Curious, any members get ridiculed by family members for their Rolexes?

[HogwldFLTR]

My family hasn't figured out how many I have. Frankly they don't need to know and I don't need to broadcast it.

[foodle]

I say drive your best car and wear your most expensive watch. Tell them exactly how much it was and how hard you had to work to earn the money. The more it bothers you, the more they'll ridicule you. Standard bully behavior.

I'm not really sure what there is to ridicule about having a nice watch. If you can afford it and your family's taken care of, it's none of their business what you do with your disposable income. I'm sure they have some hobby/mistress/drug habit they spend their spare cash on too.

Luckily my family (by blood and in-laws) isn't the type to ridicule (or fart in each others cars on purpose).

[louis redfoot]

Originally Posted by foodle

I'm not really sure what there is to ridicule about having a nice watch. If you can afford it and you're family's taken care of, it's none of their business what you do with your disposable income. I'm sure they have some hobby/mistress/drug habit they spend their spare cash on too.

could be as simple as a vacation. first class tickets vs coach, that's enough to get a rolex

[threemonkeys]

If only you could choose your family members. Like a comment above, I've cut out various family members from my life and spend time with people I truly love and respect.

[Wesley Crusher]

Originally Posted by threemonkeys

If only you could choose your family members. Like a comment above, I've cut out various family members from my life and spend time with people I truly love and respect.

Smart man. I have friends who hate some of their family members, but continue to put up with their nonsense because they are "family." I don't get people like that. I have a number of rotten apples in my family and I've completely cut them out of my life. If I never see or hear from them again, better for me. Now, my family consists of people who love, care, and enjoy spending time with each other. Life is too short to put up with BS.

[thomaspp]

No. That sounds uncool.

[Laszlo]

I honestly have never had an issue with family, everyone works hard and have their ways of enjoying whatever it is that makes them happy. What I do though is use my head and try not to show up to a kid's birthday party, when I know some of the parents are struggling, wearing a Rolex or pull up in a fancy car. I am sensitive of how others feel and respectful of other's lifestyles.

[Kingair]

No family member ever did it or tried it

No Bros or Sis

If someone ever tried to 'fax' in my car I'll kick his ass ;)

HAGOne

[Danny83]

Actually most of my family will do a double take when im wearing yellow, but nobody ever comments.

[rg9390]

Not the in-law side. My mother in-law have no idea what type of watch I am wearing. I brought her a Tissot in Geneva before, and she is very content with it, but she probably think it is a Seiko.

It's my parents that make a fuss over it. They are the one that brought me into luxury watches since childhood, telling me about the TT DateJust that my father wears. Now, when I buy a new watch, they say that I am a big spender, and should save some money for this and that... Then when I show them the watches I brought, they would look at it, and say this is a nice one, or they other one you brought before was better...

[GB-man]

I drive a 911 and go about wearing my Rolex around family and friends alike. My family is a small, very tightly knit group so it's beyond a non issue there.

My friends usually ask about new watches, but knowing me and my love for watches, they don't do so in a negative tone.

Anyone who displays jealousy around me is dead to me. I don't flaunt money or talk about money, so I don't tolerate others making off color commentary.

[AndyK]

Thankfully nobody I know seems to notice.

[nameIess]

Yes, my brother and my father... but mostly my brother. They're always annoying me for my Rolex and my car.

Maybe because we're all wearing same brand of watches and driving same brands of cars ;p

[GradyPhilpott]

My sister acts as if it is a personal affront that I own Rolex watches, while she and her husband are still struggling after the 2008 crash, along with medical bills for my sister's rheumatoid arthritis and associated ailments.

I have helped them in the past, but when I was struggling to eat and pay the utilities, while I was going to school and they were riding high, they offered me nothing.

Of course, there's a deeper problem here than just jealousy and entire books have been written about such, so there's not a lot that I can do about it, even if I wanted, too.

[gougy]

Luckilly noone from the family cares about how I spend my money (even my better half enjoys my hobby). But there was one exeption - my cousin and his wife. It ended the easy way - I borrowed them few hundred dollars and for more than three years in a row they somehow never attended the same family session as we do :D :D

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by gougy

I borrowed them few hundred dollars and for more than three years in a row they somehow never attended the same family session as we do

Practically, the same story as mine.

My sister and her husband still owe me money, but I consider that to be a cheap price to pay to keep them at a distance.

[gougy]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

My sister and her husband still owe me money, but I consider that to be a cheap price to pay to keep them at a distance.

I could not agree more

[louis redfoot]

Originally Posted by gougy

I could not agree more

really? sometimes i wonder if it's better to ignore and move on, or call them out and rub it in, just to drive the point home. maybe i just like taking people to school... i doubt that's illegal

[gougy]

Originally Posted by louis redfoot

really? sometimes i wonder if it's better to ignore and move on, or call them out and rub it in, just to drive the point home. maybe i just like taking people to school... i doubt that's illegal

I never question their reason not to come for dinner, neither I am going to give them hard time because of money (common, its a family..).
Also it would not be me to teach I just hope they grow up one day and understand there are much more important things in life but money..

If it was not about family - different story - I do not like to be a guinea pig for the project "how far can scammer go"

[foodle]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

My sister and her husband still owe me money, but I consider that to be a cheap price to pay to keep them at a distance.

I learned from lending my brother-in-law money, that I should always consider any money "lent" to relatives as a gift. I never have any expectation of seeing the money ever again, no matter how much they promise about paying us back. Makes it easier for me to mentally accept it when they never pay a dime back.

[melons]

Originally Posted by foodle

I learned from lending my brother-in-law money, that I should always consider any money "lent" to relatives as a gift. I never have any expectation of seeing the money ever again, no matter how much they promise about paying us back. Makes it easier for me to mentally accept it when they never pay a dime back.

We learned a similar lesson from my SIL, when we stopped loaning money we stopped hearing from her.

[Rosex]

no comments ever..no one cares, no one notices (I think)...

[fmc000]

Originally Posted by melons

We learned a similar lesson from my SIL, when we stopped loaning money we stopped hearing from her.

Hey, this is not fair! You're not supposed to get a double bonus with a single move!!

[Thunderball57]

Originally Posted by foodle

I learned from lending my brother-in-law money, that I should always consider any money "lent" to relatives as a gift. I never have any expectation of seeing the money ever again, no matter how much they promise about paying us back. Makes it easier for me to mentally accept it when they never pay a dime back.

You've got that straight.

[Passionata]

Not a single issue yet.

[GolfPunk]

Personally I don't understand why certain people are saying they wouldn't wear a Rolex in front of friends or family, in reality, if almost any member of working society desired a Rolex badly enough, they would find a way of acquiring one, they are not PP expensive.

If someone notices and comments in a negative way, I just say, each to their own, but then I know that 9/10 cases it's pure jealousy.

I wear my clothes, drive my car and wear my watches for me and not for anyone else so I wear them wherever I go without giving a s#$t what others may think.

[bridgs]

Originally Posted by GolfPunk

Personally I don't understand why certain people are saying they wouldn't wear a Rolex in front of friends or family, in reality, if almost any member of working society desired a Rolex badly enough, they would find a way of acquiring one, they are not PP expensive.

If someone notices and comments in a negative way, I just say, each to their own, but then I know that 9/10 cases it's pure jealousy.

I wear my clothes, drive my car and wear my watches for me and not for anyone else so I wear them wherever I go without giving a s#$t what others may think.

As many have stated I have the same issue with family and friends. I have not "made it" as some have but I like Rolex and want to wear it. I do not wear it around family members and some friends as they just don't understand. I just slip it off and into my pocket it goes. That way we can have a civil experience and the wife, kids and I can go home at the end of the evening, and all is well.

[locutus49]

Wow, and I thought I was the only one with screwed up family. Makes me feel normal.

[fmc000]

You know, guys, this is really a great thread. I began reading it only because I had 5 minutes off at work but now I feel that these have been some of my best 5 minutes ever.

@OP: great idea for a thread.

[scranger]

Only when I wear them with white socks.