3 ms·
Some of the wealthiest people I know are also the cheapest. The other week my gf's parents (very well off) refused to go to a clinic that their insurance didn'
by saget 9y ago
Some of the wealthiest people I know are also the cheapest. The other week my gf's parents (very well off) refused to go to a clinic that their insurance didn't work at after their son cut off the tip of his finger. Took them and hour to find a place to go. It seemed absurd from my perspective to put a few hundred dollars in front of a medical emergency when you can afford a private plane, but I guess that's part of why they're rich.
- atomical 9y agoIf it is a few hundred dollars to stop the suffering sooner it sounds like OCD.
- 20180201 9y ago> Some of the wealthiest people I know are also the cheapest. this statement always shows up in these kinds of threads. i bet some of the poorest people you know are just as cheap. and middle class too. and in fact, as it turns out, there are cheap people all over the wealth spectrum. i'm going to go out on a limb here and say that being cheap/stingey is actually completely uncorrelated with wealth. it's a character trait like agreeableness.
- ericd 9y agoHeh at that point, I'd say they're being cheap to the point of not being practical. A slightly greater chance of restoring that finger to full use is worth a lot more than a few hundred bucks if you're not seriously low on money. But yeah, their cheapness probably has something to do with why they have so much money stored up.