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<blockquote data-quote="Seadog" data-source="post: 1273443" data-attributes="member: 4129">To me it seems that the ostentatious display of wealth for guys, is the equivalent of dressing like a slut for women. You will attract a lot of attention, but in the long run it will be the sort of attention you don't want. The best quote I ever read was from a book called &quot;Don't tell mom I work on the rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse&quot;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Tell-Mom-Work-Rigs/dp/1600940250" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Tell-Mom-Work-Rigs/dp/1600940250</a>It's all about the adventures and misadventures of a guy in the international oil industry, can't recommend highly enough. Getting aside, but obviously having money his MO in shithole countries was &quot;To dress and act like nothing more than any other backpacker, but one who's quickly approaching his best before date&quot;.Much the same way some guy will specifically target girls they think to be slutty based on how they dress, in poor (or even regular) countries you can quickly make yourself a mark for people who want something. Look at lottery winners. It may be as simple as someone who wants you to buy them drinks, or as pernicious as kidnapping. There is simply no upside to screaming from the rafters about your money. It's an old hat, but the saying comes to mind &quot;Those who care don't matter, and those who matter don't care&quot; and it's true. Newlife nails it when he talks about it being a sign of an inferiority complex. Think of the &quot;30k millionaire&quot; we all know, again the male equivalent of a 3 that dresses like a slutty 9 but puts out like a whore. In their heart of hearts they know they don't measure up, so they want to do whatever they can to alleviate that feeling through superficial means.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seadog, post: 1273443, member: 4129"] To me it seems that the ostentatious display of wealth for guys, is the equivalent of dressing like a slut for women. You will attract a lot of attention, but in the long run it will be the sort of attention you don't want. The best quote I ever read was from a book called "Don't tell mom I work on the rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse" [URL]https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Tell-Mom-Work-Rigs/dp/1600940250[/URL] It's all about the adventures and misadventures of a guy in the international oil industry, can't recommend highly enough. Getting aside, but obviously having money his MO in shithole countries was "To dress and act like nothing more than any other backpacker, but one who's quickly approaching his best before date". Much the same way some guy will specifically target girls they think to be slutty based on how they dress, in poor (or even regular) countries you can quickly make yourself a mark for people who want something. Look at lottery winners. It may be as simple as someone who wants you to buy them drinks, or as pernicious as kidnapping. There is simply no upside to screaming from the rafters about your money. It's an old hat, but the saying comes to mind "Those who care don't matter, and those who matter don't care" and it's true. Newlife nails it when he talks about it being a sign of an inferiority complex. Think of the "30k millionaire" we all know, again the male equivalent of a 3 that dresses like a slutty 9 but puts out like a whore. In their heart of hearts they know they don't measure up, so they want to do whatever they can to alleviate that feeling through superficial means. [/QUOTE]

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