On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:42:56 -0600, Just Wondering wrote:

On 7/2/2012 4:48 PM, Dave wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:01:26 -0600, Just Wondering
Actually, what they'd have to do is tell the truth about their financial
situation. There's no shame in being poor. Would you rather have them
lie about it?
Really? I wonder how you'd feel admitting to your friends that you
were poor? Shame, embarrassment, difficulty surviving with dignity?
However you want to describe it, I've never ever met anyone that liked
being poor.

Admitting you're poor to anyone is the unsaid suggestion that you
weren't smart enough to earn a decent living.


Is not. It the unsaid statement that you're going through hard
financial times. There could be a hundred reasons why; lack of
intelligence is only one of them. Divorce is another, as is being laid
off from a financially troubled company through no fault of your own.

It's usually because you've not planned ahead, whether it be not planning for
a decent job, spending every dime you've ever made, or even putting all your
eggs in one basket. "No fault of your own" is, in the vast majority of cases,
a lie.