I'm sorry, but I just can't help but not feel bad for these people. If you set yourself up for a fall like that, you get what's coming to you. I think my "per

I'm sorry, but I just can't help but not feel bad for these people. If you set yourself up for a fall like that, you get what's coming to you. I think my "perils" would be a bit more reasonable, like paying off my school loans, helping my parents out, and basic things like that. If I ever irrationally waste money as he did (and borrowed money, no less), I hope that the same outcome befalls me. Another point is that he wasn't "suddenly rich" anyways. He was buying things with money borrowed against the company. I would think that a wise man would at least wait until the money is definitely there before buying multiple homes and throwing away money in various ways.