[Fluff time] Do you believe you would have a better ********* as a stressed out wealthy person or a content pauper?

1 Answer

Answer :

answer:Well, I’ve never been rich but I have been poor in monetary terms. Never poor in spirit or joy. So I will bet on the poor. The one good thing about being poor is everyone who is in the same boat as you accepts you as you are. There is no cause for pretense to get something from you. So you know the people by your side don’t have a motive other than they like you. Really like you. And those that don’t leave. Nothing to keep them around you. You still have stresses, like paying the bills, keeping employed, surviving. But there is also a larger sense of community. When you don’t have much you are happy with what you have. You are grateful for your meals, a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in, clothes to wear and a job to go too. (not all poor people of course and the same goes for all rich people) But it seems the more people have the more they are always trying to get because they are never satisfied. Some of my happiest moments where when I was at my poorest. Living on change till payday. Just needing enough money to buy some bread and eggs and balony sandwich meat. I remember not being sad because there was nothing to eat, but being happy that I was able to find enough lose change to buy those things since payday was 2 days away. It still makes me laugh at the joy I had. You would’ve thought I won the lottery. My first xmas there, I was able to buy a small turkey and make some potatoes from a potato mix. We got some sodas and you would think I made a meal for king, the way our guest gushed all over the food. We played music and danced and played games. Our guest bought the booze so I’m sure that had something to do with it. But everyone was happy and the next day they said they had the time of their lives. They were almost as poor as we were. We lived in a small unheated trailer but with so many guest, the trailer was warm. It was my first xmas from home and my first xmas with my husband and I was thrilled. I know how to be happy with what I have, so long as everyone I love is healthy and happy too. You learn to live in the moments that are big or small.

Related questions

Description : [Fluff time] Is a lousy Christmas gift with a possible use would be as worse as a lousy one with no plausible use?

Last Answer : A kayak? Dude where the hell do you come up with these examples lol.

Description : [Fluff time] What was the largest amount (as in numbers of bulbs) of Christmas lights you ever hung or arranged in any of the places you ever called home?

Last Answer : For me, personally, I think it’s 1000. Five 200 bulb strands. All inside.

Description : Fluff time: how many days, weeks, etc. into the year is it more than a societal faux pas to have all your Christmas gear in place and working every night?

Last Answer : answer:Believers keep decorations up through January 6, Epiphany, when the Three Wise Men arrived. Catholic Churches keep Christmas stuff up until the second Sunday after Epiphany. Eastern Orthodox Christians don ... January 7th on the Gregorian Calendar, so they get a pass until the end of January.

Description : Parents: Christmas time was better for you as a child or as a parent?

Last Answer : answer:The excitement and joy I see in my daughters eyes at Christmas outweighs any of the presents I received when I was their age. Even watching them decorate the tree puts a big smile on my face.

Description : For those of you who have had a rough past Christmas (one or many), what is one Christmassy thing that reminds you of a better time?

Last Answer : Listening to the yearly “discussion” about putting up the tree between Grandma H and Grandpa “Bonehead”! XD The tree “spun” too,adding to the drama… My sister and I still bust up thinking about it :)))

Description : If everyday could be like Christmas, would this be a better World?

Last Answer : When you see Christmas decorations out before Thanksgiving, it seems to me someone is pushing the holidays. This year I even saw stuff out at Halloween time.

Description : If Christmas time is defined by when stores first start selling Christmas related products, when does Christmas start where you live?

Last Answer : Mid July. :-(

Description : Is Christmas a unilaterally happy time for you or is it stressful?

Last Answer : answer:Happy: 20%. Stressful: 80%. Reason: Christmas always seems to coincide with exam time. I rarely enjoy Christmas fully with the exam in my hand. This year exam ends sooner than Christmas, but school starts right after the exam. So I spend my Christmas with textbooks again.

Description : When do you and your Christmas lights/display say bye, bye to each other until next time?

Last Answer : Back when I did decorate for Christmas, it was usually the weekend after King’s Day (January 6th, the twelfth day of Christmas).

Description : What's your favorite thing about christmas time?

Last Answer : Egg nog and gravy covered meals.

Description : Where am I going to find Christmas decorations this time of year?

Last Answer : Go to a theater supply store. They rent that stuff.

Description : Do you get more depressed at Christmas time?

Last Answer : I think a lot of people find xmas pretty depressing..theres all this impetus around family and friends and if you dont have lots of either you become so much more aware of it. I hate this time ... own melacholic state feel all the worse. Your not alone theres a lot of charlie browns out there too.

Description : When is the appropriate time to take down Christmas decorations?

Last Answer : Hey, thanks, you reminded me to plug in my Christmas lights! Maybe Groundhog Day?

Description : DO you find christmas to be a sad or happy time of year?

Last Answer : Its both.Happy to watch my daughter experience it,sad because I cant afford a damn thing anymore

Description : Should you spend time this Christmas with family you've not cared about in quite awhile?

Last Answer : Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I can relate to your position.

Description : Does your radio station play all Christmas music, all the time, in December?

Last Answer : You own a radio station? Which one?

Description : Christmas Holiday time is actually a SAD time for me, so I'm starting to dread them ALREADY. Anyone else?

Last Answer : answer:Yea, there's tons of stuff that you can do if you don't want to have a pity party for yourself. Volunteer to collect toys from those toy bins. Volunteer in a soup kitchen. There's a ... myself pretty unavailable on the holidays. It's only a happy time for normal people. I relate to you.

Description : Why is there so much bad Christmas music out there?

Last Answer : answer:Different strokes for different folks, bro. i’m thinking there’s a tolerance lesson here somewhere . . .

Description : Sending out e-Christmas cards?

Last Answer : answer:Never. Not for 40+ years. First, the cost of the cards and postage makes it somewhat of a burden. Second, if people look at Christmas cards the way I do, they read them for a second or two, and never again. And they get tossed two weeks later. I’d rather phone.

Description : Filling out Christmas cards as a young, single adult woman?

Last Answer : I think that would be a great idea. Even things as simple as a card (especially to parents) can have sentimental value and I would suggest writing a peronal messege in each because, Happy Holidays or just Merry Christmas can come off as lazy. Welcome to Fluther

Description : Would it be blasphemy to say I hate wrapping presents, I hate decorating for Christmas, I hate shopping, and I hate sending out cards?

Last Answer : I support blasphemy!

Description : Parents: How do you work out Christmas gift giving with your kids?

Last Answer : We only celebrate New Year’s and the kids get gifts that night, wrapped.

Description : How can i find out what bars are open on Christmas Day in NYC?

Last Answer : opentable.com? anything owned by ethnic people? good luck!

Description : How many Christmas cards are you sending out this year?

Last Answer : 0. Email cards this year. Cheaper for me, better for the environment, easier for people to put in the trash. They don’t have to even get up from their chair to throw this one away. Everyone’s a winner.

Description : Did people fire shots where you live on Christmas Eve at midnight?

Last Answer : No. There are laws here that you can’t fire guns within a certain distance from residences.

Description : Are there any Christmas songs that make you cry?

Last Answer : White Wine in the Sun

Description : Did your Christmas plans get screwed up at the last minute because of covid?

Last Answer : My girlfriend and her family were all going to Princeton NJ for a large family Christmas gathering. Tuesday her sister called and said that the town had been hit by omicron and no one was going ... Wednesday afternoon, he had a sore throat and congestion and had tested positive, so no visiting him.

Description : Do you have Christmas meal on the 24th or the 25th?

Last Answer : We do our not very fancy traditional meal on Christmas Day.

Description : What are some of your plans for christmas?

Last Answer : I will not be with family again this year. Instead, my friends and I will have a BBQ in the park. It will be good fun.

Description : DIY decoration ideas for Christmas?

Last Answer : If you're in an area with wild holly, you can get some cuttings and put them in vases, or even make a wreath or garland of them. Very festive, surpsisingly long-lasting (three weeks or so without ... you don't have pets or children that might eat the toxic berries, as they do fall off eventually.

Description : Will you be putting up a Christmas tree?

Last Answer : We had Christmas house lights up last year, figuring people will still drive by.

Description : Christmas: Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning usually?

Last Answer : Morning

Description : Anything exciting today? On Christmas Day 2018?

Last Answer : Let me illustrate the day with a song

Description : So, my Jelly pals, would you care to share your Christmas plans?

Last Answer : Scour the wasteland for scrap and canned dog food.

Description : Which Christmas present is the one thing you wait all year for?

Last Answer : My grandmother used to make cookies just for me for Christmas. When she died (2001), my aunt found the handwritten recipe she used and gave it to me. I have since made the cookies every year and thought ... though I'm making them, I feel as though they are still presents from her in a strange way.

Description : Have you ever been chastised for using, or not using, a particular greeting during the Christmas season?

Last Answer : No. It’s a made up crisis.

Description : Has anyone started their Christmas shopping?

Last Answer : Aye aye, I eyeballed a pair of prescription sun glasses and bought them for 2020.

Description : Does anyone else remember silver Christmas trees?

Last Answer : Grammy had one. I chewed her out for going commercial. I was like eight-ish.

Description : Have you ever known an adult who expected, almost to the point of demanding, a gift for Christmas?

Last Answer : That’s crazy. Christmas is for kiddos anyway. Some people are just shameless and self centered…

Description : Is it stressful when people tell you exactly what to get for a Christmas present?

Last Answer : Um, @Dutchess_III , it is pretty late in the game. You only have two more days. You could have looked on Amazon and had it delivered to your door, but it's probably too late now. There's ... kids since I don't have any and would have no idea what they would want. Get shopping @Dutchess_III !!

Description : In the Dickens story, A Christmas Carol, why does Jacob Marley have his head tied up as though he has a tooth ache?

Last Answer : No toothache. He’s dead. His jaw is tied up because it’s gone slack, as a corpse’s does. But he has to untie it to speak. (We won’t demand too much logic or fidelity to real life when it comes to ghosts.)

Description : Have you had a memorable Christmas tree disaster?

Last Answer : About 40 years ago a friend and I rented a little house in the woods east of Seattle, in the foothills of the Cascades. Being very hippy and self-sufficient (so we believed) we went ... about it all, and replaced the broken window and battered doorframe quickly and without too much fuss.

Description : Do you like Christmas, or dislike it? Why?

Last Answer : I like it. I celebrate it with joy in my heart. Geez, @josie, you;re making me teary and it is still November. The Christmas story, a tale of common people overcoming poverty and forced travel to bring a ... the point my kids check to see if I am weepy. That's what Christmas is about, @josie Brown .

Description : How much, on average, do you spend on your kids and / or grandkids at Christmas?

Last Answer : I SO badly want to get the old book Look Our For Pirates for my 6 year old grand daughter but damn! They want $24 bucks for it on Amazon! And that’s the cheapest!

Description : Other than your spouse do you still Christmas shop for the adults in your life?

Last Answer : I make consumables for everybody, but yes, for many fewer than I used to.

Description : Is the "ugly Christmas sweaters" phenomenon contributing to the squandering of energy and resources?

Last Answer : Probably no more than the Teen Formalwear industry. 2-3 skanky nylon dresses per year, per kid, for 4 years of high school (assuming they didn't start going to high school formals in seventh grade ... certainly double as a 2nd or 3rd layer when gallivanting in the snow during not-Christmas, as well.

Description : Do those of you who live in areas where it snows think it’s odd or funny to see “fake” snow Christmas decorations?

Last Answer : When I lived in California, and then Nevada it felt out of place to me. Now that I have snow where I live, it just seems like extending the outdoors indoors. I laugh though, at those people who hang “icecicle” lights on their house, and they get frozen inside of enormous real ice spikes. Lol

Description : What should I get for my 52 year old mom's Christmas birthday?

Last Answer : How much do you want to spend?

Description : It's July, has anyone started their Christmas shopping?

Last Answer : Bah humbug. Over hyped, over commercialized, over priced. Now I’ll have nightmares of Christmas carols paying on the radio station before Labor Day.

Description : What is on your Christmas tree? (If you have one).

Last Answer : I’m not putting up a tree, but…I just hung some cool blue lights. :-) When my daughter was growing up we often went on excursions to cut our own tree, and decorated together.