Comments on: Signs of Moocher or a Freeloader and Tips to Deal With Them

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:33:50 +0000

In reply to Gray55.

I had a roommate I gave cheap rent, provided my extra car when his broke down, ADDED HIM TO MY VEHICLE’S INSURANCE, and gave much, MUCH more brotherly hospitality.
On month 18, this guy flippwd a switch in his head.
He told me I had harrassed him to the point he couldn’t work anymore, and told me he was going to sue me on those grounds.
This person came & went from my house for 4 months while I exercised self-restraint & went through the formal eviction process.
Only my desire to remain free & unincarcerated kept me from ending this liberal CA governance emboldened mooch & thief.
ANY signs of a mooch, just say no.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 22:47:51 +0000

My wife has had a moocher friend for a few years now. Thankfully she has seen the damaging effect of this individual on our family as well as just her.
The freeloader in question has determinedly arrived in and artfully exploited the UK for her own gain. It’s been particularly hard to endure her frequent criticisms of our personal but also our cultural shortcomings as she sees them. Mercifully there increasing evidence that several people in our local community have independently identified her attempts to bombastically preside over them and to boast of her’s (and her husband’s) heavily money-orientated outlook. Usually individuals like this carry an embedded and unseen sense of personal shame and an inability to depart from their avaricious ways as a result.

By: KW

KW — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 01:51:26 +0000

In reply to M. E.. Yup sounds like moochers think it's OK to make a you-problem a me-problem. Welp, we all have problems. Bad parents, getting diagnosed with a disability at age 45 when it should have been picked up in preschool, ah the list goes on. Guess what? I don't mooch and I've had to learn to repel moochers. This is like the twisted internal logic that some "people" who are incarcerated are "victims". Except the real victims, of what put them behind bars, are never even mentioned. Unbelievably believable.

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:50:10 +0000

I had an aunt.
Her name was Sue.
She was an entitled freeloader.

By: Mutcher

Mutcher — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:23:10 +0000

In reply to M. E.. Ot vey. So now the moched has to hear what a victims of bad parenting the moochers are to.

By: M. E.

M. E. — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:44:32 +0000

“You can trace the mooching behaviour to childhood learning patterns. The moocher probably got everything that he asked for and hence doesn’t value anything.” This is one stereotype and may be true. What’s FAR more common is that they were deprived and only got anything when they asked for it; and even then, what they got was “stuff” rather than love or attention. This was the case in my home and I had to struggle not to be a moocher in the first years after leaving home.

A good mother or father teaches their kids they are worth emotional attention and shows them how to do this. A shoddy one ignores her / his kids, then showers them with gifts instead of time or attention. And then complains that their kids are moochers!! It all starts with poor parenting but not of the overly generous kind, believe me.

By: Chelsey Foster

Chelsey Foster — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:14:34 +0000

I’m dealing with a moocher situation right now, 2 friends are visiting from out if town. They are staying in their RV on my property and have been here for 33 days! I have a lot of work to do when it comes to asserting myself. It is hard to think close friends would knowingly take advantage of you. I am now being passive aggressive and drop not so subtle hints, they still don’t get it! After reading this article I get it, they are either aware and don’t care about me sincerely or need to be made aware, and then still they will not care. I had to make up plans to get them to leave. I will never host these freeloaders again and will voice this very clearly in the future. I wish I would have read this article sooner. If you feel like you are a freeloader knock it off alteady!

By: Sohaib

Sohaib — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:18:15 +0000

I’d have to admit that I have been taken advantage of because I am not direct with what I want like you said I am not assertive with myself I am working on that though. I have been called moocher by other people especially my mom.

By: Gray55

Gray55 — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 23:01:50 +0000

Some so called friends are incredibly obvious to you. They can’t wait to see you. They say how much they’ve been thinking about you. Yea, right-here it comes. They want something from you-something for nothing-information, or a stay over at your place, to get into your private areas, or to borrow something. They’re so unsophisticated and obnoxious as they try to make it look like they’re gracing you with a favor. What a joke!! Their radar is set-they’re out for what they want and are angling. They don’t even realize how boring and rude they actually are! By the way, how you can see right through them. (LOL) Yes, people are on to your games and crystal clear manipulative ways. If you’re guilty of this, pay your own way and stop trying to use others. If you can’t afford to pay, have enough discipline not to ask others and live within your means! Because you have just pushed that person far away from you! You may not realize it, but the person you’re playing this chess game with is way ahead of you-you moron!! (LOL)