'My #Poverty' Makes Most People Think I'm #Stingy @BorgenProject #Stingily #Impoverished #Stinginess

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Oh, I'm not 'living on the streets' or 'lacking in needs of human survival'; but I'm not 'an overflowing fountain of monetary wealth' either!

I 'meet a girl' on Twitter, and she invites me to chat on Google Hangouts. (Admittedly, 'meeting a girl on social-networks' is less like "meeting a girl at a party" and more like "becoming a fan of a Lady Gaga & imagining all her songs are 'about you.'")

In our chatting, she tells me her daughter wants a game-card for her iPhone and asks me to get one for her. I say no, I can't; because I can't (don't have a credit-card to do that, don't make enough extra money to be doing that, etc.)

And I try to change the topic, still under the impression that the girl wanted to chat; but she responded ... I won't repeat it, but she called me "stingy."

And–before I could apologize for 'letting my poverty show' and wishing her a better day before I moved-on–she blocked any further response.

I hate it when people do that. 'Ruminates' the false idea that I'm one o` those "Energy Vampires" (the kind that videos online teach you to identify & fix or -stay away-from).

'Those words' (below-hyperlinked to The Borgen Project's study of poverty) are built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...

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The word “Poverty” is built on words that mean “Poor” (Misery, Wretched Condition).

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The word “Stingy” is built on unknown Bedrock beneath words that mean “Niggardly, Penurious, Extremely Tight-Fisted” (perhaps (or at-least influenced by) "Sting" Biting, Sharp).

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I–like many Americans–take advantage of today's abundant world's wealth, graciously shared by 'brothers & sisters' (Christians call them 'Brothers & Sisters in Christ,' other groups call the-people-who-share 'other kinds of brothers-and-sisters').

I'm grateful for it, but not all of us thank all the providers for it—I'm sure you've visited YouTube without consciously thanking Google & all the participating creators & commenters, or you've visited Twitter without consciously thanking Jack Dorsey, Matt Stone & Evan Williams, or you've used Facebook without consciously thanking Mark Zuckerberg-etc., etc.. (I say 'consciously thanking,' because–in most cases–the originators & owners collect advertising dollars that you 'earn them' by showing up.)

Or am I looking at that wrong (or 'wrongly' 🤓)? Tell
 me how-wrong/right I am in the comments below 😁