I'm rich as hell and not gonna take it anymore

[Clodfobble]

Speaking of being "rich as hell"... having just come out of the holidays-with-the-extended-family shenanigans, I have to vent.

I swear to god, at least half the conversations my mother-in-law starts involve what she would do if she were incredibly wealthy. Am I the only one who finds such conversations to be utterly pointless at best, and infuriatingly stupid at worst? Who cares what you would do if you won the lottery? You won't (most notably because you don't even play,) so why do we have to suffer through your mundane fantasies every damn time we see you? Her attitude towards wealth in general is that it's just some accident that happens to lucky people--she was honestly dumbfounded when my husband commented that if she'd wanted to be rich, she wouldn't have become a schoolteacher and married a guy with a geography degree. I guess she always believed that if she were a good person, she would just somehow magically end up rich for her efforts.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Speaking of being "rich as hell"... having just come out of the holidays-with-the-extended-family shenanigans, I have to vent.

The floor is yours.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I swear to god, at least half the conversations my mother-in-law starts involve what she would do if she were incredibly wealthy...

At this point you put on your best Clodfobble smile and look her in the eye and sweetly say:
"Yep. And if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle."

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Am I the only one who finds such conversations to be utterly pointless at best, and infuriatingly stupid at worst?

Not at all.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Who cares what you would do if you won the lottery?

the IRS is really the only one who cares, in fact. Maybe a few telelmarketers.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

You won't (most notably because you don't even play,) so why do we have to suffer through your mundane fantasies every damn time we see you?

Honey, we go through this everytime something bad happens to you, remember? It was because you were a republican in your past life.