Those who have, have, and those who can, can - that's how many a fairy tale begins. Still, looking rich and being rich are two different things. Some people adorn themselves with borrowed feathers and show off more appearance than substance. But how do you look rich even when you're not? There are ways and means to draw envious glances. Personality also matters a great deal, so that you leave others believing that looking rich comes first.

But please, with class

Your arms and hands don't have to droop under all that gold and silver just to show who you are. But for anyone who wants to keep up, here's the path:

  • Take out a loan, because looking rich doesn't come out of nowhere
  • Lease a sports car
  • Pay for expensive handbags on credit
  • Replicas also work for show
  • You have to become one with being rich
  • Act as if everyone else were your subordinate
  • Hang out on golf courses and in luxury hotels

All this can even land you a rich partner, so it's a matter of knowing how. Unfortunately, we live in a time where wealth counts, not the person. Still, humanity should never fall by the wayside, and standards shouldn't sink either.

To each their own

Looking rich is one thing, being rich is another league entirely. Not all well-off people carry their wealth around with them. They wear ordinary clothes and drive a mid-range car. That protects against envious glances, because they want to go through life as inconspicuously as possible. But if you want to show off, go ahead, to each their own. And so there are people who show off things that don't belong to them. Borrowed and leased, lent and bought on credit, but that's one way to do it too. To each their own, but please, everyone stay grounded in reality. It's not money that counts, but whether you're happy and content. Only then do you radiate contentment. You can't buy happiness and health. Anyone who absolutely wants to look rich apparently lacks self-esteem.

Simply normal and down-to-earth
The media almost dictates a lifestyle: a big car, a fat wallet and otherwise nothing behind it. Looking rich is attractive, no doubt. Still, being simply normal and down-to-earth is more lasting. Wealth can slip through your fingers and you're left truly empty-handed. If you live frugally, you get more out of life and don't have to worry about money. Many lottery winners have been ruined that way too, because money took on a certain power over their lives. A fairy tale that doesn't end well and instead leads into a vicious circle.