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Mustachian Community => Mustachian Book Club => Topic started by: debbie does duncan on December 06, 2017, 01:44:35 PM
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Just finished this slender slice of upper class secrets.
It is not a guide to get rich but how to hold on to your stache and get your kids ready for their better life.
I did not learn these things from my parents , so some ideas are new to me.
Easy read 142 pgs.
And yes I did get it from the library!
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I liked the book; it encourages people to adopt a more timeless attitude of life, avoiding fashion. The book also encourages polite thoughtful behavior.
Here are some quotes:
On extravagance. ‘Peacock today, feather duster tomorrow.’ This reminds me of an Australian saying in politics: 'Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow.’
You should spend your life ‘doing and being’, rather than ‘spending and having.’
Be more; seem less.
In the book, OMG stands for Old Money Guy, and Old Money Gal.
Below is a link to a former topic 'anybody else uncomfortable about inheritance, poster MMMarbleheader, Dec 10
https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/anybody-else-uncomfortable-about-inheritance/msg1803756/#msg1803756
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He also has a blog
www.theoldmoneybook.com
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Just took a look at the blog, and ran into a new-to-me concept that I'm wondering how to square with these oversharing times:
Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés: "In order to live happily, live hidden"
I get the theory of this, but especially as an almost-Millennial, this introduces yet another area of self-discipline and maverickness. I have to execute and defend my pivot away from ConsumerClownishness, and also keep it quiet.
In some ways, against the deaf and unreformable, hidden is a good defense. But as an honest and straightforward person, I'm running out of redirection responses, and having to say "no" a lot to well-meaning offers to spend money frivolously(at best). I suspect my friends set is going to change, which is lonely and hard.
I guess I should try to get hold of the book.