"One-up" behavior on both sides of the spectrum..

[SifuPhil]

Originally Posted by CArizona

Guess I just have an "inquiring mind!"

Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.

~ Arnold Edinborough

[CArizona]

SifuPhil...Thanks for your post and the cute quote...Well I'm a "curious cat" but I'm not sure about being "noble."...I guess my topic and this thread isn't a very big "hit" or popular. Oh well..."Win some" and "lose some!" Right? I tried! Thanks!

[janacanada]

Originally Posted by CArizona

My Aunt's "claim to fame" was being cheap! And my Uncle's "claim to fame" was being a big-spender. (Due to the high salary he earned.)...Have you run into people who "one-up" and act superior on both "ends" of the spectrum?

Lol I see this all the time, there is this savings blog for Canadians where the women will post pictures of all the things she got for free, dwell on it like crazy and then go on and on about her husband's job, salary and the things he gets for free from them (a $1500 gift certificate to a leather clothing store, among others). This is just one example, and it just shows that some people tacky and this is the only good thing going on in their life.

My Aunt' use to do this to my mom, brag about what they got for very little, tell her no one can get a better deal than they can...etc. Again my aunts had nothing else going on in their life.

[CArizona]

janacanada...Thanks for posting. These are "tough times" for a lot of people so I definitely understand wanting to save money. I feel this way too. I want to make my money "stretch!" I try to shop "wisely."...But I don't want to get "phobic" about it either. Or wrap my whole identity around being a "smart shopper" who "spends little" and scores "big deals." How do you feel about it?...My husband and I sold leftover stock from our stores at an indoor swap-meet a few years back. Everything was priced "super low." I'm sure some of the other vendors were upset with us for selling things at such low-prices. But we just wanted to "lighten" our "load" so we wouldn't have to keep paying storage fees..Anyway we definitely ran into "game-players" who were out to "score." (At our expense.) They wanted to "win" by getting things for "next to nothing." We were just "pawns" in their "chess game."...It was an "eye-opening experience" for us and we learned a lot about human nature and how far people will "go" to supposedly "win!"...The term "steals and deals" says it all!