Do you know a mooch (besides our Mooch?)

Hi AmbiePam, This seems to be a female thing - mostly a sister thing. Seriously. I have two sisters who exhibit the same inter-sibling dynamics. One of them actually accused the other of sponging off the tax system because she was receiving some government support to look after her husband's mother full-time. And each is constantly criticizing the other behind their backs. I don't really understand why sisters do this sort of thing, but in my experience, that's apparently the way it is. My dad told me similar stories about his mother and her sister - always knifing each other in the back for some strange reason, apparently some sort of jealous psychosis specific to female siblings.

I am sorry your sister said that to you I can imagine you were shocked a bit. I think she is jealous of the relationship you have with your parents and the closeness you have with them. She said what she said to hurt you probably. My sister is different to. I understand totally. Mine goes aas far to say that I am the chosen one..The special one..but it is not my fault that things are how they are she doesn't take the effort to nuture a relationship with my parents and only want anything to do with them when she needs or wants something. Me though I am like you somewhat I clean for my mom, I helo her whenever she needs it,If I got it she needs it it is hers, I am usually the only one who helps my mom move also. So she helps me out when needed to like it is supoosed to be with family. I think it is great that you wanted to help your mom out with the cleaning. I know it is hard to look over her or let it go in one ear and out the other but with family it seems we are forever looking over their faults. I doubt your a Mooch at all. Jealousy makes us say things sometime and I hope things get better for you. I know your mom will appreciate all tht you do for her and will probably roll her eyes at your sisters words but be assured she loves you and appreciates you.

Shame on your sister, she does sound jealous for some reason. I would do my best to ignore her. Yes I do know some mooches, some people are just that way. Their kids grow up to be like them too, thats all they know. I have never been a mooch, I am uncomfortable being that way.

I hate to say this, but my oldest daughter is one. She lived at my parents, after I told her she had to get a job and they decided to support her. Now she owes them money and they aren't speaking to me, as they were expecting me to pay her debts. We aren't talking about a child, as she is almost 30. Recently, she married, so now her bills are his problem. I hope he pays my parents, so they are speaking to me again soon.

I am trying to think it I know a real mooch but no i dont think I do. Most of my friends do pay their own way and would never think of mooching off of anyone. My one friend is married to a millionarie who owns a high tech business making high tech gizmos so she certainly would never need to mooch. myother friend is the opposite kind who would give you all her clothes off her back if she thought you were in need. and I never mooch myself as I want for little and am happy with what I have. so I dont know any moochers.

Oh God yes! My gentlman friend's twin brother, who I refer to as "the Evil Twin." He spends as little of his own money on what he needs as possible so he can spend it on big ticket and/or designer items like boxer shorts that he can brag about buying. He steals his father's razors, his brother's t-shirts, socks, etc., uses his brother's Bally's ID so he won't have to buy his own gym membership., regularly goes through his brother's drawers to see if Tom has anything new he might want to use (he insists that he get to use anything Tom buys before Tom gets to), even takes money from Tom's wallet when he's not looking so he won't have to use his own money, takes huge family sized steaks from his parents freezer to cook for just himself so he won't have to buy anything to eat and then still wants to eat what they have. He's a Mooch and a glutton and I simply don't like him one bit. He's a monster his parents have created through their never making him take responsibility for his actions and for always picking up after his mistakes. I defend his brother and stand up to him and he can't understand why I don't like him. He thinks I'm just joking with him and calls me regularly thinking I'll get over it. He has a Master's Degree, but it sure didn't increase his intelligence. He's more a Master Mooch!

I definitely do. Quite a few of them actually. I don't think going to your parents house to use the computer is such a bad thing. I don't see how that's mooching at all. You were using it because they weren't home because you're computer is currently out of business. How about the one that I know that only does things for people if they can see the benefit of it for themselves? Or how they just like to sit around and do nothing while everyone else around them does everything that they should have learned to do while growing up. Then again this person even has their parents doing everything for them. It's sad really. That in my opinion is a mooch.

I know Mooch here pretty well at Mylot. I also know alot of people that are mooches. the county we live in, has alot of them. they will mooch anything and everything off of you. WE have tried to be nice to people and give them things we no longer want. It is really nice things also. We have also gave people alot of things too when they were in need. They mooch even more off of you when you do it though.

Hi Amber!! Unfortunately I do know a mooch(s) and unfortunately they are family members. I had an aunt who passed away about three years ago. When she was still living her only daughter and her family were constantly mooching off of her. They thought she had a lot of money and were constantly wanting her to buy them things but would never pay her back. My mother, her sister and even I told her that they were taking advantage of her and her good nature and that she needed to stop giving over to them. She said several times that she was going to stop but she never did, she loved her daughter and her kids so much that she just wasn't able to give in to them. It is sad that there are people like that in this world. Take care!!!

My oldest sister....she will borrow money and not pay it back..or do something like if there is a sale on earrings...like 3 for ten bucks and you don't quite want three...she'll offer to pick out one and pay for the third one but somehow always forgets. There are too many instances where she has done this...and for me it got too wearing. I no longer buy her anything....or borrow her money that is conviently forgotten about. So now she does it to my younger sister! But she has always been a mooch! LOL

Yep, I sure do know plenty of them these days! My 19 year old daughter for one. I wouldn't mind so much if she would just pitch in and do some things around the house, but it is like pulling teeth with her. I think it's a lot of kids her age that don't seem to know how to take responsibility and get jobs a live productive lives, thus they tend to MOOCH off of anyone they can! Good for you by the way for cleaning your parents house for them while they are away! Have you checked the goodwill for a monitor yet?

One of my brothers could be considered a mooch in most peoples eyes. He is always borrowing money or borrowing things and not giving them back. I love him, but sometimes it gets pretty old.

Oh one of my neighbours is terrible so I had to spell it out in the end and put a stop to it, they would always bring their child up to my house just before lunch or tea knowing that I am the type of person that wouldn't feed my son without offering their son something to eat. Well it got to the stage where I was getting through a jar of coffee a week (I don't even drink coffee) an extra 4 pint of milk (all that coffee) and twice the amount of food and electric. In the end I asked them if they would like to do my shopping that week as they seemed to spend more time eating and drinking at mine than their own and I am a single parent without the funds to feed another family all the time. Hinting didn't help I had to be that blunt in the end. I don't mind helping anyone and will always offer food and drink but this was just taking the mickey really. Now if they do pop up I will say another five minutes then I am about to prepare dinner and only have enough for ourselves, that works. Ellie :D

Boy do I ever. I know one person who has mostly lived with various friends and relatives for the past 25+ years. He'll call and tell someone he's in town and can he stop by, and he'll arrive - usually in a taxi or bus - with his suitcase in tow...and stay a week, a month, a year. Then he wonders why people get angry with him.

Hey girlfriend dont even give it another thought. I think she is jealous of you. I have heard alot of storys about her. Yes I do know some mooches.LOL But not worth talking about.