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Oh I'm pretty different from a millionaire. My car is a lot older and less fancy, my house (which I'm lucky to have because I bought it when you could still get low-rate, fixed-rate mortgage) is a lot smaller, my hospital bills are a lot harder to cover, the food I buy isn't as high-quality, my job is likely shittier, and they never have to worry if their paycheck is enough to get them through the month. I also probably pay more in taxes because I can't afford an accountant to hide all of my money from the IRS.
And if they're so embarrassed that they live a shittier life just to hide the fact that they're a millionaire, I think that tells you something about millionaires.
Depends on which millionaires you're talking about. If you just mean a couple who saved aggressively and are living off $35K/year, they're spending much less than the median household. Not sure how much below the median you are, how many children you have, etc, but in day-to-day spending, ordinary millionaires are just working class people. Of course it gives you flexibility to deal with some emergencies like a car breaking down or a hospital bill without worrying about the cost, but those aren't normal day-to-day events.
Multimillionaires are a different story.
I am not denying any of the differences, but the differences you both have with billionaires is even greater, as the billionaire occupies a role in society of power and domination, through control of resources and assets that are utilized socially, for the necessity that we produce our shared sustenance.