to be mildly annoyed about double standards on the AIBU board?

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Yes, I know it's supposedly the height of bad taste to talk about how much money one has. However, it's seen as perfectly fine to talk about how little money one has. For the record, where I'm originally from, it's really bad taste to talk about either.

So, AIBU to be mildly annoyed at the double standards that exist on the AIBU board?

To pre-empt the usual hunters, no, I am definitely not a troll. Well, not all the time, at any rate ...

i was going to make a big deal about how poor i am now, but it appears to have been a choice (i know, i go from a rich twat to a poor lovely man: what is wrong with me?)

anyway, i can have the prize for most stupid businesswoman: who opens a bloody bookshop at the beginning of a recession?

i'm going to enter the competition for who's the most shit scared that my dream is going to collapse round my ears in the new year when i find out that i don't have any money left, people didn't buy enough books in advent for me to pay my bills at the end of december and have reached my credit limit on my credit card. i don't want money for nothing, i just want someone to come and buy these books!
every three months the VAT-man is my bestst friend (he gives me lots of money because books are zero-rated for VAT! yippee!)

moan over.
i agree with everyone who made a sensible point.

yes, they worry much less because they are too busy counting their money...No, of course not, but they are much more able to alleviate the concommitant stresses around it.

Abso-fucking-lutely McQueen -with you all the way. I can't stand people who begrudge other people who have a bit of money - if it's been earned, then well done you - if it's been inherited or won, then good luck to you, enjoy! Live and let live. Stop wasting time being resentful and either go out and find a better job or buy a blimmin lottery ticket! Or even better, be thankful for what you do have!

there are not too many problems associated solely with having sufficient or excess money

on the other hand there are many more problems associated with having too little money

and I would think lack of money compounds other issues in people's lives too

hence more requirement to post about such issues

so

YABU

ReneRusso: Not sure. Think maybe YABU. It's bad taste unless it's actually interesting for some reason, or relevant to the discussion. People who just come on and say "why can't my lawyer husband give me more than £750 spending money per week" are annoying. Whereas someone grappling with a lack of money may get some real help on here.

But why is it annoying? Because there are people who survive adequately on much less than £750 per week? Across the world, there are people that survive on less than £1 per day. So, are those who fall anywhere in between still annoying? At what level does it stop being annoying and suddenly become relevant?

PS - at ImSoNotTelling

I have done both. Been very broke and eating pot noodles and having a couple of dollars to last a fortnight. And now there is plenty.

It is bad form to complain when really you have fuck all to complain about. Really? People are not patting you on the back for working so hard? Lots of people work hard and still have a shit life.

Suck it up.

Money might not make you happy or get rid of all of life's challenges but it is certainly a lot easier to deal with the death of a loved one when you are not standing at the funeral wondering how you are going to feed the kids/keep the warm tonight.

Money works quite like a buffer against many of life's hardships. You might be unhappy but you are not hungry.

Can't remember the full quote or who said it but apparently while money doesn't buy you happiness it does allow you to suffer in comfort... or something along those lines.

When I was well-off, I'd never have mentioned in on a thread, as it would have been irrelevant/boasting/irritating to anyone who is struggling.

Now we are in the struggling category but I don't think I've mentioned that either. But can understand why people do, the stress is enormous and posters need to vent.

Or even how you are going to pay for the funeral.

hehe TSC - I've never been to a hairdresser...

Hey Riven, it's me in disguise....any meet ups soon?

LeQueen - show us a pic of him in his leather breastplate and we'll all say jolly well done.

I'm not even average enough to win the average competition

Was the cutlery on the private jet thread real? I thought it was an example! Link, please link!

Who are the people deriding your dh LeQueen?

I must admit that it helps when an extended family is very used to being wealthy. In a way they expect to have a fantastic life and pretty much sod anyone that intrudes on that.... and would never, ever think anyone shallow for buying beautiful stuff (well as long as it's not garish or vulgar of course!).

Also it helps to appreciate the good stuff if you've been down then up. My parents have just had a horrible year with family deaths etc and are now flying at drop of hat for a week to London for Christmas (business of course). Blinking heck they deserve it considering how they work. Enjoy it I say.

I want a private jet. Not fussed about the cutlery.