Did wealth ruined your faith in mankind?

[Yzord]

(at first, my english isn't very well, so i'm sorry for that)

I came from the bottom. My parents were very poor and my main goal in life when my wife told me she wanted kids was that i would give them all they need. At first i didn't wanted kids, because my childhood was very bad. I couldn't give them the future they needed, but my girlfriend (now my wife) was such a hot lady so when she told me her dream was to have kids i had to change my opinion not wanting them.

So the battle started 12 years ago. How could i ever give them what they need? I tried different things, like working of course, but i had no real education, because of my childhood, so that was pretty bad when i saw my paycheck at the end of the month. So i started in investing. First i did stocks/forex, which is pretty boring and not gave me the wealth i needed. So in 2012 i stopped with stocks/forex and invested all what i had in stocks in Bitcoin and later on in other crypto currencies. Now in 2017 i am a millionaire.

When i became a millionaire I was a very happy man of course. My life goal was fulfilled. I created funds for my kids which are going to be released when they will become 18 and me and my wife can do things now which we only could dreamed off a few years back.

On Mothers day i took my mam to the big city and told her that she could buy everything she wanted that day. She is an old lady now with a very small retirement. So I thought she would buy the whole shopping mall. But all my precious mam wanted was a summer jacket and flowers. I had to push her to accept an expensive perfume bottle for mothers day from me. I was shocked, but it also showed me that money isn't everything in life to be happy. It even made me think about give some of my wealth to poor people on holidays where i come, like Thailand (poor farmers which lost their harvest) or Indonesia (orphanages). It gives me a good feeling and it always remembers me to my mam that little things in life can make people happy.

But I am experiencing also very nasty things. Things which i can't handle. When i bought my Rolex's my Breitlings were eating dust, so when my parents in law came yesterday for my birthday i thought "why not give one of my Breitlings to my father in law"? He refused it. I was in shock, but didn't gave much attention to it, because i know he refused it out of humility. He is a good man. But, later on my wife came to me to tell me my mother in law was crying in the kitchen. She cried because she was disappointed in me. She expected i would give them thousands of euro's instead of a freaking watch. This time i was totally in shock. She has enough money to spent every month, because my father in law has a good job and only gives out money for cigarettes and his daily beer. The rest of his money he earns she spent it to shoes, perfume and all other kinds of bullshit. She even took a loan for it a few years back while they really have enough money every month with very low monthly costs like rent for house, insurances and all kinds of stuff. I was really in shock to hear that from my wife and i realized yesterday how cruel this world can be. My mother which was always poor had to chance to buy everything she wanted and only wanted a jacket and some flowers and my mother in law which can afford everything cried because i wanted to give my father in law a Breiling while she expects me to give her 100000 euro.

But its not all. Since i am a millionaire i lost many friends. They don't talk to me anymore. When i send them a message, they don't answer. When i call them, they don't pick up the phone. Also when i'm driving my car, which i of course bought as my dreamcar, many ladies send their interest in me to me. While i am still that ugly guy like before (my wife thinks i'm not, but you get the point). Of course i like the attention of nice ladies, but i don't like the meaning behind it (and of course i would never give up my wife, because she and my kids are the greatest things in life i ever had).

So, today after a night sleep i am still in shock. This world in rotten in many ways. So i was wondering...am i the only one? Did wealth ruined your faith in mankind? I mean, some of you here were born rich, so maybe you can't answer my question after all. But the ones who worked hard for their money...did you experienced some freaky things in life which showed you that money isn't making you happy after all?

I have a lot of respect to my mam. She showed me you can be happy with little things in life also. So i decided today to help out other people who can't afford expensive hospital bills or help poor people. And i know i can't save the world. But at least i can try to make people happy with little things in life they need.