One of my brothers said that my husband and I are cheap because we camp so much when we travel. That's an interesting opinion from someone who prefers to ride a motorcycle instead of a car. Who is the cheap person here and what makes that person's actions "cheap"?
Sometimes when my preference of camping causes problems for my brother's plans (in this case carrying something big to store in our house ... along with all my mother's other stuff), he will try to spin his words to make us look bad. Most of the people I know, myself included, will do this at one time or another.
When it comes to my brother's love of motorcycling and our lack of interest in same, he doesn't think he's being cheap but efficient. This is the other side of the concept presented above: spinning one's words to make ourselves look good. Again, most people I know, myself included, do it at one time or another.
So do we actually camp out to save money? Sometimes yes, but the fact is that we really like camping. We find hotel/motel rooms and hallways, etc. to be very claustrophobic in nature. When we camp, we have privacy (no maids, etc.), we have lots of space to set our stuff out, and we can enjoy our day at our speed. We don't have to follow a hotel schedule about housekeeping and breakfast, etc. hours. There's no television to distract us. The neighbors can be friendly or we just ignore them. The only bad part is the fact that we find ourselves in various stores, cafes, etc. in order to use the internet. I am too cheap to buy a broadband card.
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And sometimes brothers make comments of a nature designed to get a rise out of the object of the comment - something I fall for all the time!!!!!! Smile - make a joke out of it, whatever. Only thing I no longer like about camping is rising off thee ground in the morning - the Camper we had was great, but I don't want to drive/pull it.
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