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Originally Posted by D
If the money I'm currently putting aside to save for a house and wedding are considered bills, then, by your definition, I do believe I could live in poverty
But, then, I also don't agree with your definition of poverty.
What, exactly, is "personal disposable?" Is that money that someone would blow on going out to lunch?
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Yes. That is EXACTLY what it is. Money you burn for no apparent reason. Money you expect nothing of.
I understand the causes you keep yourself in a position where you don't have 10 bux to blow a day. And I understand the causes other people are keeping themselves in that position.
However, having cause does not annul the fact.
If you're deaf cause you've played with fireworks, you're just as deaf as someone who's just deaf.
Living with no spare money has a few unfortunate effects on the psyche - aside from the moral, financial etc future benefits you may or may not see - namely, it damages it.
People become boring, people become annoying, and people foam and froth over a fifty.
So, what you will have to understand is that living in poverty, for a good reason, or towards a goal, out of sheer necessity or by choice, tends to make people a certain kind
of people.
Some call it a miser. I don't call it anything, but I do see some's point.