I was trying to find out what makes people a cheapskate. I looked up cheapskate, tightwad, cheap bastard, frugal..all I got was a bunch of sites on people who think they're hero's because they're saving money. They do all kinds of really cheap ass shit they should be ashamed of. I like a bargain too, I shop in used stores and yard sales, but, come on..if you are seriously walking into a restaurant and making a free drink out of a glass of water, a lemon slice and a sugar packet, you are an asshole. How do you think the waitress feels waiting on someone like you who takes up her table with that shit? And you know they never leave a tip. I hate cheapskates.
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The biggest cheapskate I know is my mom. She buys the stupidest unusable shit for everyone just because it's cheap. She could save money by actually buying something they could use, but, she won't. I could fill this whole page with her cheapness, fucking tightwad penny pinching crap. She says she was raised in the Depression, well, she depresses me. I've come to the conclusion her cheapness has nothing to do with growing up poor, she just doen't value anyone else. She ruined every Christmas and birthday with her cheapness and she's still doing it. Yesterday she complained that she bought Aunt Ruth three pair of shoes and she was so damn picky she wouldn't wear them. So, I said, let me see them. They were fucking hideous and had $1.00 marked on the box. I said, Ruth only wears a simple lace up sneaker, that's all she wants. Like the old Keds style. My mom said, yeah, but, these were cheap! No shit. Shoes are her downfall, she loves to give cheap shoes as presents. If they cost a dollar or less, the uglier the better. Never the right size, the last ones she bought me were for two left feet and were lime green. Fifty cents. Last Christmas I took her shopping and she went straight for the trash sale rack and picked out three old lady polyester shiny blouses for my daughter. I pointed out that for what she spend on the horrid ones she could get a blouse that the kid would actually like. She said, but, there are three of these and they're so cheap! I told her she wasn't doing that to my kid and she finally put them back and got a decent one. She was mad as hell though. I still let her do it to me, but, she's not doing that shit to Casey.
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My birthday is coming in a couple of months and she already asked me what I want and I told her black socks. I always tell her that and never get them. She seems to take such delight in giving me something cheap and hideous. I think she does it on purpose now. I just hate tightwads. I hate them with a passion, they don't value anyone and they're insulting.
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The worst date I ever had was with a tightwad. I was set up by this fellow teacher who thought he was so hot, but, HE called and asked me out. We went out to dinner and when we ordered pizza he suggested getting a small because he didn't know how much we could eat. He was actually wringing his hands over the pizza size. He drank water. When we were done he looked at me all coy and said "Dutch treat?" No, you sonofabitch, I'll pay for it. I wish now that I'd kicked him right in the nuts. To my credit though, when I got out of his car, he said, well, I'll be seeing you again (all cute, like it was a special favor) and I said, no, you fucking won't, Asshole. Cheapskates are not frugal hero's, they're just cheap bastards and I hate them.
The worst date I ever had was with a tightwad. I was set up by this fellow teacher who thought he was so hot, but, HE called and asked me out. We went out to dinner and when we ordered pizza he suggested getting a small because he didn't know how much we could eat. He was actually wringing his hands over the pizza size. He drank water. When we were done he looked at me all coy and said "Dutch treat?" No, you sonofabitch, I'll pay for it. I wish now that I'd kicked him right in the nuts. To my credit though, when I got out of his car, he said, well, I'll be seeing you again (all cute, like it was a special favor) and I said, no, you fucking won't, Asshole. Cheapskates are not frugal hero's, they're just cheap bastards and I hate them.
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Who's the biggest tightwad you know and why?
Who's the biggest tightwad you know and why?
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My parents were extreemly cheap, mainly because they did grow up during the depression, and the war, with rationing and all. But when you are a kid you don't get it and it affects your feelings selfworth because you don't feel valued. When all the other kids you know have better stuff you can't help but feel that their parents value them more or that they are somehow a more worthy person than you are.
You are very right. It does make you feel that way. I didn't mean to imply that presents have to be expensive. Some of the best gifts I've gotten have been little things that the person knew I would like because they knew me. A used book I wanted, a RHPS keychain. Cheapskates never know who you are, they only know about themselves.
I guess I'm the biggest cheapskate i know. At least I've been told so. My brother always told me i was tighter than Dick's hat band. Although I have loaned him money many times.
I just like a bargain. I found a beautiful 8x10, pink and white damask rug for my daughter's room. The price was 80 bucks, a steal at that, but looking closely at the back of it, it had cut marks from some dipshit with an exacto knife. So, I asked the manager for a discount. I got it for 20 bucks, and repaired the back with glue and canvas. Does that make me cheap?
Hi DD :) my mother is very cheap she
actually calls before I come over and tells me
that she has had her lunch and when I get
there we will just be having a cup of coffee.
Only coffee becuase she doesn't have any
biscuits in the house so if I can bring some
thing by stopping by the bakery on the way
to her place. I do but I'm not expecting her
to make me and my family a free lunch I'm
just going there to see her and for her to see
me and her grandchildren. She loves to act all
poor but in reality she is just a cheapskate.
There is nothing wrong with being poor but
to be cheap is unforgivable. IMO it's not like
you can take the money with you when you die.
Afterall it's useless until you spend it and use
it to live your life. Another thing that is paired
up with cheapskates is greed. Why the pride?
It absolutely fries me when we go to a potluck and people bring the cheapest garbage that they can . Can of green beans with mushroom soup poured over it , a can of beans , a jar of apple sauce , some of the most horrible tasting shit that you can imagine . It makes me wonder how people eat at home . My mom always says ...why are you taking so many dishes to pass ? Because I want MY family to have something good to eat . I usually take BBQ and buns , deviled eggs , a dessert , and a salad of some sort . Guess who rarely brings food home . What in the world is wrong with people ????
i hate the phrase 'it's the thought that counts'... umm yeah well for that to be true there has to actually BE some 'thought'..dont use it as an excuse to get away with giving a nasty cheap present!!
an old friend of mine. She'd hit the sale bins at all the discount stores. She'd store up all this plastic, useless shit for kids and then give them as gifts. It's ALWAYS stupid cheap ass shit even a little kid has no use for. Plastic medallion necklaces the size of a saucer, shower gel thats runny like water etc, and she regifts constantly. And once she offered me & my son a mint, she reached into her purse & out she came with a very fuzzy piece of candy & a dirty fuzzy breath mint. We looked at each other & laughed. It figures!!!! Cheap Sue! LOL
i went on a date one time with a guy at a very fancy schmancy place....he asked me to order something 'cheap' on the menu (everything was really expensive) and i asked why he brought me to an expensive place if he couldn't afford...he said he wanted to take me somewhere nice....i ordered the fillet of sole ($12, this was like 17 years ago)...he then ordered surf and turf!!! but you said order something cheap? well he had worked hard to earn the money to eat there and he wanted to enjoy it! so i ordered a carafe of wine (i was 21 and he was not)....then they came around with dessert....he said no, we didn't want any, but oh yes, i wanted 2! i got up to go to the restroom and called the waistress over and explained what an ass he was being and asked for the desserts to go....then i called my college roommate and asked her to come get me....i left with the desserts and walked down the street for my roommate to pick me up...i had the waistress tell the guy i decided to go have a nice meal at a fast food place with someone who wasn't cheap.....he actually called that night and was yelling at me...i called him a fucking cheap ass cock and hung up on him....
prick...
Oh, another thing that PISSES me off..food drives where people donate old gross food their family won't eat. You aren't donating, you're throwing out your trash, you cheap fucker. Nasty.
Mis Tia, I salute you. That had to be one of the best, "I'll Fix YOU" date stories I've ever heard!
has to be my husbands step brother and step sister.it must run in their blood.the brother comes to my childrens bday parties with out a gift every time. it's been 12 years now. one time he came without and we were at a chuck e cheese at small mall with a toys r us in it. he said "sorry i don't have a gift". i told him you know, toys r us is right there! still,nothing.the sister in law used to give my kids mcdonald's $5 gift certificates. now she promises every fucking year to take them to the movies and never has. NOT ONCE. freakin cheap fucks .I've stopped inviting them. Oh, and in case you are wondering, these people are not poor at all. Just cheap.
When you say cheapskate, the first person I think of is a friend of mine. He goes beyond thrifty sometimes. When we go out to eat, he's one of those who get the water and lemon and makes his own free lemonade. I learned long ago not to bring my purse with me - this way he has to pay. He tips exactly 15% - he even brings a little pocket calculator to figure it out (I always have a few bucks in my pocket to throw on the table when his back's turned as we leave). He takes forever in a store, comparing prices, etc. If he doesn't catch a mistake at the register, he'll drive all the way back to get it corrected. One time the store charged $1.29 instead of $1.19. Yep, he drove three miles back to get his refund of a dime. Strange thing is he wasn't raised poor - middle class and his still-living parents are normal - and he's retired after working at a plant, so he has a hefty monthly check coming in from that. His saving grace is he makes me laugh.
at a garage sale, we all brought our stuff to sell, it makes for a nice big sale. The guy that owns this nice house where we had our sale saw a tube of Preparation H on a table for 25 cents! It was not in the box and the sticker said "only used once"! LOL...he cussed, threw a quarter in the box and pitched the tube way back in his nice garage. The woman that brought it to sell is married to a guy that makes about $35 an hour at a auto factory! She didnt need the money. & claimed she only used it under her eyes. Well, sorry, thats gross & the sticker didnt say THAT! That story will never die!! Cheap Ass!!!
I am the biggest tightwad I know.
LMAO! @ Prep H. I heard studio makup artists use that for under eye bags. It's still ass cream and I don't care what she said, I wouldn't buy it. God. My mom would buy something like that and give it as a present.
Jana, your friend might have a problem with fairness. He feels like he's been treated unfairly in life maybe. I mean, the gas he used to drive back cost more than a dime and he has to know that..so his thing is more than just cheapness.
Tia, you rock!
Crabbie..you're cheap, but, you are also thoughtful, so you can get away with it.
my mil. She buys everything on Sale. She even has learned how to scan in coupons and print them off again again. They dont look perfect but she always finds away to use them. Someone always takes one and she gets 1/2 off or more. She buy everything on ebay or craigs list. If it doesn't fit her she gives it away.
She buys Happy meals because she gets a toy for her grandkids. This she puts in Gifts. She likes the little burgers and fries with a shake to. She is so F-in immature.
She also use the five finger discount.. This is 100% off any order. She has gotten caught many times. I dont think she has done this that often but last time I was in her house. It should go to intervention. She is a HORDER. Oh and If you want something from her. She will make it for you..
Also if you take her somewhere she wants something to eat. You have to buy it. bla bla I dont like my mil you can tell she is like a wallflower on a piece of 60's wallpaper
OMG. My mother-in-law had a garage sale and she was TRYING to sell old, very old worn out shoes.
That is just insulting.
I like Suzie Orman's motto.
People first. Then money. Then things.
My FIL. Growing up there was never any food in my husbands refrigerator except a jar of generic peanut butter. I don't mean store brand. This was when the stores sold stuff that just had a white label on it that said peanut butter, paper towels, bar soap etc. Everything in the house was generic. If he did have to buy lunch meat he would buy 1/4 lb between 7 people. Of course this didn't prohibit him from getting himself a quart of beer each night. My MIL had to go to work just to buy the kids Christmas presents. He was by no means poor. He just enjoyed socking the money away in the bank and looking at his bank book. He was so tight he squeaked.
After 30 years of this, my MIL couldn't take it and divorced him. He retired and came down with dementia. I would walk in his apt and see him sitting there staring at his bank book for hours at a time. He died about a year later never having gone anywhere, or done anything except deprive his whole family for years. My MIL got every penny he had when he died and she blew through it in about a year.
My grandma is very cheap (and believe me, she's got plenty of money). I really hate it. I don't expect people to throw money at me, but it is irritating when people are such money-grubbers they won't even lend you five dollars. I don't even bother to ask my grandma for money because it's not worth the hassle.
I've never understood people who will buy a bunch of cheap shit, but not one thing that is a little more expensive but is good quality. I have an aunt who bought 13 (!) handbags just because they were on sale. Dumb.
Ex husband.
When I left him he said, "Maybe now you won't be able to afford all those Happy Meals you buy our kid."
I haven't gotten a penny of child support since he lost his job in 2008. We all had dinner a few weeks ago and we split the check.
Nobody in my family is cheap. We all love to spend.
Ex husband.
When I left him he said, "Maybe now you won't be able to afford all those Happy Meals you buy our kid."
I haven't gotten a penny of child support since he lost his job in 2008. We all had dinner a few weeks ago and we split the check.
Nobody in my family is cheap. We all love to spend.
ChitownPeg: I'm glad your MIL got it all. That's so creepy that he would just stare at the bank book.
Is your husband cheap at all or is he more of a spender since he didn't have anything?
MissTia -- you are my hero.
I was once on a blind date and the guy got barbecue sauce (tiny drop) on his white shirt. It was on the sleeve and you would think the guy poured it down his shirt the way he over reacted.
Needless to say, when a man freaks out on a first date, there wasn't a second.
My miserable pussywhipped brother and his higher than mighty, better than everyone wife offered to bring Thanksgiving dinner to my mom's one year when she was recovering from surgery. They brought a big catered dinner which they proceeded to plate up in the kitchen - one tiny slice of turkey, a half-dollar size dollop of mashed potatoes and two stalks of broccoli on each plate (even though there was plenty). When someone asked about seconds they said they'd already packed up the food to take back home. Miserable people.
TVsnark i would have been tempted to squirt BBQ sauce all over him!!! :-)
Miss Tia that was the best story!
My mother thinks putting a down payment on a rent to own item you never intended to buy and leaving you with the remaining payments is a gift.
My ex calculates tips to the cent before taxes and not a penny more. When I was buying, I used to let him calculate tips cuz he's a walking computer until I realized he was a bad tipper.
Crissy,
I haven't experienced that kind of cheap on Thanksgiving, but I have experience the lazy kind of cheap.
Was invited to SIL's for turkey day. My mom brought the turkey and I brought all the other usual sides. Only thing SIL did was open up a can of cream corn. Lazy.
My ex MIL. She has like 5 earrings in each ear and buys one pair of gold earrings per hole and then a few months later goes back to the jeweler and tells him she didn't like them and takes another pair instead of just buying new ones. She does this all the time and he is too afraid to tell her to get lost.
Naseem - sounds like the jeweler is stooooopid
@ escrowmama - he's really scared of her! everyone in the city is scared of her. she's psycho. my tailor changed the size of my clothes because she told him too when it was me who was going to pay for the finished clothing and in the end i had 50 outfits that were worthless. so either they are really stupid like you said or they piss in their pants at the sight of her.
Naseem,
I am shocked that you are old enough to have been married. You look like you cannot be a day older than 19. Good for you. Cute and smart.
Thankfully, I don't know that much of a cheapskate. my mother however buys the stupidest shit just because it's on sale. How many flashlights do we need?! And where the hell are they when the power goes out?! lol
Snark, no my husband isn't cheap at all, just the opposite. On the other hand his 2 brothers lived with his father for quite some time. I don't know what you would call them. They will sit with their hands in their pockets when a dinner check comes along. When it comes to buying holiday or birthday gifts they cry poor mouth. Yet, one will buy himself designer clothes and the other spent over 13000 on a hair transplants. I guess I would call them selfish losers. This could account for why one, at 51, has never married and the other one, 40, marriage lasted about a year.
ok, before I commented and said my in laws. Now, I say my friggin husband.I'm having a luau/cookout for my daughter's bday party which always falls on labor day. I'm having typical cookout menu.My mom's buying the birthday cake. I'm making everything.The cheap bastard is standing over me while i'm making a grocery list ."CHEESECAKE? WHY CHEESECAKE?" no, it's cream cheese, you retarded fuck. "THIS PARTY IS GOING TO COST $400!". I am so fucking pissed off right now. I shop for bargains whenever I can because we are struggling like most everyone else. I shop around for the sodas on sale because the grocery stores are within 3 miles of each other. I don't buy myself anything. Unless you count tampons and birth control . Sorry to vent girls, just so angry. DD, sorry the the use of the dreaded ALL CAPS. I'll tell you this, beer will definitely be on my list. And i'm buying it for myself. So FUCK HIM!
Valle... Sorry to hear about your husband's kill-joy attitude. That really sucks! I hope it doesn't ruin your daughter's party.
Cheapest person I know is my grandma. For as long as I can remember she's always re-washed sahran wrap and plastic bags (zip lock, bread bags, etc) and would hang them up to dry so she could reuse them. After I got married I started reusing zip locks but found it was a real pain in the ass to get them clean. She also went to yard sales for material to make her clothes. Her home made outfits were a hodge-podge of crazy colors and patterns and almost hurt your eyes to look at. It wasn't that she didn't have any money. She was just very frugal.
I seem to have struck a nerve here. Good stories. Cheap bastards.
Naseem's MIL is a nightmare bitch from a horror movie. I hope she tracks me down from links I leave there. I have a gun..and I'm bored.
@ shmedelle - I'm 26!
Oh and Pat can I borrow that gun sometime. Just to scare the old witch.
I dont know anyone cheap like that, only poor people who cant afford anything more.
Sometimes a person doesn't have to be poor to be a cheapskate. My ex MIL has everything she could ever want but it's never enough. She only wants it as long as she doesn't have to pay for it.
My cheap ass ex-boyfriend comes to mind. Besides being a pack-rat slob from hell and a lazy ass to boot, he was cheap. If we went out to eat, it HAD to be an all you can eat buffet. Wouldn't go any where else unless it was Wendy's! Woo-hoo! Friggin' sloppy lazy ass, Indian giving prick.
Daphne
My mother reuses paper towel and Press 'n Seal. She's definitely the cheapest person I know but for the most part she is just really frugal and organized. She occasionally goes a little overboard but in her old age she's started to realize when enough is enough with the penny pinching.
I almost always order water with lemon at restaurants! I don't go so far as to make the ghetto lemonade with a sugar packet but I really hate spending $2.50 for a huge glass of sugar. So I stick to my free (and calorie free) water if I'm not having cocktails. But I still leave a tip!
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