It's not entirely wrong though. Coming from a poor family, and still not being wealthy, I learned that there are two types of poor people. The first ones are ge

It's not entirely wrong though. Coming from a poor family, and still not being wealthy, I learned that there are two types of poor people. The first ones are genuine poor, because they simple don't earn enough money to get a stable ground to act on. The other ones are getting enough money to live from it comfortable enough, but are stupid in managing it, and make themself poor by they own inability. Knowing how to handle your money is an important skill for not being poor. But it's something that in the wasteful societys is not educated at all. Similar being a bit frugal and investing your money longterm is something especially the older generations seems to lack understanding for. So for the second group of people your relatives comment makes sense.