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Stick with it Dazz.... it'll make more sense after a few beers :D Heck.... just read your next post. I think we both need a few beers :)

That's OK. I'm probably not being very clear anyway. To me the BIG difference is that many things discussed don't involve a LOT of money, but casually dropping into the tuckshop conversation "We've just bought ANOTHER house can bring out some interesting reactions, and I have seen it happen...

I think what I am trying to say in part is that nobody will blink if I say "little Johnny just won the cricket trophy" or "I've been watching my sugar intake and I've lost 2kg this week". They will probably not give a toss about little Johnny and think I am living through my children :). But...

Interesting... and made me think. I think the big difference between discussing, lets say, weight loss, or giving up smoking or your kids is that investing CAN mean having "spare" funds with which to do it. Most people have SOME interest in losing a couple of kilograms or have some interest in...

Sharing your "financial" information is different IMO to sharing the fact that have an investment property (even if you have six, they just need to know you have one) which you have painted on the weekend (hence the paint in your hair on Monday morning and the bunged up knee from the fall off...

I have never worked with anybody who talked real estate for bragging, but I assume they are out there. While I was working there was one chap who was into IPs and we discussed things. My hubby is not one to brag. He couldn't give much of a toss about what we own and really was dragged into...

I haven't "worked" for 19 years, apart from painting a few houses (often on my own), ripping out a few kitchens and bathrooms, and putting new ones in (helping, not on my own). I am about to start a casual job for a few days per week because for the first time in 19 years I am getting a bit...