Why Are You Complaining?

United States
August 16, 2010 4:17pm CST
My family does this all the time and it never fails to amaze me actually. All they do is complain about not having money. That's all we hear is poor me I have no money, blah blah blah. The next thing I know, their buying a new computer, going out to eat, buying a new tv, going on vacation, or something of the sort. Am I missing something here??? You do nothing but complain about you have no money but your buying all of these things... When I say I have no money, I mean were losing our home, no food to eat and were about to be homeless. Now that's not having any money to me. I'm confused, how about you? Do you know someone that does this? Does it drive you crazy too? Am I the crazy one here? (Don't answer that last question, LOL) How do you say you have no money and go out and do these things?
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18 responses
• Indonesia
16 Aug 10
when we talk about no money , then it can make us always think we don't have money , but many things can be done without having to think about spending money . The most important is to recruit the necessary requirements in our lives
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• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =)
• Indonesia
17 Aug 10
i definitly aggree with dvnamnq
• Thailand
17 Aug 10
you have more money but not always live happily
• Malaysia
17 Aug 10
I know someone who does this.. and I take it to the point never to talk to him anymore because it's sickening that you keep complaining about your debts, but you're accumulating more by buying things that you do not need.. What's the point of complaining when you're doing the exact thing to make sure that you are complaining about you'll complain till the end of your life? I think at times that he just likes to complain that he doesn't have money. I can't stand people like that though... I'm sorry your family is like that, I can just say to just try to stay away from them?
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I can understand you not wanting to be around him, it does get annoying. I can't stay away from everyone in my family that does this or my kids wouldn't be able to be around them either and it's not their fault. My parents, my sister, and my brother all do this!
• Malaysia
17 Aug 10
I'm sorry to hear this.. Maybe you can just tell them what you think.. :)
@ptower76 (1616)
• United States
17 Aug 10
You know, some families do this when they think a family member may be asking for financial help. Or just to elicit pity from another.
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
19 Aug 10
yea, I agree with you.. I have friends that would complain of having no money, can't do this or that. Complain one month that they can barely make their car payment yet they go out and get a new tattoo- how about them apples? Dude, I also have barely any money to eat.. I can not see how a new tattoo is more important than your car/your transportation to work.. Speaking of... We have these people at work who are constantly complaining they are broke and then they are calling out sick every other day (we don't get paid for sick days) Well, Hello- try working a full weeks work and see if you don't have a little more money! LOL. Some people have their priorities screwed up!
@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
24 Aug 10
I tried using a different phrase with my kids, when they were little, because we would see this all the time in acquaintances. I would tell kids we could not get something or do something, because we are choosing to spend our money differently or "because we choose to pay our bills first". I also sat an example of a simple envelope type budget, and I think it helps them some.They are grown up now.
• United States
20 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) It is so annoying, isn't it? It drives me crazy! No, a tattoo is not a need, it's a want. Therefore, they must have money to be able to get one. Ha, I have seen that too. That's so true! People with jobs do that all the time and then get mad when they don't make enough or when they get fired. Um, it's your own fault! Yes they do have their priorities in the wrong places.
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@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
17 Aug 10
Yes, people like to exaggerate about money. Some people who do not have money, trying to pose as wealthy. The others saying they do not have money but buy things just after they said it. Why they cannot be honest with themselves? I guess in the first case, they do not want others to pity them because they do not have any money or they are just vain. On the second case, as in your family, maybe their standard of having money is too high or they just do not want other family borrow their money. I remember one of my friend told me: Money does not recognize a friend. So i guess it is true in here.
@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
17 Aug 10
Oh, that is bad. They want more money to be able to go on a vacation.
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah your right. The only problem with this is we helped them out because we thought they really didn't have any money and they turn around and go on vacation...Um, that's a problem. That's what makes me angry!
@ptower76 (1616)
• United States
17 Aug 10
I always hold to the notion that those people complain about not having money so someone else can help them meet their needs while they squirrel their money away to meet their wants. You are probably the type that shares when you have a little extra and so they know they can always complain a little to you and you may share what little you have. Perhaps you should complain to them when you have a little.
• United States
20 Aug 10
True. Rich will stay rich and the poor will stay poor...
• United States
18 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) You know me really well don't you? Yeah, I do give my family money all the time. The problem is my husband and I are the same exact way. If we have it to give we do. Everyone knows it.
@ptower76 (1616)
• United States
18 Aug 10
its one of the reasons we experience money problems from time to tiem and they don't. We give it away and they hold on tight. lol
• United States
17 Aug 10
you and me both my family does the same thing all the time.they can say that they have no money so you can feel sorry for them and when it comes down to you having no money they ignore you or give you very little help or just say i dont have the money. it really gets me. and the next day you see something brand new in the home that is not needed.
• United States
18 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yes, you do understand!! It is very annoying and selfish in my opinion. We never ask for help because we want to do everything on our own but were always trying to help everyone else. I feel like were always there for everyone but when we do need something no one is there.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
17 Aug 10
I know many people like this and I know that we were just discussing this the other day with a friend. My brother has come to live with us and when he does make a little money he will blow it instead of helping us wiht anything. It is so annoying. I am so tired of never having money due to the fact that we are helping him and my mom with a place to live and stuff.
• United States
18 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yes, it is annoying and I do know the feeling! Were always helping others and they go on vacation or buy something else they don't need. Sometimes we feel like why bother?
@ellie333 (21016)
17 Aug 10
I know some people that if their bank balance goes beyond so many hundred pounds will moan they are skint. If I am raiding the loose change pot and using everything in the cupboard rather than doing a food shop that is when I will say I am short of money. I agree if someone is that short of money they shouldn't be buying all these luxury things and concentrating on the needs notthe wants. I think people who moan about money attract more money problems myself so I tend to speak over mine in that I feel my needs are always met and sooner or later their will be an abundance. Huggles. Ellie :D
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Exactly, that is being short of money. If you have to go to the piggy bank to buy something, you really don't have much money. I agree with that. But, to say you have NO money and then go on vacation that just makes no sense to me.
@Tresaqwe (376)
• United States
17 Aug 10
I definitely get where you're going at! If you have no money, then where are you getting all of your fancy things like that? They don't appear out of nowhere and if you can't afford it, you shouldn't be buying it! XD Then again, I complain about not having enough money to afford my texting, yet I have 700 dollars in the bank. But, I am saving that money up for a car so I don't really have any say.. XD
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) It's different to say I don't have much money but to say you have no money and then go and do the things they do with it, that's not right. I always tell my husband I wish I was broke like that then we could go on vacations and buy new things too! LOL
@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
17 Aug 10
Hi there, Lilangel.:) This is a familiar or similar scenario with my husband. He keeps on telling me we don't have money and yet he often is telling me that we should buy this and that. Well, it is not that we really don't have money to spend. We're not that broke but what he meant was we don't have savings yet.We don't have a house of our own, and we are not financially stable yet.:(
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, that is a hard situation. I hate not having money saved too though. It's hard not having your own place and being stable. I hate that feeling too.
@lacieice (2060)
• United States
17 Aug 10
I have two very good reasons to say I don't have any money. The first is that I am referring to 'disposable' money...that is, money that is not needed to pay bills and food. I could always rob Peter to pay Paul, but I'd rather not do that, so there is no 'extra' money in our home. The second reason is because if my kids find out I have any extra money, they always ask to borrow it, then take a long time to pay it back, so it's just easier to let them think we have none. However, we really don't have extra money 90% of the time. We don't buy things we don't need. We don't go out to dinner very often, maybe once a month, and we don't buy anything expensive. I shop for used items most of the time, but I really don't shop very often. Sometimes it's really boring to be so short of money. It's hard to find free or cheap things to do, so mostly we just stay home.
• United States
18 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, I know the feeling about not having extra money. Our problem is were always giving our extra money to help someone else. I always joke with my husband and say God will never let us win the lottery because we won't enjoy it at all, we'll give it all away! We helped my parents out because they said they were having money issues and then they go on vacation!! What a slap in the face...
• United States
17 Aug 10
Actually yes i do know somebody who always complain poor me,poor me act.they are mean to me or why they do this to me.In short they will always complain almost evryday and blame someone else. Like I know a person personally a close to me but i will not just say something how that person is related to me.But all i know an dhear from that person is alwasy complaining that her husband is not nicte to her, that he is mean to her blah... blah........ and of course i am not pointing my fingers on that person but based on my observation she is not nice to her husband that is why she was married 5x now coz nobody wants to be somebody and what you will hear is complain and complain and blame you fro nothing...It is not nice feeling to be sorrounded by someone who is always complaining coz it will affect you personaaly. Theres is a saying if you want to be a positive person and a happy one then choose not to be sorrounded with negative people.
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Your right being around someone like that is very annoying and it brings you down. That's a very true saying.
@aurorastorm (1131)
• United States
17 Aug 10
I am with you when I say I do not have money to spend on anything I really mean I do not have money to spend. I have friends and some family members that do the same thing you are talking about. One minute they could not pay their mortgage and the next they are shopping at Nordstroms and I think to myself the same thing, are we the crazy ones or are they?
• United States
18 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) You do know how I feel! The worst part about it is were always helping them and then they go on vacation or buy something else they don't need. It just blows my mind! My husband and I agreed that we really need to stop helping so much but that's really hard for us. =(
@BigTips (304)
• China
17 Aug 10
It is really a waste of time to compain all the time. There are lots of poor men who in need of money, why don't they complain about their bad situation. It is wrong to be content with things as we are, but it is also useless to complain a lot. If you find you are shot of money, why don't spend time on finding good ways to make more money? You see, there are lots of chances but you have no patience to catch one. It is a wiser action to stop complian today and pay much attention to what you want. You will find a chance to change your current condition.
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yes, I agree with you. They need to find some useful things to do with their lives rather than complain about things. They could have it much worse than they do now.
@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
24 Aug 10
I knew a woman once that thought if her checking account was below $2000 they were going broke. Perhaps your family still has a wallet full of credit cards and is filling them up with all these purchases. I have "no money" but I actually have "enough" so we are fine.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Aug 10
lilangelspreschool why because they did go out and spend it on all those things and now they are flat busted, so yes they have noit any money. sob sob. The idea that maybe you should put some in savings and keep a balnance in checking might not have soakedin on them yet.also I bet a dime to a nickle that they are buying all this stuff on credit cards want to bet? lol When I overspend like that I know i have to p ay the piper, and go without sp ending one red cent til my next social security check.,Yes p eople like that that throw money around then poor mouth, make me furious. to me being broke is not having a c ent to spend.
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, that's true. It just makes me mad because they really have no clue what it's like to be truly broke like my husband and I do. We have lived in a tent for crying out loud with our baby, that's being broke in my eyes! Yes, they do all have credit cards so that is probably what it is, that's why we do NOT own one. Those things are dangerous.
@trruk1 (1028)
• United States
16 Aug 10
Nearly everybody complains about being short of money. If you have no job or your job does not pay much, then you probably are short of money. But a lot of people with very good incomes never seem to have any money available. they are often late paying a bill and have to pay a late fee. The problem there is not a lack of money; it is poor money management. They buy a house they cannot afford and struggle to make the payments. They feel like they have to have a new car every two years or so, so they have what amounts to permanent car payments. Eating at home is a lot cheaper than eating out, but they would rather use the plastic to pay and eat at a restaurant. You are not crazy, but a lot of people do seem to be living in some kind of fantasy.
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) I know most people complain about not having enough money. There is a difference between saying you don't have enough and saying you don't have any and then going to spend like crazy!
@jadmari (125)
• Philippines
17 Aug 10
Well, those people who complain sabotaged theirselves. They think that they are the victim here, but its not. They are just complaining because they focus to much on the problem. They don't focus on the solution. Its the attitude of the person on how he or she sees life. And Having no money for me, is something you don't really have even a single penny. Having no money is having nothing at all. I don't say I don't have money if I can still buy things or stuffs. I just say that my money is not enough to buy a computer, tv or vacation. Hmm..I hope you get what I mean.
• United States
17 Aug 10
Thanks for your response =) Yeah, it is the wrong attitude that they have. If they stopped complaining for a moment maybe they would find a solution to their problem. I don't either. The only time I said we have no money is when my husband and I lived in a tent and had hot dogs to survive on for weeks! That was having no money. They have no clue! I don't say that and then go buy tons of things, that makes no sense.