Why would anyone be embarrassed to be using plastic grocery bags in the bathroom that guests might see? Who cares what they think? I see those same size bags being sold at the store and I wonder what idiot would buy them when they are going to get 10 or more free on checkout! Perhaps seeing an old grocery bag as a can liner would help your friends get a hint of why you aren’t having money problems like them.

What is embarassing is if you have a huge house and no toilet paper available. I visited a friend’s house once that had 6 (SIX) bathrooms. I needed to go and asked to use the BR. Just a sec she says and comes back in a minute or two–”sorry we don’t have any toilet paper”. Since that point I’ve seen that she and her husband have declared bankruptcy twice. What is the point of having such a house when everyone in the county can read in the paper that you had to file for bankruptcy? If they had started off with a much smaller house and stuck with it, they could have paid their bills and been able to afford toilet paper!