Which would you want?

I am the same way, I much prefer to be unknown and free to do what I want and be free of paparazzi watching my every move. I had a neighbor who wanted to be important so much that she embezzled $30,000 from our home owners association. Needless to say she became VERY important. She finally moved out of the area after she and her husband divorced and no one wanted anything to do with her.

I am trying to think of a way of having tons of money and being unknown and not having my daughter know I have the money. She is one that there isn't enough money in the world for her. She had the guts to email me and tell me that she wasn't materialistic...I hadn't heard a bigger load of crap in ages! She went ballistic when their motor home was broken into and a lot of their possessions were stolen. Yet if it was my stuff, it was okay to destroy it and not think twice about it. I am currently refinishing an antique end table that they destroyed the finish on and dug gouges into the wood, even though it was hard rock maple! It seems like every day I find new damage from when they lived with me for nine months. Also, if you're famous and rich you're going to have tons of "gimme" people with their hands out. I am in the process of writing a novel and I know that I will have people wanting donations and gifts of money...and at the front of the line will be my 35 year old daughter. I started a kind of fun discussion. You might want to check it out. Here's the URL: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1872414.aspx?p=0 One warning, if you have a weak stomach or bladder you might want to avoid the discussion. By law I have to add this warning!

Thank you. It is nice to have the funds behind you to do as you please, but being famous would be a royal pain in the fanny to me. Having the money so you know that there is no problems with paying your bills and having enough food is more important to me.

The only problem with trying to go away on a vacation when you're famous is that you really don't get a vacation! You will be recognized and be hounded by fans. By being in a situation where you're comfortable you can still go on that vacation and enjoy yourself, but you won't be going totally first class.

That is an excellent thought, but think about being famous in this world. I would be really concerned about stalkers, sickos and others. Like in John Lennon's case where some idiot who had a thing for another person shot him. Being famous you don't have much privacy and your every move is watched. Even if you don't do anything the tabloids make things up about what you're doing. Give me comfortable any day!