[eastcobb]

Last year I was on a flight back to Atlanta and sat in front of a guy who was openly bragging about his "business" and supposedly "large home" in a neighborhood of homes worth well over a million. He was talking to the gentleman next to him and mentioned his home's 7000 square feet and many of his business "successes."
After landing I was leaving the baggage claim area and happened to catch this guy getting into a waiting car. The car was a dirty and dented mid 90s Mitsubishi and the trunk wouldn't even close all the way after he threw his luggage in.
It's sad that people feel the need to brag about things they will probably never own.

[AppyPappy]

Probably MLM. Whenever I meet someone who tells me they are VERY successful, they always want me to "get in at the ground level".

[wingnut1971]

Don't be quite so quick to judge on seeing one car. My ex bro-law is a wealthy physician who drives a POS old Ford Probe to the hospital in Detroit. I am not wealthy but have done well for myself. When I need to drive in to NYC I take my old '89 Pontiac and the Caddy stays in the garage. My grandfather was a VP at GM and was very well-heeled. He traveled frequently and had an old beater pick-up as an airport car.

PS:
As I typed this I realized you have a valid point. The folks I mentioned above (and most like them) rarely need to regale total strangers with their financial details. Perhaps I stand partially corrected in my correction.

[dljordan]

"It's sad that people feel the need to brag about things they will probably never own."

You can't ever tell. My wife worked at a very successful ad agency in Nashville whose owner drove an old Chevy Caprice. The guy was worth millions. I worked for a guy whose father (founder of a very large hospital corporation) drove an ancient Oldsmobile. You really couldn't tell by their cars they were extremely rich.

[N. Theknow]

After landing I was leaving the baggage claim area and happened to catch this guy getting into a waiting car. The car was a dirty and dented mid 90s Mitsubishi and the trunk wouldn't even close all the way after he threw his luggage in.

He probably bought the home, mortgaged to the hilt, as the check from Nigeria will be in any day now.