David: "Freelance Writer" works as well as "Consultant." I'm
disabled, and I have done some freelance, so it's my default answer
whenever I'm unable to work and someone I've just met asks me what
I do for a living. (Frankly, if you say, "Nothing right now,"
people will giggle and say, "Oh, you're so lucky!")
The flip side of "Not EVER talking about money," is "Doing nothing
but talking about money." I think it just depends on things like
how anxiety-prone the speaker (or not-speak-er) is. In my family,
where everyone grew up poor & has OCD tendencies, you always
know when someone is doing badly financially because they do
nothing but yammer on and on and on about money. When they
don't bring it up, they're doing pretty well, but they'll still
have the tendency to describe modest goods as "expensive," even
goods they have no problem affording.
(Being poor: Target is a fancy, expensive store.)
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