i know about these things.

Wealth is a great thing. It comes in many different forms and generally means that one is doing well and has an abundance of positivity in some area. However, monetary wealth seems to have a few different behavioral paths associated with it, one of which I have chosen to detail.

I know many "rich" people. Strange that even with all of the rich folks who have befriended me in my life, I'm still broke as fuck, but that's neither here nor there. Now, this is in no way aimed at my wealthy friends, because by virtue of them being my friends, I obviously don't find the unsavory behavior in them.

That said, I have observed that with extreme wealth comes extreme "wisdom" and "knowledge", which seem to spring forth abundantly from the dollar bills in which these lucky millionaires bathe. Every time a dollar is spent, a new wrinkle appears in the rich person's brain. It's an amazing phenomenon and with all of this accrued wisdom, the rich person is both able and willing to spread his or her knowledge around for the rest of the lesser world to digest.

Now I must digress for a moment and note that wealth does provide the rich with access to places and experiences that the poor or non-rich will probably never have. The finer things are the norm for these people and they have the ability to travel and spend as the rest of us will never be able to do. It's envious, but most of us don't seem to be any worse for it so personally, I don't care. But this does mean that the rich may have some above-board knowledge on things such as which is the best pate, which champagnes and wines are the finest, and what thread count feels the most comfy to sleep on each night.

I would also be remiss however, if I didn't point out that the rich person misses out on many things that the rest of the world is totally familiar with. They are so busy being clean and untouchable, that the wonders of the real world, often tends to pass them by, as do the bulk of people skills, obtained by going through life in a world where money does not solve any and all problems.

We, the non-rich, know about things such as hole-in-the-wall restaurants, fixing plumbing crises ourselves and waiting for long periods of time on the phone or in person to resolve shopping or customer service issues. Due to these activities, the non-rich person develops a strange skill called patience. This is not to say that the non-wealthy person exhibits this at all times. Nor is it meant to claim that rational behavior comes only from those without access to Van Cleef & Arpels or Hermes.

One cannot help but notice that the higher the tax bracket, the shorter the fuse and when the fuse is lit, it's only a matter of moments until our rich subject explodes upon the world and claims absolution by virtue of that mysterious aforementioned "knowledge", gained by a life of wealth and leisure. It causes this person to utter such phrases as "Don't contest me on this, I know about these things," when involved in conversations on subjects which require no such assertion. But you know, this first little mention is only a drop in the bucket pulled up from the well o' dollars. More to come for sure.