soma

Because I'm a frugal person (my favorite euphemism for cheap bastard), I'd say I try to get away with not having to pay for as much as possible. Sometimes that requires doing a bit of mooching here and there. Recently, I read a post here on the TFP which contained the following: "friends don't mooch". After reading this, I felt a sudden sense of guilt for my mooching ways. I tried to remember all of my friends I've mooched from and have paid them back. That has been all well and good and I think I have changed a bit for the better.

My reason for this thread is to have a discussion about the differences between mooching and sharing. How can you tell the difference between mooching and sharing? Do you mooch from your friends? Do your friends mooch from you? Do you consider mooching a socially acceptable practice?