I watched The Secret Millionaire on Channel 4 last night. Does anyone else feel a little cheated when the undercover millionaire says 'I'm worth millions' and then hands over a cheque for a miserly £3,000.

Or is it just me?

I've never watched the show but I know what its about. I do know a few millionaires though and I met a billionaire last year. I find them to be very generous to the right people, mainly friends and family. They also do a lot for charity that most people don't realise.

I have a couple of friends who own a luxury apartment in Canary Wharf, they really love me and I'm always welcome round their place when ever I need some where to stay. When ever I go there they always treat my like a prince and give me what ever I need. Ok so now I'm just showing off

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I agree with Baggie.
If this "secret millionaire" fella handed over millions to all and sundry he'd be broke in a while.
I think he's got the right idea, gives away what he's happy to do without.

Well they don't stay millionaires by dishing out hundreds of thousands of pounds to everybody
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I think you right oakman and u know what when i was watching it and he was going to tell the people he a millionaire i think they already guessed that he was and were just waiting for the pay out and its filmed to make it look like its such a surprise...lol or am i just really cynical?

Dunno about the show but I think millionaires are like most of people - they cant automatically be categorised just because they have a certain amount of money. In other words there are generous ones and tight ones and ones in between. I have noticed that older people seem a bit more generous than younger people - regardless of wealth. Or maybe thats just me being 'soft'

Eddy soft? Never!

yeh when im out doing my charity work i find women in the 18-35ish bracket arent as generous as men of the same age who generally are very generous and on the whole the most generous are those who don't have that much to give

ya because many girl's and young women are trying to save up for stuff but lad's just feel more content with what they have.

edit: stereotypically that is, it's not true in all cases.

In my experience as far as who is the most generous I would say its pretty equal. Men are more likely to be more generous with cash but woman are likely to be equally generous but with material gifts.

No, its just like I said, I might just get some stick from this but what the hell. Its like sex, woman put more emotions into it. Woman are just as generous as men but they use more material gifts then cash.