Then everybody -- your spouse, children and relative -- shouts for joy. Buy the staples that keep well when they are on sale. We have to have the latest 'toys' NOW or yesterday, not tomorrow.
When my parents were young a million dollars was the definition of wealth. Today their home may be valued at at least that but these are far from rich. They can be better than off than many others who own valuable property. There are pensioners trying to survive on a pension who own property now worth a million, or even more. Try telling them they