as a kid and I like to think I turned out ok. My mom always warned me that she wouldn't be subsidizing my lifestyle when I moved out, and I was cool with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579676 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:48:09 +0000 Cherrybee 579676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd love to have an obscene amount of money!!! I don't think I'd ever be someone who spends 100k on a party. Flying all my friends and family to somewhere wonderful and paying for all their food and drink/spa treatments/excursions once a year - yes! But not elephants and shizz.....! I'd also hate for my children to be that spoilt.</p> <p>Money means two things to me: Security and freedom. I could definitely cope with more of that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579671 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:47:51 +0000 mediagirl 579671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just like to have enough to live where we want to live, with a lot of land and to be able to send our daughter to private grade school and college... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579653 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:45:08 +0000 KissMeCait 579653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mo' money, mo' problems. But I'd much rather deal with them in a mansion than some ratty apartment. So yea, I'd love to have an obscene amount of money. Having the ability to do whatever your heart desires is a beautiful thing. </p> <p>As for raising a spoiled brat, you don't need millions in the bank to accomplish that. There are plenty of children out there who don't give a rats ass about anything but themselves and their possessions even if that means mom and dad need to pick up a second job just to fund their lifestyles. It's all in how you raise your kids. Wealthy children can still be just as respectful as those who aren't as fortunate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579649 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:44:48 +0000 Lindsay05 579649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would like lots of money. I would spread it out to my family and contribute lots to different organizations. I would love to travel everywhere. However, I would like to have a reasonable size house and still do everything myself like cleaning, gardening etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579594 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:34:18 +0000 Modern Daisy 579594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually feel pretty lucky that I was raised modestly even though my parents are rich. Money complicates things, especially if you're showered with it before you know what it's like to have a job and support yourself.</p> <p>I think I would be okay with an obscene amount of money though. All DH and I want to do is act like we're retired - spend all day together watching TV and reading and go on vacations. So it would really support the lifestyle we've always wanted! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-want-to-have-an-obscene-amount-of-money#post-579593 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:33:34 +0000 hilsy85 579593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just because you have a lot of money doesn't mean that you will necessarily spend it on unreasonable or wasteful things like that. To me, having a lot of money means having the freedom to do the kind of work that you want, live where you want, and enjoy the leisure activities you want! Who wouldn't want that? :) </p> <p>I do agree though that it's a challenge to raise kids when you're very wealthy...DH's boss is a multi millionaire and takes his kids on these lavish vacations to India, Africa, Australia, etc. They're amazing experiences but I wonder if they think that traveling like that is "the norm". </p>