Dating stingy people in Cyprus - Worst bf and gf ever! ....

                                                 

It got me thinking about dating a stingy guy in Cyprus. Sometimes, it is not that Cyprus girls are gold digger, but that the guy is so stingy he thinks any demand for money no matter how reasonable is a sign the girl is too demanding or a gold digger.

Dating a stingy guy from what I heard the ladies say is an experience not to remember. Unfortunately, most girls in Girne and Lefke are so traumatized by the experience of dating a stingy guy they find it hard to forget.
Several girls (Names withheld) claimed the experience was not something she’d wished on her enemy. I looked at her to see if there was a naughty twinkle in her eye when she said that.
Nope. No twinkle. She was dead serious.

A student of Near East (Known as Econbi) in an interview said,  " I am proud to announce that been stingy is not a label you’d attached to me. This is not me blowing my trumpet. I get several testimonies from friends and family that it’s blasphemy to mention my name in he same sentence with stingy.

I wished there was a monetary prize for guys like us. You know, to encourage us to keep up the good work (insert smiley face!) ". 

Okay, enough of that talk. Ladies, if you don’t want to have an experience you’d not wish on your enemy by dating a stingy guy, these are the signs to look out for:

• Stingy guys know the cheapest restaurants in town (City center) instead of taking you to a classy restaurant.
• If He hates buying gifts
• If He complains about everything
• If His wardrobe is like something from last century or Mandela's Era
• If He is a penny pincher
• If He always prefers to trek instead of taking 2.75TL bus around town, and so on ....

On the other hand, there are also stingy ladys. God! they are so annoying....  For the guys, you also need to be able to identify a lady who will become stingy.

• If She presents her boyfriend with inferior gifts and expects valuable gifts

Here is a story from Godon about his stingy girlfriend and account of how embarrassing it is to date a stingy lady, 

                                                  
Dear ciuconnect, 

I've been dating "Anabel" for about a year. She is nice, funny and sincere. What I used to consider a quirky endearment, I now consider an annoyance. 
My girlfriend is cheap. She says she is a "frugal environmentalist."  If we get coffee at Gloria Jeans Coffee, she'll bring her own mug and take wads of napkins and sugar packets home to use later.

If we go out to eat, she brings her own containers to box the leftovers. She tries to recycle everything. She never buys anything full price, and she clips coupons like crazy.
When we go out to dinner, she always asks what everyone is getting so that she can order something comparable in price. That way, when we split the bill, she won't feel as if she's getting ripped off.
If she needs to run an errand less than 2 miles away, she insists on walking instead of driving.
I had a friend who was down and out, so I lent him money. She absolutely flipped out and said I was never going to get the money back and that he spent it frivolously. She called him a deadbeat.
He's my friend, and I believe friends help each other. She has a small group of friends in Lefkosia and doesn't like to hang out with people she thinks will take advantage of her. Many of my friends don't
like her.
How do I get her to tone down this abnormal behavior? I do believe in recycling and all that, but I think she takes it too far. -- Not So Cheap

CIUCONNECT REPLY TO THIS ANONYMOUS WRITER: 

Some of what "SHE" is doing is commendable -- except stealing napkins and sugar from Starbucks. Where's the environmental benefit in taking paper for use at home?

Beyond your girlfriend's commitment to the environment, your account makes her sound stingy, unpleasant and intractable.
Couples thrive when each person adopts the other's more attractive qualities and accepts the other's input in toning down annoying quirks.
Because she thinks of her less attractive characteristics as being those of a frugal environmentalist, she is not likely to change. She seems to think she's saving the planet by being exactly as she is.
However, you should demonstrate that you're capable of adopting some of your girlfriend's practices -- in return you should see if she is capable of being generous.

TO BE CONTD...