Converation with my friend:
Friend: "My apartment is so energy efficient. My electric bill is only $80 a month, and that's running the A/C all the time!"
Me: "Cool!"
Me Secretly: Your apartment is 300 square feet. We cool our 1000 square foot house for $60 a month. Yes, my thermostat is set at 82 degrees, but since I've become acustomed, I get cold if its 80 or below.
I have learned that my friends are not intrested at all in anything I have to say about money, finances, credit, etc. I think they don't like that I have a lot more money than them, but I live even more frugal than they do. They think I am strange.
PS. I told my husband about this converstation, and his response was, "Fuck Mother Earth! I ain't turning my A/C up for shit!"