I used to be very wealthy. I didn't disclose my finances or my vacation home because it seems snobby, although I'm a humble person. Additionally, if you are wealthy, many people are jealous. It's tacky to flaunt it. I lent money to others and donated money but didn't tell the world. It's private. Gauche, really, to be some upper-class show-off. Sometimes the lifestyle embarrassed me, really.

So that's why I never talked about it...as to being rich. Money is a tool, not a status symbol.

Now? I'm not rich anymore. I'm disabled and a single mom. I'm not poor. Frankly, I don't know how much I have...it's a guesstimate. I don't mind people knowing I'm on SSDI. They can deduce my finances from there.

People don't like talking about taxes because it's boring. Some people get irritated by the subject of paying taxes. Logical deduction would be that those defrauding the govt wouldn't disclose that.

Money isn't important to me if I have the bills paid plus an emergency fund. Money definitely doesn't buy happiness. I know this firsthand.