A very guessed guess: historically, our society has been very much stratified by your wealth, or at least your appearance thereof. Accordingly, I never wish to admit to being careful with money in case you immediately assume I am of a lower social class than you, and should thus be snubbed rather than conversed with.
(That's a canonical "I" and "you", by the way, not thee and me in particular ;)
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Date: 2006-11-13 11:24 pm (UTC)(That's a canonical "I" and "you", by the way, not thee and me in particular ;)