I feel bad when i can afford something others can't, iin?

No matter what year it is there will always be people who can afford things like you can. Im not rich either but we are well off. Just as simple as no house/car/credit car payments. It wasnt always like this in our family. It comes from hard work and being responsible with your money. I save almost everything I get. I buy a few things here and there but im not like my buddy that blows almost every pay check he gets once he gets caught up with his debts he buys something that puts him right back in.

It's normal. For Christmas my bf's mom goes all out and buys everyone tons of presents. A couple Christmases ago she got me Rosetta Stone, 4 or 5 video games, a small DVD Player, gifts cards and gift sets, a book and idk what else. I get more from her than my family and friends combined in a lifetime probably.. If someone asks me what I got I leave a lot out because I know most people don't get that much but I don't really feel bad, just lucky. I would never tell my parents, Dad especially because that would make him feel bad. :/ She's a little crazy during Christmas. ^^

However when I buy myself things I don't feel bad at all I earned it. I'm poor now though eating ramen, don't buy myself anything anymore. XP

Personally I don't want 'things' to clutter up my life and would rather see other people enjoy my money if I don't. I do tend to give a lot away.

I only feel bad if the people in question are hard workers and truly in a bad financial position. I dont ever talk about stuff I have or bought around those people.

Those people who are lazy moochers with no money and no job and no will to improve, they're getting the full ear of all my purchases I made with my hard-earned money. I can't abide people like that.

yips its totally normal dudette

i feel the same, but ive been on both sides, cause i never had money till i got a job, then i bought things that i like whenever, and then now i have no income from being laid off, and i feel like i have no money again. smh. but when i had money i was alwys treating other people and getting then gifts too, so i geuss it wasnt so bad when i bought things cause i was sharing, right? idk haha

I have a lot of things but i still consider my family poor and i have nothing against rich people that has nearly everything but i dont really like them eighter because money changes some people...

I feel the exact same way. I sometimes have a little extra money, so I like to buy things like books and DVDs, and merchandise related to my favorite shows and movies. They've really added up over the years - so much that a lot of it is in storage (I'm kind of a shopaholic). But I never make Facebook statuses whenever I buy something new or post in other forums' "post about your latest purchase" threads because I'm scared that people will be jealous of me or consider me spoiled/rich.

The problem is... it's not wrong to have things even if others don't have them.

What you need to learn to do is find balance. Take care of what you have and don't take it for granted.

And if you want to give that's fine too. If anything it may be better if you don't make a show of it anyway.

I think you're normal because you are aware of how others usually associate a mans wealth with a vile personality. What I mean is that you try to be humble about what you have because you don't want people to think that you're a spoiled brat who has had everything handed down to him on a silver plate. As long as you're aware of the financial struggles that many go through I don't think anyone will consider you a wicked person.