Well, sure, but he's describing people who have known him a long time. >Yesterday, I got told by someone I really care about >The day before that, one of my v

Well, sure, but he's describing people who have known him a long time. >Yesterday, I got told by someone I really care about >The day before that, one of my very closest friends and someone who I love like family told me If these people are as close to the author as he claims, then this assumption-projection thing I don't think would hold up. They don't need to backfill with assumptions about "what would a rich guy think" because they should know the author well enough not to have those kinds of gaps.