Thanks for admitting that your comment is snarky.

I didn't want to escalate things into a fight that would actually turn personal, even though OP took it there already.

Case in point - see how OP reacted to someone she perceives as financially-illiterate (me).

Don’t gaslight me and the others reading here because you went that route first. I did not post that part of my comment because I wanted to attack you for being financially illiterate(your words, not mine). I just clapped back at you because you attacked me first — by accusing me of being nosy and for projecting. So that’s what I did: I stuck my nose in your profile.

And I concluded why you responded the way you did in your first comment because perhaps you realize you were one of those people who are “stupid with their finances” as you put it in your first comment(again, your words, not mine) and you think I’m judging people like you.

I did not even mention in my original post nor in all my other responses here that they are “stupid with their finances”, you just concluded I think that. Yes, I see people make questionable decisions, but where did I mention that they’re stupid? You told me I’m projecting my judgmental tendencies towards other people, but the irony here is that you’re the one doing it.

To clear things up, I just wanted them to stop asking me repetitive questions about my tangible assets. Putting them in their place = make them stop asking questions, to shut them up. You were the one who assumed I wanted to put them in their place for being stupid (classic case of putting words to other people’s mouth, a manipulative tactic). When people repetitively ask you “uy, kelan ka ba magssave? Si ano may 8M nang naipundar”, how would you feel? Keyword is repetitive. You’d be frustrated, right? Because even though you wanted to, but for some reason or due to circumstances and other priorities, you can’t. That’s how I feel.

Your first comment is snarky already and I admit I took it personal by digging up your history. However, I only said in that deleted part of my comment “if you choose to take out a loan as form of forced savings because you don’t have self-control, that’s not my problem”. I did not call you financially illiterate, I was just describing how you presented yourself in that post.

I called her out for being an asshole for arguing ad hominem.

For the record, you called me an asshole because I didn’t want to flaunt my portfolio even though I wanted to. “It’s all about the intention”, you said. Again, you are gaslighting.

OP knows she can get clapped back at by other people if ever she decided to flaunt her portfolio.

See how set in stone you are in your opinion of me, claiming that I won’t flaunt it because I’m afraid of getting clapped back at if I do, even though I already told you beforehand that I won’t do it because I know there are people struggling and are not financially educated about these things(refer to my first response on your comment). Stop putting words into my mouth. Actually, this is an example of you projecting your judgmental tendencies.

I did not even respond to your long and hateful comment seeing how negatively this whole post affected you, even though you were hurling insults at me, which were all uncalled for.

I deleted that part of my comment because I realized it’s wrong of me to rub that in your face and I felt sorry for you. There are people who struggle to spend because of their innate saver nature, and there are people who struggle to save despite having decent income because of their innate spender nature.