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When millionaires lose friends, it's often chalked up to envy. The truth is more complicated. (www.businessinsider.com)

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Still, millionaires aren't devoid of relationship issues. In some ways, they can experience wholly unique ones, because "the world is not very compassionate to that kind of trouble and pain," Amanda Clayman, a financial therapist who hosts Fresh Produce Media's Audible series "Emotional Investment," told Business Insider.

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[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In my experience, it's because as part of becoming millionaires they also become obnoxious money-obsessed losers who are totally unenjoyable to talk to

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’ve known only one person with money as a friend and the only reason they were tolerable was because they never brought it up. They were just very successful at what they did and made really good money doing it, but that was only a slice of the type of person they were.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So he was still a worker, like the rest of us. I think that makes a pretty big difference.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago

That could be anything from a high paying profession to owning a business.

It is likely more that the struggles of people with wealth are going to sound like pitiful willing to the struggles of people without wealth. To maintain the friendships across economic classes, wealth isn't discussed.

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I had a friend that complained to me a few times about not feeling wealthy. This is someone with a household income 15X what I did.

After that I couldn't not judge all the money being carelessly spent in front of me.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago

For some people, money isn't a number but an on/off switch.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

its when you reach the 10s of million range is when you begin to really detach from reality.