"Moochism"

This is a story about a boy on an online game. He kept asking me for stuff, but it was hard to shake him off... because he was on my friends list....

Looking in the chat box, I saw his username. He has logged in....

(I choose not to say what his username is, for his own protection, emotionally and virtually. So, I have changed his name for that very purpose; I will refer to him as "Boy")

I am Gooie muffin. That is my username on Runescape. I feel irritated, and it makes me sick.
From Boy: Can I have some money?
From Gooie muffin: Wat do you need it for?
From Boy: Rune armor
From Gooie muffin: Kk
From Gooie muffin: How much u want?
From Boy: How much u hav
From Gooie muffin: Not that much
From Boy: How much u giving
From Gooie muffin: dunno... 20k?
From Boy: k

He was like this from the start. This was how we met.
I stood in Lumbridge-- otherwise known as N00btown. A “noob” is a stupid player, which is most likely how new players act when they start out. The first place they go to after Tutorial Island is Lumbridge, therefore that is where all the new people start out. I can't quite remember what exactly I was doing, as this took place about six or so months ago.
Boy: Can u help me find the Goblin Village
Gooie muffin: Sure
Yeah, I took the guy up the path, through Falidor, and then finally up to the place he was looking for.
Boy: Friends?
Gooie muffin: Ok! =)

Then he started asking me for help.
From Boy: Can u get me orange, brown, and blue goblin mail?
From Gooie muffin: O ok, u no whr to get mail, rite?
From Boy: Can u get it for me
From Boy: Plz
From Gooie muffin: Ok! =)
He is also impatient.
From Boy: How long is it gonna take
From Gooie muffin: Just a little while
From Boy: Hurry plz
From Gooie muffin: Ok, im going as fast as i can
From Boy: ty
From Gooie muffin: yw

So, now that you know how he was from the start, I will go on to the present. Soon, he kept asking for more and more....
From Boy: I neeed money
From Gooie muffin: I dont have any, im broke
From Boy: Can u get me some swordies?
From Gooie muffin: kk
From Boy: ty
From Gooie muffin: np

Though I said, “Np”, meaning "No problem" it actually was a problem; I just didn't have the guts to tell him "No". I'm too nice. So, like a tick sucking my blood, he was a mooch, draining me of all my money and time. I couldn't say no, because it was too late. He had been my friend for quite some time now... Oh... but... is he truly my friend, or is he just using me for my money? I guess, because I had a higher level than him, he assumed I was Miss Moneybags. He kept asking for money and “swordies” (swordfish) but I never turned him down... I was... Far, far too nice for that....

Now, he asked me to add his cousin. I will refer to his cousin as "Boy2". Now, I am in more trouble, because Boy2 is an even bigger mooch than Boy.
From Boy: Add (Boy2)
From Gooie muffin: Kk who dat?
From Boy: Hes my cuz
From Gooie muffin: O lol, kk
I added him
From Boy2: Hi im (boy)s cousin
From Gooie muffin: Hello jello
From Boy2: lol
I went and met up with them in the game.
Gooie muffin: Hello, im here
Boy2: Hi gooie!!!!
Boy: Hey
Gooie muffin: lol hello jelloz
Boy2: Wat armor is that???
Gooie muffin: Vyrnwatch or something like that, cant remember the name. something watch
Boy2: It looks so cool!!!!!
Gooie muffin: lol, ty
Boy2: :)
Boy: Can u get my cuz 15 swordies
Boy2: I need swordies
Gooie muffin: o ok, i just came from Karamja but kk
Boy: ty
Boy2: Ty!!!!!
Gooie muffin: np
Boy: hurry cuz we have to go
Gooie muffin: Ok, gooie away!
From Gooie muffin: P-pretend i just now flew out the window.....
From Boy: lol

Huh, funny... I was joyful about helping them out at the time. But then, on my way to the island to fish for swordfish--
From Boy2: Can I have money?
From Gooie muffin: How much u need and for wat
From Boy2: How much u have?
From Gooie muffin: I only have 20k
From Boy2: ud give me 20k???
Stupid noob....
From Gooie muffin: Wat??? no! I only have that much!!
From Boy2: How much u give?
From Gooie muffin: how bout... 5k?
From Boy2: kk ty!
Sigh....
From Gooie muffin: yw

I got his swordfish and money. It is so sad now that I think of it. These two boys are moochers; they are nothing more than ticks... sucking on my precious blood. I only have so much blood. But, like ticks-- I'm afraid of hurting their feelings-- or pulling them off. Everyone who has knowledge about getting ticks on their skin should know that you must never remove the ticks yourself, for the head with the jaws that cling to the skin will remain even after the body is decapitated. If I try to remove them, the guilt representing the head of the tick with remain heavy within my mind. The very thought of hurting one's feelings in my mind can damage myself emotionally as well. So, I had to figure out a way to shake them off, without hurting them.

From Boy: I need more food
From Gooie muffin: kk but y cant u just lev up fishing so that u can get ur own food??
From Boy: cant
From Gooie muffin: y?
From Boy: Its a waste of time
I freaked out. In my mind, I wanted to throw this kid against the wall....
From Gooie muffin: Wat?????????????????????????????
From Gooie muffin: fishing is not a waste of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Boy: can u get swordies?
From Gooie muffin: Ok, but leving up fishing is not a waste of time!!!
From Boy: kk its not ^_^

He didn't mean it... He thinks fishing is probably the most unnecessary skill on that game, but he didn't know how wrong he was. Fish is the best food because when you fight monsters, they hit you and your health goes down, but eating food can replenish that health. I cannot think of any other food that replenishes a higher percentage of heath than certain kinds of fish. Swordfish is the best food I can get at my level. But this boy has a very low level, so he is unable to fish swordfish. He does not at all understand that leveling up (meaning working that skill to get experience, which makes the level get higher) fishing will give him the ability to fish for swordfish; but he chooses to piggyback on my character. It is ridiculous as to all the stuff he asks me for.

(Boy) as logged in.
(Boy2) has logged in.
Oh no....
From Boy: Hey
From Boy2: Can i have money?
From Gooie muffin: I dont have any
From Boy2: im selling a rune full helm
From Boy2: Can u buy
Ok, fist of all, if I said I didn't have any money, what makes this guy think I'm gonna buy a very expensive full helm made of the most expensive metal: runite?? That thing is probably worth 30,000 gp (gold pieces)!!!!!!!!!!
From Gooie muffin: I already have one
From Boy2: Can u buy
From Gooie muffin: I told u i already have one
From Boy2: Can i have
Ok, he made a typo. What Boy2 meant was, "I wanna buy a rune full helm." He, of course, didn't have the money for it-- so, who does he ask? Why none other than good ol' Gooie muffin; A.K.A. Miss Moneybags!!!!
From Gooie muffin: No
From Boy2: Can u buy one for me
From Gooie muffin: I already told you: I. Dont. Have. Enough. Money.
From Boy2: Bye
Wait, HUH??
(Boy2) has logged out.
Uh-oh....
From Gooie muffin: Uhh... srry i have been kinda moody today, I hope i wasnt too rude to ur cousin, i hope i didnt his feelings
From Boy: Its ok
From Gooie muffin: kk srry

I felt bad. Even though, during that whole conversation, I was holding my tongue, I felt really bad. As that boy asked me the stupidest questions, I was yelling, smacking my fists together and crunching my fingers as if to strangle someone. I was growling and screaming, but on the game, I was calm... well, sort of....

I needed help. I asked my friend Josephine, and she is one of my best and most trusted friends.
From Gooie muffin: Jb, my friends keep asking me for stuff
From Aqarius8: wat friends?
From Gooie muffin: Um, i dont wanna mention their names
From Aqarius8: o well that not fair, i feel sorry for u
From Aqarius8: u need to tell him no
Then my other friend logged in.
From Gooie muffin: sigh hello
From Friend: Hi
From Gooie muffin: Omg, i have some friends that wont stop asking for stuff!
From Friend: Well, put them on ignore so that they cant talk to u
From Gooie muffin: Man, i wish i could do that. but im afraid of hurting their feelings.
From Friend: it doesnt matter, they shouldnt keep asking for stuff
I waited a little while after that....
From Friend: Did u do it?
From Gooie muffin: im srry, im afraid of making them feel bad
From Friend: Cmon, u can do it
From Gooie muffin: Well, ok....
From Friend: Thats the spirit!
From Gooie muffin: lol

But, as encouraging as he was, I still couldn't find the nerve to do it. I simply couldn't shake these guys off. Putting a person on an ignore list meant that, possibly, everytime they sent me a message, a little thing would pop up saying something like, "This person has put you on ignore; you can no longer send messages to them." And that would be devastating. But then, I hatched an idea....
There is a better way: you can set your private chat to friends, that means only people on your list can communicate with you. But, if I take these guys off my list, all that will happen is that my account will show as offline to them-- therefore it will just look like I got bored with the game and stopped logging on. I'm so smart....

Yes. I will do it. I'm sorry, Boy and Boy2, I will no longer speak to you two. I just cannot let you take advantage of me... I cannot give up all my time for you. You must learn to fend for yourselves....

They took up my time, and I have a life. I cannot keep giving these people what they want. They're moochers, so, like any tick embedded under the skin: I must find someone to remove them. That someone is me, but I have the ability, now, to remove these unwanted ticks from my skin. They will be gone, I tell you!

I do have a slight suspicion that they don't have many friends because of their "Moochism" as I would like to call it. It's never good to be a mooch; it's never fun to be a mooch's victim. They are ticks that suck your blood: beware. Saying no may be very hard; it is for me. I am too nice-- which is why I am the ideal victim of a mooch. Poor me... I cannot hurt a single soul; and as a result, it hurts me.... I have no freedom that way, therefore I must try my best to survive Moochism.

My plan:

(Boy) has logged in.
(Boy2) has logged in.
From Boy: Can I plz plz plz have just a few more swordies?
From Boy2: Can I plz plz plz have just a little more money?
....
From Gooie muffin: ....
From Boy: Plz
From Boy2: Plz??
From Gooie muffin: Stop mooching off me
Gooie muffin has logged out.

Reviews

[Berenice]

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[Mrs. Serina Felton]

Ooh, you burned them!