Are ENFps spendthrifts?

[P-chan]

Do ENFPs waste a lot of money?

[Kim]

I don't know about ENFps in general, but I don't. If I have money, I will happily spend money, but if I don't I can be pretty responsible.

[Slacker]

I'm careful with money but it's because I recognize it's a *potential* weakness.

[implied]

[P-chan]

whenever i used to go shopping with my alpha SF brother, he would get a bit silently irritated at me for looking at some object, reading over the technical aspects/ingredients/whatever of the object, putting the object in my shopping cart, and then finding some reason that i didn't need it within an hour.

Did you find the reason you didn't need the object before, or after you paid for it?

[Raver]

When it comes to money, I tend to be very responsible and use it only on things that I really need or wanted for a while. However, I tend to lend money to people and they don't give it back. So I've learned my lesson to only give it to people I trust, which is very few people.

[schrödinger's cat]

whenever i used to go shopping with my alpha SF brother, he would get a bit silently irritated at me for looking at some object, reading over the technical aspects/ingredients/whatever of the object, putting the object in my shopping cart, and then finding some reason that i didn't need it within an hour.

I do that too!

...and I. This is weird.

[Topaz]

I hate being in debt. I waited until July 4th whent they have sales to buy my truck and I got a very low intrest rate. Then I tacked on an extra $25 to all my truck payments to pay down the principle, lower my interest and pay it off early. Now I dont have a payment. I dont subcribe to any magazines or periodicals. I know where they are if I want them. I dont accept any extra features on my cell phone except the ones I know I will use. I seldom have to have the latest technology either so I usually will wait till whatever I have no longer functions before replacing it. Ive always had a problem with the idea of waste and so I usually will not buy something I think I will not use. When I do I get pretty angry with myself. Even at work Im constantly thinking of ways to concerve. Like I will try to print on both sides of the paper if allowable.
One of the reasons I think I try to concerve on my own spending is because I like having the potenital to actually purchase something if I have to or want to. I like having the option more than having the thing. Also, Im never comfortable with my earning potential. This is due to weak . I really dont like conforming too much to the whole 'system' and being caught up in heavy credit card debt and so forth. In the back of my mind since I was very small is this idea that they human race is just this horrible consuming monster that is destroying the earth. The idea has always disturbed me and I think of all the animals and people that have be slaughtered and oppressed for the sake of Modern 'ideals and progress'. I dont see how I can remove myself from society that Ive become so dependent on but I have never been whole hearted in its ideology either.
There are times when Im somewhat wasteful though. Usually it comes to novelties, like spending something on a cheap garage sale find that I certainly do not need but I just like it. I think the reason I like it is partially due to its low price. If were at the price you might pay in the store I would be so turned off as to only consider it briefly. Therefore I end up with lots of inexpensive treasures that I love to brag about but I could probably have saved even more money if I never bought at all. As an example once I started collecting globes of the earth. All sizes and time preriods, the older the better. I ended up with about 30 or so in a fantastic collection I kept on display. I dont think I paid more than $5 dollars for each of them. Then the tides began to shift and I decided enough of this! So I had a garage sale and got rid of all but 2 because they were gifts.
I used to go to this mall that had expensive cookies that smelled divine. They were like a good $1.75 ea. BUT If you bought 2 you get the third one for .25 cents Sounds like a bargain, but its not really, unless you are really hungry, have a real sweet tooth or have two other friends with you. Other wise the third cookie (and even the second) is a waste of money. Your sweet tooth is satiated after the first one :wink: Therefore if you must, only buy one, unless you are with someone else. Or better yet, go buy and apple.
I know I just rambled on but I just thought I would demonstrate my furgal thought pattern. Im not a hippie.

[IcEPiCk]

Great so I wont be homeless.

[P-chan]

Topaz wrote: ...

Wow, that sounds like a very sensible approach to money.

One of the reasons I think I try to concerve on my own spending is because I like having the potenital to actually purchase something if I have to or want to. I like having the option more than having the thing. Also, Im never comfortable with my earning potential. This is due to weak . I really dont like conforming too much to the whole 'system' and being caught up in heavy credit card debt and so forth. In the back of my mind since I was very small is this idea that they human race is just this horrible consuming monster that is destroying the earth.

I'm comfortable with my earning potential myself, but I try to avoid spending money as much as I can. I don't agree with consumerism either. Buying stuff doesn't really make me excited.

I sit behind my computer all day (so I use my computer a lot and thus it's important to me), but I don't like buying a new computer because then I have go to the trouble of reinstalling all my software and copying all my files over.

I like the feeling of freedom that I get from being able to make money, but not spending much. If I don't like whatever I'm doing to make money, I can quit without any ill consequences and go do something else, or even do nothing for a while since I have a lot of money buffer.