Frugality and Greed

Nov

07

2009

Filed under: Thoughts

… are never synonymous.

When you are being frugal, you’re trying to save money, either by buying something more economical or refraining from buying things you can live without. There’s no harm done, and if ever there is, it’s all unto yourself.

But not spending and living off others instead, isn’t being frugal. You inflict harm unto others by eating off their resources which they worked hard on, while yours remain intact. It’s called greed.

There’s nothing wrong with being frugal. But if you notice that your so-called “frugality” is causing people to recoil from you, that’s when you rethink. Your definition of frugality maybe wrong and you mistake it for greed.

Just a thought someone I know (who unfortunately is a living example of this) helped me come up with.

PS: I miss blogging and pouring out my thoughts. And this returning-comment thing/policy won’t stop me from doing so.

9 Comments

November 7th, 2009 at 6:05 pm, April said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 on Windows XP

Good definition ate ha? But it’s deep. I miss your blogs na ate!

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November 7th, 2009 at 6:13 pm, tiffk said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 on Mac OS X

Omg tin!! you’re back! Welcome!!

Agree with you, i believe these people are called leechers. Pests. Tsk tsk..

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November 8th, 2009 at 11:02 am, Aimee said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.14 on Windows XP

i miss this blog na po

you are absolutely right. greedy people are like parasites..

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November 8th, 2009 at 11:04 am, Keiyt said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 on Windows XP

Like April said, it’s so deep. Ewan ko kung slow ako or dahil never pa akong naka-encounter ng ganyang tao.

Oh hello Ate Tin! )

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- November 8th, 2009 at 4:40 pm, Isha said:
  Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 on Windows Vista
  
  Unfortunately, my intellectual capacity could not handle such. In short, nosebleed! Haha! Just like ate Keiyt and ate April, maybe i haven’t really encountered people like that that’s why i cannot get the picture.
  
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November 15th, 2009 at 2:21 am, Angelica said:
Using Opera 9.80 on Windows XP

One of my sisters is unfortunately a lot like that. Constantly saying she doesn’t have any money to buy drinks at the pub when she in fact do have money and really just don’t feel like using them when there’s others to buy drinks for her.

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November 15th, 2009 at 6:35 am, Cyndy said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.15 on Windows XP

hello dropping by..
you’re absolutely right.. :)! and i know lots of people like that..

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November 21st, 2009 at 9:50 pm, Mariel said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 on Windows XP

Yes right, it is different. Those people, even though they have their own, they’ll try to let others spend for them just because they said are being ‘frugal’. I think it is not really a good excuse.

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November 29th, 2009 at 6:44 pm, Honeul said:
Using Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 on Windows XP

I call them Human-Parasite.
Hi tin, I miss you and your entries too.

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