"not have money???" - some ppl just don't get it

[werewolveriniki]

There is a concept that some of my otherwise intelligent friends and relatives cannot understand. That concept is "lack of money". They just can't it. For them, money is something that's just there. It magically appears in their bank accounts and makes their credit card balances disappear - all without any effort on their part. The vast majority of

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[elfy]

Ouch :-/
I can relate, somehow. Well, for me it's a little different. But I was always a bit annoyed by the students around me who got all their money from their parents and didn't have to work of just had to work to earn extra-cash on the side, you know, money just for spending.
Did you ask M., if she at all understood that you don't have money?

[jummoreira]

pergunta pra sua amiga se ela não quer pagar a sua parte...rs... já que ela te deve 250, aí vc fica devendo 300 pra ela.
lógico que eu t6o brincando qto ao fato de vc efetivamente ir... mas tem gente que só entende assim.

[jo_alex]

Speaking for the devil aka 'the other side': it's really difficult to understand the concept of having 'no' money for someone who never had to go without. Whenever I've heard it in the past: a. I thought someone meant that they exceeded their monthly budget but still had funds on their saving account; b. wanted to offer them money as a loan and could not quite get how does that doesn't solve anything on a long term basis... Okay, so I smarted up eventually but it did not come naturally to me and led to lots of frustrating moments for my friends who had financial troubles at times and for myself. What I want to say is: Yes, they should try to listen to you more carefully, try understanding your position, but if you also see that they don't really know what you are talking about you should try not to get offended by them. I hope it gets easier for you! Hugs!