Money changes everything?

yes,money really can change peoples,I know many such cases,when they are poor they are good person which they really were but once they got money they just changed.especially being rich suddenly or unearned.it's unfortunately but this really happens.I am confused why they changed so quickly

It's unfortunate that sometimes money really does change people, and, often times, not for the better. Like you, if I ever came into money, I would hope I would stay mostly the same and remain the down-to-earth person I always have been, and not thinking I am better than others. Money can buy many many things, but it can't buy good character.

Yes me too!! Sounds to me like she has forgotten where she came from. But it seems to happen often that people will change in such circumstances. I find it quite sad. I will get rich one day soon and tell you if I change or not. Okay? hahahaha! Take care, happy mylotting.

I think it is all related... if you grow up with not much money in the family, lot of brothers and sisters and always having to share and never have anything for yourself and always seeing your friends have and you never get... and later in life come into some money...yeah. you are going to want to "buy" what you never had and always wanted. Alot of that I think is just natural human instinct. IF it wasn't, why would anyone want more than just a minimum wage job and a little apartment and a bicycle? You want more salary so you can buy more things for yourself and family. If you never had those options, you'll want to get them whenever you can The annoying part is when they feel they have to throw it in your face as to the fact that "see, now I have things when before I didn't". But then again, its just a part of fear - if they have it now, they have to do whatever they can to keep it.. even if that means thowing their weight around to others just to make sure everyone knows they AREN'T that way anymore. This is one of those things, that unless it happened to you as it happened to them, you wouldn't understand why they feel they have to be that way. And if someone was poor and came into money...the odds of them staying in the "poor" mentality would be slim to none - "I have plenty of money, but since I have always been poor and done without, I think I will just stay that way". THen on the other side, would I do that? In my case I have never had much, did without alot of things. Now for the first time in my life my husband is making a fantastic salary! I can go to Target and buy anything I want! OR to JC Penny or Macy's or any other store and I could pretty much buy what ever I want... do I do that? No. Why... Because over the years, I have learned I don't really need all that stuff. DO I need a wide screen tv? No, so why waste money on it - the one I have is just fine. Do I need to buy more expensive clothes? No, what I have it just fine. I have learned that you don't have to have all the best, all the time and keep up with the Jones's. One of the things that I always wanted was my own room. More than anyone has ever wanted anything, I wanted my own room. I shared a room (and double bed) with my sister from the day she was born (3 years younger than me) tlll the day I moved out the day before my wedding day. THen I started sharing with my husband for the last 30 years. Now, I have my own room and what do I do? I have incorporatd all my grand daughters things so they have a room when they come to spend the night with us. Their stuff is on one side, my computer etc is on the other. So coming into money can go both ways!

Well it makes sense for a few to change by moving up the tax bracket. You can't obviously wear the same clothes that you once wore when you meet wealthier people. And if you used to be poor then maybe now's the time to live that kind of life that you wanted. Perhaps your friend was just repressing her love for brand name stuff when you were in school together because she knew that she coulndn't afford it. I'd be a bit jealous and mad if my friend turned out that way but at the same time, I'll be happy for her.

It's not only money. I know I wouldn't change, because I haven't. When I was growing up, I was the poorest of the poor. I've worked very hard to be in the middle class. but I still hoard my money, and don't dress fancy, or spend a lot on anything. Except for my addictions, books and movies. Even there, I've cut down a lot! But I met a girl at work. She was the nicest person. But she'd lost all her teeth, so even though she was young she looked old. She also dressed like the rest of us. AFter a year, she took a week's vacation. She came back with new teeth and a completely different wardrobe. She also treated the common folk like filth and moved with the snobby set there. She moved up the corporate ladder quite fast after that. She was very much into cutting people down then too. Stupid, I think.

No, but I know some people who went the opposite way. They started out with silver spoons and had to learn to work when the money ran out. Surprisingly, they got a lot nicer so I think it works in reverse also.

money is the root of all evil this is because she never had it and now that she do she has forgotten how it feels to not have.i have seen this happen to a lot of people it can turn you into a monster if you are not careful.money has a way of changing people it can be very scary.

[i]I know it happens to many people but so far, I haven't known anyone who was changed after they become rich and successful. I have friends in College and who are very successful this time but they are the same. When I meet them once in our Country, as if we are still the students in the past who eats in one plate, sleep in the floor and do silly things together![/i]

Yes I agree. Money does change everything for the reason that you can buy what you needed and even those you don't need. The attitude of the person with lots of money even changes, some may be intelligent enough to handle the money and they do everything to make it grow and there are those because this is the only time they had experience handling loads of money all of what they wanted they got it. The thinking of the person who handles lots of money is that they are powerful because they can do whatever they wanted. they can pay even highest price. But remember a money even if you had millions will lose in your hand if you do not handle it properly.

well, if you have not had that much money in the past, and suddenly all that changed. It seems that peoples mind turn it self up. Not thinking wisely about how to spend them, they starts to shop, start to by all the stuff they had in their dreams but never could have, be couse of the lack of money. It´s like being a kid again. I read in the paper a coule of days ago about the man who won the largest sum of money ever won before. He is now six years later wishing that he did not had that money. I guess it is overwelming for them, their mind stops working. Anyways, he have no friends left, since they borrowed money from him and never returned them. He has no money left, Oh, he started out ok, by try to help his community and start helping schools, and things like that. But, he also started the bad behavior him self and today he is a criminal. Money does not alwasy make people happy, and it shore does change their attitude. If I would ever come a cross to a lot of money, I have my doing in my mind. And that is shore not changing my attitude. I would be debt free, I would save for my pension, and I would also make shore that My kids are taken care of and give them a god start in life. Go around and start by stuff I really not need is not the way to go. I know the valu of money and I rather work hard for it, than be given on a silverplate.

Oh, how sad. But then--you can give her an excuse. She never had the chance to experience life's luxuries, so of course she'd want to have a taste of that, too. But then, also--haha!! I'm so sorry--just because she's now well-off and everything doesn't mean that she gets to be a socialite brat. She wants that high life, the designer clothes, but she should have thought that she's more than the clothes she wears, the food she's eaten, the places she's been to. However, if she's still not getting around to that concept, I'm pretty sure the big guy upstairs will do something about that, though. I hope she still thinks it over and changes. It'd be hard for her to start from the bottom, rise above, and then sink back down again.

Yes. Money does change everything. If you're poor then your probably don't have designer clothes only cheap stuff. But this could be a good thing because you aren't some stuck up snob. But if your rich you have good looks and designer clothes and you can be either down to earth or stuck up. Money never changed me. It never will.

Aw, that's sad that she's changed so much. I dislike people who have the "money can buy everything" complex. She just let her great lifestyle get to her head since she used to be so poor. It's a brutal truth that many people, despite how they may deny it beforehand, would have a changed personality when they're rich.