Simple life or boring life

@scheng1 (24649)

Singapore

September 3, 2016 2:36am CST

One of my relatives is a miser at heart. He lives in a small apartment with two bedrooms (fully owned), and he rents out one bedroom to tenants. He still works even though he is already beyond retirement age. Since he has no family with him, his life is just work, eat and sleep during the weekdays. His weekends are slightly more interesting. He makes use of his senior pass to take buses all over the country because his senior pass entitles him to take bus with less than a dollar per trip. He says that he can enjoy the air-conditioner in the bus, and he has the time for it. He does not have internet, computer, smartphone or whatever gadgets. He just sticks to the same routine day in day out. He says he lives a simple and frugal life. I say that he lives a very boring life. No point a person has money and refuses to spend to indulge.

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@Letranknight2015 (52665)

• Philippines

3 Sep 16

I envy him for some reason, it's his choice. He chose to live a life with out depending on technology.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

3 Sep 16

I do not envy him at all. He has no family, no friend, no pet, and he loves his money more than anything. We seldom keep in touch, because he always switches off his cellphone, so that he can save money. He has no house phone too.

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@MattMeng (3448)

• Hangzhou, China

7 Sep 16

In fact, they don't live happily.

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@MattMeng (3448)

• Hangzhou, China

7 Sep 16

@scheng1 He has a mistaken view about money.

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@jstory07 (148735)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Sep 16

If he is enjoying his life than he is not bored.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

3 Sep 16

I forget to mention specifically that he has no friend at all. He is the kind who asks someone to buy lunch for him or do errands for him, and then refuse to pay. He really is a miser.

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@MattMeng (3448)

• Hangzhou, China

4 Sep 16

I also think that he lives a very boring life, but we must earn money first if we haven't enough money

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

He sure has enough money. His money in government pension scheme is enough to feed him without him working or renting out his room. In fact, his room rental is enough to cover all his expenses, and he saves all his salary. There is no point in working and not spending when a person is already over retirement age, and has no children or family to cater for. He just refuses to spend because he loves money.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

7 Sep 16

@MattMeng Earning money is to make us value our family and friends more. Sad that my uncle does not understand this.

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@MattMeng (3448)

• Hangzhou, China

7 Sep 16

@scheng1 We should love money, but we shouldn't love them too much.

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@LadyDuck (502573)

• Italy

3 Sep 16

Well, if he is happy, this is his problem. If he is not happy, I cannot understand the reason to live so cheap.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

He is not happy because he has no friend. He loves his money too much to have a friend. He worked for many years in one company before they downsized him, and not once did he talk about his colleagues at all. When we went on a family vacation once, he refused to buy anything to share with them. In fact, when we went on that family vacation, I paid the tour first, and he was the only one who kept on refusing to pay me back! It took my aunt to go to his house to demand payment that I managed to get the money. He has more than a quarter million saved up at that time.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

7 Sep 16

@LadyDuck Ya, I hope that sooner or later he will come to his senses. Since he is nearly 70 years old, and still he behaves like this, I doubt that he will change!

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@LadyDuck (502573)

• Italy

6 Sep 16

@scheng1 I know someone like this, the only thing he loves is the money, all the rest does not matter. This is a stupid life.

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@amnabas (14877)

• Karachi, Pakistan

3 Sep 16

I think he is enjoying his simple life.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

No, he is not. He has no friend, and he loves money too much. He does not even take the initiative to keep contact with us who is his relatives. A miser who loves money too much cannot be enjoying life.

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@MattMeng (3448)

• Hangzhou, China

7 Sep 16

@scheng1 Yes, the most important thing is to live a enjoying life.

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@MattMeng (3448)

• Hangzhou, China

4 Sep 16

Yes, I think so, many people in China live these lives.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Sep 16

If he is happy with his life that is all that is important. It's good that he gets out and about on the weekends. I agree that it wouldn't suit everyone but it seems it suits him.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

It sure does not suit us who are his relative. He is so frugal that he often switches off his cellphone to save cost on his prepaid. When we have family event, we have to keep on calling him from morning to night, hoping that he switches on the phone soon. I think if we do not bother to contact him, he will never want to contact us except when he wants us to buy things for him (he will refuse to pay us the money).

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

7 Sep 16

@JudyEv He will be a big problem later on. i think when he gets sick, and stay in hospital, he will push the bill to us, and keep all his money to himself.

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@JudyEv (382259)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Sep 16

@scheng1 Oh, so he sounds like a bit of a problem.

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@skysnap (20152)

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3 Sep 16

I think after 45, life starts to end as is, so short and fast excited life is better.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

3 Sep 16

After 45, our health problem starts to surface. That is the time when we have to start seeing the doctor regularly and take medication.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

3 Sep 16

It is HIS life, his decision, his choice. NOT anybody else`s busness.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

5 Sep 16

Not true. It is our business since we are related by blood. There is no way we can escape responsibility if anything happens to him.

@Shiva49 (28387)

• Singapore

3 Sep 16

I know some who are at the Public Library mostly sleeping and enjoying the air conditioning. When one works hard he/she is also entitled to some rewards. Not a cent can be taken away anyway - siva

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

Yes, I saw them too. Most of them retirees go during weekdays to nap, but they are kind enough to stay away from the library during weekends.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

3 Sep 16

If he enjoying the life he choose then he is not bored. For us it is boring because we don't understand the life they have.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

He is not enjoying his life. No way he can enjoy life when he fears to spend money. He is already more than the official retirement age, and he has received his annuity income, yet he still wants to work, and rent out his room. He spends less than a third of his total income, and there is no reason to be a miser except that he loves money.

@responsiveme (22923)

• India

3 Sep 16

thatshis idea of enjoyment...saving up his pennies.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

Wonder what for! When a person is nearly 70 years old, and has annuity income, and no family, there is no need to hoard money to the point of having no friend.

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@ms1864 (6882)

• Bangalore, India

3 Sep 16

I think his way of life is peaceful. Maybe he does not indulge because he is content... that is more than we can say about 99% of the worlds population.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

3 Sep 16

He sure belongs to the 1% of the population who has no friend, no family, no pet and no life. He switches off his phone nearly all the time, so that we find it hard to contact him. When he asks you to buy something for him, he will delay giving you the money for it. he sure values his money more than his relatives.

@arintellect007 (533)

• Kolkata, India

3 Sep 16

Well as long as he is happy and satisfied with his lifestyle,you cannot label it "boring".That's unfair.Actually, being simple or boring is a subjective matter,its just how one look at things with a particular mindset & point of view.

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@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

6 Sep 16

He is not happy and he is not satisfied. He is a miser and he loves money more than anything else. In fact, he is so selfish that he can work in a company for 8 years, and nobody likes him. When a person is nearly 70 years old, and still loves money, and has no friend, something is seriously wrong. His annuity payment is enough to support him, yet he still wants to work, and rent out his room.