Hi Rich bitch, I sometimes wonder if its just money that we are talking about, then why are we so obsessed with it? I always want more; do you feel the same way?  Regards Moneyminded

Hi moneyminded, money controls everything. In some cases it even controls whether we live or die. Not everyone is obsessed with money, admittedly, but enough people are obsessed with money to make a strong argument that money is powerful. Yet money, as a physical object, is just a thing you can drop on the floor and step on, tear up (if it’s made of paper), toss away, take a hammer to and physically surmount in every way. At the end of the day you don’t really have to have money to survive. There are shelters that will feed you and clothe you if you can’t feed and clothe yourself. Still, the shelters get the food and clothes from somewhere. At some point money was needed to feed and clothe you even if you did not provide it yourself.
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Dear Rich bitch, How far do you think luck plays a part in a person’s fortune making effort? Do you think people like Rowling get plain lucky or is it because they have worked so hard that  their time has come? Selena

Dear Selena, luck is a very interesting concept. Some like to argue there is no such thing, but some people’s lives change entirely on account of being in the right place at the right time, and on the other side are those lives that change for the worse on account of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you replace the word luck with fortune then people are more willing to agree that some people are inordinately more fortunate than others and some people are just as inordinately less fortunate than others.
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Dear Rich Bitch, I’ve been thinking, does too much money corrupt a person ? Look at the lives of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. They have done drugs, caused accidents, spoiled their lives because they have plenty of money. Is it because they have a lot of money and don’t know what to do with it ? Wondergirl

Dear Wondergirl, it is not my personal opinion that having too much money was the cause of all the wild, unruly behavior on the part of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears in the past. I believe that these two girls, or rather women (they are both closer to 30 than 20) simply needed attention. In that way they are no different from any other person who acts out to get attention.
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Dear Rich bitch, I see all these reality shows where people do all kinds of crazy things to earn a huge prize money. How far do you think a woman would compromise to get a million dollars? anonymous

Dear anonymous, money talks as they say, and even though a million dollars today isn’t what it was twenty years ago, it’s still a million dollars, and there are women who could compromise themselves in significant ways for that amount of money.

While it was just a Hollywood film, the movie “Indecent Proposal” which starred Demi Moore, Robert Redford and Woody Harrelson addressed the exact question. Just how far would a woman go for a million dollars?
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Dear Rich bitch, Do you think young women these days look for security rather then love and that most women prefer to marry older guys who are loaded than to marry a younger guy who doesn’t have much? Do you think its right to compromise like this? A worried mother

Dear worried mother, young women today seem more concerned with looks and love that they are with money. Women are encouraged nowadays to go out and make their own money, and today’s young women are even more ambitious and more determined to be independently successful than their mothers.

With so much emphasis placed on female empowerment it would seem less likely that young women today would marry older men with money for the promise of financial security. At the same time they might not give a younger guy the time of day if he doesn’t have anything to offer.
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Dear Rich bitch, People keep saying you can be either happy or rich. I personally feel that money can buy you a lot of happiness and most people are in fact happy when they are rich. What is your take on it ? Thanks in advance

Dear Thanks in advance, I’m not sure I believe that you can’t be both happy and rich. You can be miserable and poor so why not happy and rich?

If it was the case that you could only be one or the other, then poor people would be happy because they don’t have any money, and rich people would be unhappy because they have money.

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Dear Richbitch, I’ve been thinking. Why is that most people when they become rich forget their manners and behave obnoxiously? Does being rich means not being a good human being? Curious

Dear Curious, I have never really known any truly rich people personally. I know some people who are very well off but not necessarily rich. I’ve known some people who have gone on to become rich and famous, but my association with them ended before fame struck and fortune rained down. As such my answer to this question should be considered to be based on generalizations and assumptions.

People who have money tend to think they are better than people who don’t; and this is not necessarily their own fault.
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Dear Rich bitch, I love diamonds and it’s my heartfelt desire to wear a couple of big ones. Do you think that diamonds are a girl’s best friend? Material girl

Dear Material girl, I am one of those rare females who isn’t particularly fond of jewelry; however I can appreciate a pretty gem when I see one. As for your question, do I think that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, well, the first thing that comes to mind is that song from 80′s “Diamond’s are a girl’s best Friend”. I’m not sure if it was a Janet Jackson, Latoya Jackson or Paula Abdul song, and I’m disinclined to Google it right now.
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Dear Rich Bitch, What is the most precious thing on earth according to you that all the money in the world can’t buy ? Thanks, Selena

Dear Selena, thanks for that question. Sometimes I get so pre-occupied with this whole money thing that I forget to give my time and attention to anything else. Sometimes we take life for granted. We get wrapped up in things like depression over money when there are people in our lives who would give anything just to hear us laugh or see us smile.
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This is as much for myself as for any reader who might be following along on my insane journey as I try to overcome poverty. I still have not reached rich bitch status. Far from that I made 57 cents from all my blogs and websites combined yesterday and lost $69.00 trading forex. It might explain why I’m drinking port straight from the bottle. My forex trading adventure is not going fantastically, but I haven’t given up on it. I intend to see it through until my account is wiped out. Of course it would be wonderful if things could turn around and my account could double and tripple instead of getting wiped out, but for the moment it’s not looking like I will get rich trading forex.

I was going through some depression in the last several days and starting to doubt anything will ever change for me. Some of the conversations I’ve had with myself have centered around the thought that maybe I am not meant to have anything. Right now I am still sleeping on a twin air bed. I’ve slept either on an airbed or on the floor since 2005. It’s gotten to where it’s become the norm, and the idea of a bed seems like wanting or asking for too much. How dare I not be satisfied that at least I have an airbed to sleep on?

Needless to say when you think like that it makes it easier to give up on something like trying to make money and become a “rich bitch”. What kind of ambition is that after all? But then I have to remind myself that I’m not just trying to make money. This is not about being able to live in the lap of luxury. The truth of the matter is that I don’t need material things to feel good about myself and about my life; but I do need that feeling that comes from knowing you accomplished what you set out to achieve. I do need the joy that comes from fulfilling your goals; and I won’t pretend I don’t still dream of being able to travel and see the world, of having the leisure to play tennis with my husband before he becomes too old, of being able to lounge by the pool watching my husband swim laps and being reminded of how I fell in love with him watching him swim in the ocean. And those are just the selfish pleasures about which I fantasize. There is so much that I want to do and I need money in order to do the things I want to do.

So as I sit here breaking my rule about drinking, I remind myself and remind you to keep on trying no matter what. Don’t give up on yourself. Don’t give up on your dreams.

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