While I was on vacation, our boat stopped by St. Bart’s and I felt immediately felt ritzier. St. Bart’s is the playground of the rich and famous, particularly during the month of December/ early January. Additionally, everybody speaks French, which made me feel sort of classy because I love the French language. Before we disembarked from the boat, however, I saw a large yacht sitting out in the water. The yacht belonged to a Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, and her name is Eclipse.
The thing is pretty impressive, I won’t lie to you. It is 500ish feet long (bigger than the boat I was on) and cost 1 billion dollars. Also, he had another small boat sitting right behind it and he allegedly stays on the yacht three times a year, at most. I was thinking to myself, “Why would anybody spend a billion dollars on a yacht that they use three times per year?” But then I realized, what is a billion dollars if you are worth 13 billion, right? Then I thought to myself what I might buy if I had billions upon billions of dollars.
1. A ton of clothes
If I had billions of dollars I would probably be at Bergdof, Barney’s and Saks every other day buying clothes. My closet would be flooded with clothes, simply because I am obsessed. I wouldn’t be the type, however, to wear something once and then throw it out. That, friends, is not my style. But to have a closet filled with Chanel, Valentino, Prada, McQueen, Rag & Bone, YSL, and maybe a few Zac Posen’s and Lanvin’s here and there would be nothing less than spectacular.
2. A personal chef
I like to cook, but I tend to a) hate cleaning up after I cook something, and b) take forever to cook something cool. Because of these two snappy attributes, if I had billions of dollars I would hire a personal chef, because they would be able to cook me delicious meals and I wouldn’t have to worry about it a) taking an eternity, or b) being angry after I finish because a tornado blew through the kitchen. And my chef would be able to cook me delicious vegetarian meals because of course they would be ingrained in the extensive food repertoire that is their brain. And maybe while I’m at it I’d hire a personal sommelier because the chef may need a buddy.
3. Perhaps ONE Yacht
Did I forget to mention that our Russian billionaire buddy has not two, but seven yachts? For me, that’s a bit too much. If I had billions of dollars I would probably invest in one classy yacht. Perhaps I’d park it in Europe, maybe in the Mediterranean sea. That way I could sail through Europe, stopping by all of the swankiest ports.
4. A really cool shower
Showering is truly an experience because it is probably one of the only times per day that you can relax, despite whatever craziness may be going on around you. I thought about this because while I was on the boat my cabin had the most INSANE shower. It included the regular shower head, but when you turn the nob to the bottom these other jets sprayed out at you at the SAME time that the shower head was spraying water down onto you. It was pretty relaxing and I never wanted to get out, thus my billions of dollars would also go into my relaxing shower fund.
5. A huge, comfy bed
Might as well complete the whole bedroom/bathroom thing by adding a cool bed, right? The difference between a nice bed and a so-so bed is truly remarkable. Right now, I’m sitting on my twin bed at school (without sheets or a comforter because they are currently in the washing machine) and it is a relatively uncomfortable experience. My bed at home, however, is much better because my mom put a crazy amount of mattresses on it (there’s 2 tempur-pedics and a regular mattress) so it is super comfortable. Much better than a school mattress, I’d say.
What would you buy if you had billions of dollars?
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Screw buying shit. I would live in Disney World
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CLOTHES. And shoes.
Hm, and a bigger house so I have some where to keep them all.
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@omgroxie@xanga - Disney World is awful. They rent out wheelchairs. I’m no doctor, but something tells me if you really need a wheelchair, you probably already have one. And they get to go to the front of the lines because they’re in a rented wheelchair they don’t even need! Yeah, awful place.
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I agree with the shopping. I’d go all out, get new ‘stuff’ perfum, clothes, bags, i’d say heels but i can’t walk in them…. and I’d get jewelery, body butter… o3o
I wouldn’t do the chef through. I’d rather be the person making my own food. c: be like ‘i’m rich but I can cook.
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and I agree with the bed thing. o3o; a nice comfy bed, or probably just a nice bed set… nothing mix matching. o3o
I probably wouldn’t want that much amazing stuff to be honest.
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@Grtt@xanga - Everywhere’s rents out wheel chairs… Malls do too. There’s a lot of places that rent out wheel chairs for people. Its not really ‘horrible’. :/ Its bring comfort to the people there, how have paid to come.
what if some people have bad backs? What about the old people, with there grand kids? or people with back injuries? you may think that they should have one if they need it. but not everyone can afford one.
ranunculus / 3285 posts
Shoes, lots of shoes. I’d send my parents off to some exotic vacation and pay off student debt.
hydrangea / 63 posts
I totally agree with the shower. I want one with a huge rainfall showerhead
The other thing I want is an amazing kitchen; huge with lots of countertop space, double ovens, a very large fridge and also maybe an extra one in a pantry off to the side (I can’t seem to cook for ‘one’. I always have leftovers.) And windows that I grow my own herbs in.
Then, I want a library. I mean, like the ones you see in old school manors, with bookshelves going from floor to ceiling; a huge desk with a giant leather chair I can sit crosslegged in if I want, and then one amazing reading chair with footstool and afghan.
Then the rest of the money can go into savings.
sunflower / 392 posts
I’d want an orgy-sized bed with the softest most cloud-like sheets and pillows I could get… Season tickets to the Rangers games… a 2012 Mustang GT… a boob job… and all the shoes I want.
rose / 812 posts
@Grtt@xanga - Some of the elderly could use them if they get tired..or if somebody twists their ankle…ect ect…
@MyFaire@xanga - Yup
I’d totally buy the black pearl for a boat
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@MyFaire@xanga - Never seen a mall that rents out wheelchairs. I have seen grocery stores that keep motorised chairs. And you know who’s usually in them? Hint: It isn’t the elderly. Also, no need for the ” around horrible. I said it nowhere in my comment. I did use awful twice, though.
People that have bad backs and the elderly shouldn’t really be riding roller coasters anyway …so the whole ‘cut to the front of the line’ doesn’t really apply to them. I care not if someone is in a rented wheelchair as long as they aren’t pushing in front of me.
If they can’t afford a wheelchair, they certainly can’t afford Disney World. It’s like $10 for a piece of gum.
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - o3o That would be amazing!
>W<
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - Again. ^^
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@MyFaire@xanga - I know right?!
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@Grtt@xanga - I see them everywhere…Malls…various amusement parks…o_O maybe you’re just…idk.. oblivious? lol
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - Or not a lazy arse looking for a wheelchair to rent? o.O
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I’d buy my own private boeing jet and have high tech features/furnishing, including a super sonic sound system, where I’ll blast that Rocketeer song by far east movement, as I join the mile high club with gabe saporta
I’ll have a 2 story closet and a 10k capacity shoe rack, where I need one of those bookcase ladders to retrieve my shoes
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - If you get his pirate ship, i’m sneaking on board. o3o
rose / 812 posts
@Grtt@xanga - I’ve never looked for a wheelchair to rent and I still know about them…so…what does that make me? Lol Seriously though, not everybody goes to Disney to ride the big ass rides…a lot of people like to check out the shops, maybe go on the little rides with their kids/grandkids..see the people running around in suits…the older people do get tired and need a wheelchair to sit while checking the place out. Just becausetheir older doesn’t mean they should miss out on the fun too!
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@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - You should go for the Mach 15 jet from Angels & Demons. Boston to Geneva in an hour!
daisy / 543 posts
Definitely a new bed. But mostly shoes and clothes. And a personal trainer.
rose / 812 posts
@MyFaire@xanga - Psh you don’t have to sneak, you can be my first mate!
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College tuition, a house (with my personal library included), a car, and bags. I don’t care about clothes and shoes… But I’m such a huge labelwhore when it comes to bags.
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - okay! c:
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - I don’t feel like typing this again. So, copy and paste it is.
“People that have bad backs and the elderly shouldn’t really be riding roller coasters anyway …so the whole ‘cut to the front of the line’ doesn’t really apply to them. I care not if someone is in a rented wheelchair as long as they aren’t pushing in front of me.”
rose / 812 posts
@Grtt@xanga - Lol you sound a tad impatient. Chill :]
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@Grtt@xanga - Disney World and similar places rent our wheelchairs because sometimes there are people who can walk around fine on a normal day, but who can’t stand in line for hours, or walk around for a few hours at a time. Not many people walk continuously for hours at a time in a normal day – which is what you do in Disney World. Also, they don’t let people in wheelchairs cut lines, which is why they provide wheelchairs – so that those people are more comfortable while waiting. The only reason people cut if they are in wheelchairs is if there are stairs or some other obstacle somewhere in the line, or if the ride has special circumstances for a wheelchair, aka: a special boat with room for a wheelchair for It’s a Small World. Also, not everyone goes to Disney World to ride roller coasters, there are lots of things suitable for people in wheelchairs. And they don’t give them out to just anyone, you have to have a doctor’s note.
I’d buy new matching cars for my entire family, a house for my sister and brother in law, a house for myself, and I like the yacht idea. I’d probably take all my friends on an amazing vacation somewhere, and I’d actually probably save a lot, to make sure it never runs out.
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@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - Lol, I’m glad my font speaks to you. I’m not impatient or in need of chilling. Just not sure why you keep telling me old people need a rented wheelchair when I’ve already stated they weren’t the particular group of heinously annoying people of which I was speaking. Twice now. Er, well, this makes three.
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@thegirlwiththecamera@xanga - Well, the wheelchair renters must have friends on the inside. I’ve been to Disney with a group of friends, aged 16-20 at the time, with no physical disabilities and no note that indeed, rented a wheelchair, and indeed, went to the front of the line on every ride they visited. Maybe you should let Disney know their rules, because they don’t seem to know them.
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@Grtt@xanga - When was that? Maybe they’ve just gotten more strict or changed the rules over the years because of people like that, but in my experience, it’s how I just explained.
rose / 812 posts
@Grtt@xanga - I’m sorry..can you say that oneeeee more time for me?
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@thegirlwiththecamera@xanga - The last time I was there was summer of ’07. And this group went the year before that, I believe. So, probably mid-summerish ’06.
@UnconventionalButterfly@xanga - ‘that oneeeee more time for me?’
daffodil / 1579 posts
I would go crazy at the Sephora store, go on a huge shopping spree in New York, go back packing all through Europe, buy a bitchin apartment somewhere sweet, and hell… buy a yacht for the hell of it.
lily / 5148 posts
I’d pay off my bf’s debt/my debt too, buy my aunt’s house for her, get college paid for both my bf and I, get a nice new used car, buy some books and save the rest.
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okay! i just want to shop every other week since i’m not a big big BIG fan of shopping.
and take out the trash.
i like the yacht, just saying
i like cooking my own food yet absolutely hate washing the dishes…so i guess i’ll need a cleaner…and ya, might as well do my laundry while they’re at it.
I want to give a large portion to orphanage for sure and housings for ppl from dt.
then of course. charity to villages for clean water and more medication attention to those areas as well.
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i’d quit my job. that would be plenty.
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I’d put a quarter of whatever money I had in savings first. Then, I’d buy a decent sized apartment, pay my dad back, buy a lifetime supply of gum, anything and everything electronic, and give the rest to a charity.
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@Grtt@xanga - Hey, there’s A LOT of walking in Disney World! It’s a huge place!
It’s still magical and beautiful and no matter what you say you’ll never change my mind. The week I spent there was the best of my life.
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Let’s see, I would buy everything on your list in addition to:
Every Juicy Couture Daydreamer bag
I would open a vegan/vegetarian resturant
Pay for college out of pocket
Makeup
shoes
Tiffany’s Jewerly and that’s it.
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@Grtt@xanga - Places like that have it as a courtesy for people that can’t afford them, don’t own one or maybe don’t have the room in their vehicle to bring it along. It sucks that those kids used the wheelchairs when they didn’t need them, but don’t let that turn you sour against places carrying wheelchairs.
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i’m digging the bed. i’d travel the world.
daisy / 571 posts
I’d pay off my family’s debt, build daddy a house, fix mom’s.
THEN I’d put a bunch back for college, and only use very little of it for cloths.
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An education, a house, a cool tank for my turtle, donate the rest.
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@Grtt@xanga - my grandparents took my to Disney World. My grandma doesn’t use a wheel chair because she can walk, but she gets tired and sore really easily and would have needed to rest every few minutes. So she rented a wheel chair. They aren’t “awful”, they’re there for the people that need them.
orchid / 120 posts
probably some cosmetic products cuz i currently have.. uhmm. zero. lol
not sure it would suit me, so i don’t bother to buy some, but i’d like to give it a try some day. when i have “spare” money.. but really, i don’t consider it “spare” cuz there’s always a good place for the billion dollars to go to.
but yes. i would also get clothes. and yacht. lol. and a whole whole lot of cool stuff!!!
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The number one thing I’d do is set aside money to make sure my sister can get a higher education anywhere she wants without worrying about debt.
The second thing would be to pay for my mom to go back to school.
I’d also like to donate money to some charities in honor of my grandmother and assure my college education is debt-free as well.
After all of that I might not feel guilty about buying some materialistic stuff for myself. Plus some world traveling would be in order.
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Live in a Mall
tulip / 16 posts
would build like five HUGE no kill shelters for dogs and cats in every state.
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Damn, you guize are really materialistic. If I had endless money, I’d hook up my parents up (send them on a kick ass around the world adventure), pay my sisters’ houses/cars/bills off, set up educational and car funds for my 2 nieces and nephew, buy a scooter (I hate biking
) and donate a fuck ton of it to some local charities and some not so local charities (all animal rights organizations). And.. as for splurges on my behalf… a new macbook? A unicorn action figure. An Eevee Pokemon card for my bike tire (to make it sound like a motorcycle) and …. I don’t know what else. I hate shopping for clothes and shoes and purses and accessories. I don’t want to move. There is nothing I absolutely want right now (besides a job to pay rent and utilities)
Fuck, I feel so much better about myself now. I love not being materialistic and bound to my worldly possessions.
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a well for the children in africa. among all the things in this post. hahah
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house in a ski resort.
new skis.
season pass in ski resort
snow mobile
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if i had billions of dollars I’d own huge hotels and casinos, an airplane, a few cars, chef, a couple tropical homes, and clothes clothes clothes.
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@Kendall - Your totes late to the party.
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@theflowerstem@xanga - I’m starting to wonder if anyone replying to me has ever actually been to Disney World. The sheer volume of people + wheelchairs + strollers + anything else you can roll is insane. On busy days, which is most days for Disney (at least in the summer), it’s quite difficult to do anything, including put one foot in front of the other.
I’m not sour against places renting wheelchairs. I’m not really sour about anything. I do find it annoying, especially since the majority of people don’t appear to be in need of a wheelchair. I get tired, too. So I sit my ass down until I’m ready to go again. My simple solution to the problem of that annoyance is …I just don’t go to Disney. It works swelly swell.
I’m sure Disney probably makes a shit-ton off of wheelchair and stroller rentals alone; so they probably aren’t too sour about it either.
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First I would pay off my mom’s new house. Second, I’d pay off the vet bill for my cat that keeps gathering interest. Then, I would put money in a college fund for my little brother, and my future children. I’d also pay off my boyfriend’s debt, buy us both a new car, and a new house to live in, somewhere nice, where it isn’t too hot, or too cold.
I probably wouldn’t get a yacht because I really don’t like going out on the ocean. =\
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I love the shower and the awesome bed! Im also on my not so comfortable twin bed at school ): it has a memory foam thing on it, but Im too tall for this thing!
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I’d buy all those things too!
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Weird… I had like a two hour daydream thinking about if I won a $250 mil lotto just the other day. I was imagining how I’d react. First, I’d do the 20 installments each year to get as much as possible. Even just $10 mil the first year is a lot.
I assumed I’d found out at my parent’s house, so I’d tell them immediately to not worry about money ever. I’d pay to have their house fixed up, buy them each a car (they share one cr-v between the two of them), and buy them an old home in my mom’s home town. I’d let them have both, but I assume they’d sell the current house after it’s renovated.
Then, I’d pay my one friend to drive me from Cleveland to Toledo (I’m pretty sure I’d be too high on endorphins to drive), where I’d tell my best friend and tell him to never worry about money again. After that, it’s north to Grand Rapids to tell my sister, who just got her actuary license, and ask her if she would look after it. Then, fly (with my friend) to SC and Chicago to tell my other two siblings. I’d pay off all student loans and bills. Then it’s off to Hawaii for a week or two, where I’d just buy new clothes and whatnot.
Second year purchases? I’d invest in my friend who wants to open his own restaurant. Then, I have a bunch of friends who like beer and are business/finance/econimics majors. I’d start my brewery and use it in the restaurant. Buy a house/villa in Steamboat, CO, one in my hometown (good schools), and one in NY. After that, I’d save most of it. Most material things I want are pretty cheap. Concert tix and tee’s, snowboard gear, a comfortable bed… nothing TOO pricey.
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I will buy a school in need of repairs, make it over, hire excellent teachers, and open it for the community.
If I have money left over I will start up a foundation to donate money to charities and people in need.
I really do not need a billion dollars…actually nobody really does for their own personal use.
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1. My own dance studio with room for poles
2. A fuckton of clothes, accessories and fancy dress / dance outfits
3. My own bar
4. Transgender surgery for a friend of mine
5. A fuckton of video games
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Okay, I am stuck on your bed at home… do you have 3 mattresses on top of each other? Is it in a frame, and if so, how tall is that? I’m curious.
As for money, I would buy lots of successful businesses and make them even better, to bring me even more money. I would buy an army of lobbyists to promote my political ideals, and television spots for ads saying, “Should you really be watching TV right now? Why not read a book or go outside?” LOL.
Let’s see… I would produce movies out of books that I think should be adapted for screen. I would set up charities in poor areas teaching the people how to be not reliant on the government, and how to make and handle money. Yeah, that would be my big one. I would change the world.
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Clothes, boots, corsets (boots and corsets deserve their own categories), house, new car, vacation traveling the world. And I guess save the rest if there is any. lol
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@Grtt@xanga - People don’t necessarily appear to be in need of wheelchairs. Maybe some of them don’t need it, it’s true. I, your average-looking 23 year old woman, wouldn’t appear to need one, but I have muscular dystrophy. While I don’t normally use a wheelchair (not about not being able to afford one), walking such a huge amount at once would be rather difficult, so I might rent a wheelchair at Disney World/Land. And just because I can’t walk such long distances, it doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be on a roller coaster. And as far as Disney World goes (maybe you’re just referring to jumping to the front of roller coaster lines, I’m not sure. If so, then never mind), the experience is much more than just roller coasters.
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A house, a condo/vacation house, CARS, an amazing swimming pool, and a chef sounds most appealing to me. I think I’d have to throw a nanny in the mix too, so that my husband and I could actually have a relaxing weekend!
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i’d buy a tropical island