When I was growing up my parents made millions and lost millions due to my dad trying to make more and not working out. I know alot of people who are paycheck to paycheck who are happy with everything as long as their kids are fed and clothed and are able to get an education. And then I know people who are very unhappy because they have money everyone wants a piece and their kids are spoiled beyond belief which happens alot around where I live in North Dallas. The High School has a $50MM Football Stadium for a 5-4A Football team LOL it is bigger than the SMU College Stadium and they think we need another one. The parking lot looks like a Cars and Coffee gathering with Porsche, Lambo, MB, BMW and Lexus everywhere in the student parking and all the teachers are older regular cars.
I sure like having money vs not having money but as people say "Mo Money Mo Problems!" People think I am well off because we have nice cars and a nice house with a Theater Room and my floors are Granite and Wood everywhere. But I built it because I can't go to movie theaters because most aren't handicapped accessible for me so I built my own theater and I did 3,000sq ft of wood and tile so my scooter will roll good
But I paid for all my toys during the Mortgage boom which I was in for 10 years and had a lot of people working for me doing the same.
People do treat me different if I wear my Rolex out to places. I can go into a jewelry store or maybe BestBuy and nobody will come and ask if I need any help. But if I am wearing my watch we can't beat em off with a stick it's crazy how the same people change. I had the same experience when we were at AEE and ANME in January out in Vegas. We were out on the west coast for 14 days and the reps in the booths treated me different every time. Some of the reps from StockRoom and njoy and Entrenue were cool no matter what they were nice. But some of the big manufacturer reps din't even say hi when I was in their booths like DJ and TC who I sell toys from them daily. The first time I turned my watch around and we went back by the very same people the ladies at the TC booth stopped us and asked if we had any questions LOL and not an hour earlier they didn't say a word.
It may not be the same for everyone but in my situation with my disease people are afraid to come and talk to me unless they know I can afford to do business with them or think I can. I know alot of people stereotype handicapped people because there are alot of people who are on government assistance or SSI/Medicaid who couldn't afford to buy jewelry at Zales or a car at the Cadillac dealer but I am not one. YMMV