Anyone who tells you, 'Money is the Root of all Evil...'

...wants yours

The Beatles once said, 'I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love'

And Chris Janson once said, 'But it can buy me a boat'

No prizes for guessing which one I prefer

30 reasons you don't really want to be super-rich

The original Lovemoney.com article seems to have disappeared, but MSN has it in full. For every reason they think I might not want to be super rich, I can give them 30 more why I would 

I'm not going to fisk all 30 reasons, as some of them are quite boring, like, 'Your kids might be unmotivated. I don't have kids, but if I did, I'm sure I could motivate my foot up their arse if necessary

Some deserve a second look though

It doesn't necessarily buy you happiness

Let's assume for a minute that it doesn't buy happiness, as Chris says above, it can buy a boat. Along with lots of other nice things. Things which themselves are likely to bring happiness

If you find a rich person who is unhappy, I guarantee you the root of their unhappiness is not their money. If you took all their money away, that would just make them even more depressed. Life is not like the Christmas movies where the protagonist discovers love is all they need

Even if it doesn't necessarily buy you happiness, it probably will 

What you have is never enough

That doesn't make a lick of sense. If you're rich as a king and still want more, how much more would you want if you were penniless?

Other people probably hate you

Other people probably hate you anyway. I would rather be disliked with money in the bank than without

You're a prime target for crime

Install CCTV. Live in a gated community. Hire a bodyguard

If you live on a jam but estate with no money, you're still a target for crime as the other local scrotes on the estate will always be ready to nick your plasma TV as soon as your back is turned. At least with cash you can hire an assassin and have them taken care of

You're more vulnerable to being sued

That one's true. Nobody will sue you if you have nothing, but if you're rich, scavengers will always be looking for a way to get some of your cash

I suppose the trick is not to flaunt your wealth (spread it around and keep it hidden) and not to do anything that might get you sued. Fending off lawsuits from scavengers has far more advantages than not having anything those people would want

You could be bled dry by a gold digger

Indeed you could, but only if you let it happen. Take a look in the mirror and ask if that attractive lady half you age wants you for who you are or what you have

And you know what? Only rich people have gold diggers chasing them. Some will chose to use it to their advantage. Throw a peanut here and there, you get what you want, they get what they want. Just don't marry them

You're likely to be bored...

How? You can afford to do whatever you want

Ok, it might be tempting for a rich person who, say, collects Star Wars figures, to have someone go out and buy them all the Star Wars figures. That could lead to boredom, but that's not the way to do hobbies

I have a ZX Spectrum and collect games for it. Over the last 12 months I've spent £74 on games. If I was stinking filthy rich I would have spent the same amount. It's not about buying the games, it's about finding them. The search is as good as the playing

If you don't want to collect stuff, learn something. You've got money, learn to ride a horse or play the drums

Boredom is for poor people with a mortgage and too many kids who work all week and spend the weekend sitting around drinking cans, as they can't afford to do anything else. It sticks with them when they get to retirement; they're institutionalised in the working life and don't have a pension big enough to afford to do stuff anyway

Your stress levels will be high

As Chandler Bing once said, "Oh, no! Two women love me. They're both gorgeous and sexy. My wallet's too small for my fifties, and my diamond shoes are too tight!"

Sounds stressful to me

You're probably out of touch with society

To me, that sounds like a feature rather than a bug. I could be off on my private jet to places most people have never heard of, while society are taking their COVID tests and demanding the Government lock them down harder 

You could be racked with guilt

I wouldn't

I started this post by saying the people who say money is evil, only do it because they want yours. 

I'll finish by saying, guilt is how they get it

Nope. I can categorically state that being super rich would indeed make me happy. And if any multi-billionaires out there want to put it to the test by giving me a couple, I'm all for it