Most of your values and ideals are founded on your experiences. But if you have the best in life with almost no struggles in life, it will be difficult for you to relate to the woes of other people. This can make you say some out-of-touch statements that will leave others dumbfounded.
Here are 15 out-of-touch statements you’ll be shocked to hear from others.
1. You Won’t Be Happier at Work if You’re Paid More
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can help you solve so many problems you have in life. Someone who tells you that you won’t be happier at work if you’re paid more doesn’t know how money can be a huge motivator at work.
Besides the fact that it’s rude, you have different priorities, needs, and situations than other people. Others can’t dictate what can make you happier.
2. Buy A Home Once You Get Your Inheritance
Having an inheritance lying asleep in your family’s bank would be wonderful. You will often have to grind hard at work to get the money you need to buy a home.
Many people can’t afford the downpayment with just savings.
3. The Maid Can Just Drop Off Your Car
Some families have maids, but not everyone has the spare change from their expenses that they can hire maids to do their bidding.
If you need to have your car dropped off at the shop, you’ll just have to do it yourself. If not, you can just ask a good friend for a favor to do it for you.
4. Leave and Go to Your Second or Third Homes
A politician from England once advised people to go to their second or third homes to escape the approaching storm. Most people don’t have a choice but to weather and withstand storms unless it becomes critical that they need to evacuate to rescue facilities for safety.
5. Your Starting Pay Is Way More Than Your Dad’s
Some older generation parents forget the fact that inflation is a real thing. They’d often compare your salary and expenses to what they once had when they were young.
You should be financially better than your family since your higher pay is a big misconception. It might be true, but the cost of living has also increased so much that it’s a moot point.
6. You Seem Sad (At a Funeral)
At a funeral, it is given that everyone is grieving for the person who passed away. If someone tells you you seem sad, hearing it can be baffling.
7. Just Save Up and Pay Cash for a Starter Home
If your savings are enough to pay for a starter home, you are one of the few that can do that. Someone who’s saying that you can save up for your home means that you have a good income source with almost no regular expenses to worry about.
8. Got Your First Job? Get Out of the House
Your first reaction is absolute bliss when you finally have your first job. It’s a different story if your parents tell you to leave the house since you have an income now. The problem is that times have changed, and expenses are through the roof today compared to the past.
9. The Interest Means It Will Cost More Over Time
Mortgages are now out of reach for many Americans, but they remain to be the hope for many to get their own homes. Saying to just purchase a home in cash since the interest will make it cost more over time is an ignorant statement. They couldn’t afford it in cash, so they went with mortgages.
10. Aren’t You a Bit Too Old to Have a Grandma?
Some people are lucky to get to know their grandparents. Others don’t even remember what it feels like to have one. Asking some this phrase is both insensitive and intruding.
11. Rich People Invest Better Than Poor People
It’s ignorant to say that a rich person invests better than a poor person. The bitter truth is that when you give money to poor people, they have to spend it on their current needs. When you give it to rich people, they can invest the money to grow in the future.
12. Just Find a Rich Boyfriend
A Dutch minister once told women to get a rich boyfriend to afford housing and food. More than the fact that it’s insulting and demeaning, getting a rich boyfriend is never the solution. Creating a good policy for housing and food needs is the best move to take.
13. Go Door-To-Door to See if They’re Hiring
Today, everything is done online, including job applications and hiring. You can always go door-to-door, but sending applications online in the comfort of your home is better and more efficient. You won’t have to waste gas money, too, to personally visit companies.
14. “I’m Underpaid,” Says the Wife of a Multi-Millionaire
You would often hear the word “I’m underpaid” from other people and don’t bat an eye. It’s a different matter when it comes from the wife of a multi-millionaire who earns hundreds of thousands per year.
15. Pay Off Everything to Become a Millionaire
Have you heard of the book “Baby Steps To Become A Millionaire”? It says that the first step is to pay everything with cash, from houses to vehicles, as well as debts and insurance. The question is, “With that money?”
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