Being new to the mustachian lifestyle I was, of course, excited to share the knowledge/new way of life***. Unfortunately, I've had a couple non-mustachians (1 friend, 1 family member) see it as a flag that I have some 'stache to lend. While I may have funds to lend/invest, and these folks make claims of paying me back - these folks are far from living the mustachian life nor appear to have the cash flow to honestly say that I will get paid back. They are lovely people, but far from "'stache-worthy" (a la Elaine from Seinfeld, if you will). How can I politely tell them "no 'stache for you!"? (Wow, just punched through my allowance of references to Seinfeld for the next 5 years. Apologies to all the true diehards.)
***Given the feedback, "sharing the knowledge" means, forwarding people to the website and sharing the radically different perspective of why we should build up 'staches. I agree, sharing figures is rather crude. The attribution that I may be a piggy bank is that I am one of the few people in my family that have an advanced degree, a stable job, and own real estate. I don't own things that I would get punched in the face by Mr. Money Mustache.