She's Worth 5.3 Million But Eats Cat Food To Save Money

[chic]

Most mental disorders don’t make sense.
That’s why they are called mental illness and making fun of someone with mental disorders is the same as making fun of someone with diabetes or high blood pressure.
That’s being polite.

Agreed.

 

[Giantsfan1954]

Guessing she doesn’t want to pay medical bills either...cat food is nutritious for cats not humans...not to mention, YUCK!!!!!

 

[Jeweltea]

It is hoarding, just money not stuff.

 

[Jeni]

Every so often I see these stories where someone is so frugal and amass a huge fortune ..... but what is the point..... obviously they have no friends or family as I would think friends would make sure you were not eating cat food.....

What purpose is the money if you live like that.......
I can not tell you how many people i have known that were saving items for a special occasion or purpose ....then they pass ...... to whomever has to clean out a home to find things that have sat and were never used / never enjoyed and the next person who finds this treasure ....... does not think of it as a treasure or useful...but trash.......

I will enjoy my items/ my treasures not store them up..... I know I will need money to help support when I retire but will still enjoy some now as we never know what tomorrow holds......

Mental illness or not those who do these items to hoard money we should feel sad for .......

 

[Don M.]

Money is just "green paper", and is of little value unless a person spends it wisely. It's important to be debt free, and have an emergency fund, etc., but to just "hoard" it makes little sense. Spend it on things of enjoyment, and maintaining one's health, so the "golden years" don't become depressing.

 

[gennie]

I've read that a legacy of the Depression is that the children grew up with distorted views of money.

If this is true, I'm wondering what the legacy of the extreme social anxiety of the Covid era will be for today's children.

 

[fmdog44]

Very sad!

It reminds me of Hetty Green the Witch of Wall Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Green

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." - Jonathon Swift

I remember that pic from my childhood.

 

[fmdog44]

How did she get her riches? Is cat food cheaper than SPAM?

 

[Jules]

If you look at the article, she’s an attractive 50 year old woman in Las Vegas. Her ex-husband gave her the house and he does the maintenance to save her money. That would seem to indicate where her wealth came from.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I remember that pic from my childhood.

I remember the picture from the Guinness Book of World Records.

 

[Sunny]

When it gets to that extreme, it certainly sounds like a form of mental illness. The desire to save money becomes so huge that it overwhelms everything else. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a medical name for it.

 

[Leann]

I know a man who is very wealthy. Only he knows the value of all of his investments but they are well into the tens of millions. There is nothing flashy about him, nothing to suggest he has significant means. He lives in a modest apartment that has largely been furnished with second and third-hand goods. He dates several women and all seem to enjoy cooking for him so his grocery bill is negligible. When he does go to the supermarket, he mostly buys fresh vegetables and canned soups. His brother (now deceased) gave him a 20 year old vehicle that is both mechanically and visually sound.

He isn't a charitable person so I don't know where his money will go when he passes. His parents are deceased and he has no other living family. He does suffer from episodes of extreme depression so I think that knowing he has substantial sums of money in cash, investments and real estate (he owns large parcels of undeveloped land) helps soothe him when everything else overwhelms him. I don't know. It's just a guess.