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http://s3.polldaddy.com/p/461103.js surveys - Take Our Poll "Frugality is driven by a pleasure of saving, as compared with tightwaddism, which is driven by a pain of paying."
That's one of the findings of a new study comparing people's spending habits. Here's how the differences between tightwads and spendthrifts break down, according to the survey of 13,327 people:
“Frugality is driven by a pleasure of saving, as compared with tightwaddism, which is driven by a pain of paying.”
That’s one of the findings of a new study comparing people’s spending habits. Here’s how the differences between tightwads and spendthrifts break down, according to the survey of 13,327 people:
Tightwads
Feel emotional pain when spending
Men are bigger tightwads than women
Male tightwads feel 3x the pain in buying as male spendthrifts do
Spendthrifts
Feel pleasure when buying
Younger people more likely to be spendthrifts than older people
Less education increases spendthrift tendencies
So, are you a tightwad or a spendthrift?
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