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How to Spot and Deal With Moochers in Your Life

Waleed Ahmed
2 min readDec 10, 2024

So, understanding their behavior patterns will explain their need to “feed” latch or mooch” on others as a means of supply, and survival. Most of them are users, lazy, and operate in life with no ambition to become self-sufficient. They believe it is easier for others to take care of them, due to their failure to launch in life. The commonality of their unwillingness to take responsibility for their actions often make them codependent and not motivated to be independent. They are parasites, and the best way to deal with them is not giving them what they want. You can start off by saying no, ignoring them, executing boundaries, and avoiding them at all costs.

They will take advantage of your generosity in order to get what they want. Oftentimes they will use you emotionally or financially. Moochers, and freeloaders take, and never give anything in return. There is no reciprocity, and some have turned this into a counterproductive behavior by living comfortable lifestyles at the expense of others. These individuals are modern day human vultures. They only attach themselves to others who they know that can provide for them.

Moochers don’t respect the boundaries between themselves, and others. They will leech from you, because they gain, and you lose. So, if you don’t want to be taken advantage of, then it’s important to learn about parasitic relationships, and people. Then you can spot what they’re up to and take the appropriate action to protect yourself. Which may be no contact, or strengthen your boundaries so that you’re not used, misled, abused, and manipulated by those who intentionally walk this earth to solely use, free load, and mooch off of others. May you know the signs, may you do whatever you need to protect yourself, and may you not be a victim of human vultures.

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Waleed Ahmed
Waleed Ahmed

Written by Waleed Ahmed

I'm Waleed Ahmed, and I'm passionate about content related to software development, 3D design, Arts, books, technology, self-improvement, Poetry and Psychology.

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