Buying friendship with gifts

I've once read a story about a multimillionaire in the Daily paper like decades ago. How he went from riches to rock bottom trying to buy expensive gifts for his fake friends who simply abandoned him the moment he went broke.

[Random two cent mind dump]

Made me think about a post a few days ago. How easily people can take advantage of these types of people. I don't think I could accept free stuff ...it makes one feel obligated to them... nothing in life is free without any consequences.

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FullerSchmidt · 36-40, MVIP

Shame on those friends for taking those gifts.
He thought he was buying friendship, however he was only ever leasing company.

Deep down, most humans are jealous, particularly of people who consider themselves "rich". You see, regardless of how much money I had, I would never consider myself "rich" (until of-course I managed to top Elon Musk's fortune and become the wealthiest man in the world, then it's undeniable) but until then, depending on who you compare yourself to, you're also dirt poor.

No matter how generous he was, nothing would make those people genuinely like him, because deep down they all wanted his demise and failure.

He would have been better off either making friends who had more money than him, or simply not disclosing his wealth to his friends. After all, what is the point of money. If it's to spend on lavish lifestyles, then he got what he wanted.

The fact that he didn't invest it, such that he could have lived a modest but comfortable life, without ever needing to work again, proves that he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Not that he would have to stop working. Personally, I love my job, and I wouldn't stop doing it, even if I was wealthy enough not to need to.