Fat guy pissed me off!

HonestMan, I'm not sure why you're SO angry at a character in a movie, but I guess that shows you were invested in the characters, which is a good thing.

My 2 cents on his "issues" is this: When he inherited lots of money from his father, people started to treat him differently - people always hitting him up for money, trying to take advantage of him, etc... I imagine rich folks can get pretty sick of that kind of stuff. Who knows, maybe he even got taken by a con artist at some point.

So he said "to hell with that" and decided to live his life in a way that would make nobody suspect he had money, even to the point of haggling over 15 bucks for maid service. He over-compensated for being taken advantage of by coming off as a "cheap bastard" as you put it. I'm not saying that's normal or healthy behavior, it's just what I guessed at when he mentioned he had "issues".

Others probably have different takes on it, and I'd enjoy hearing from them. Personally, I'm glad they left this and other points open-ended, rather than having him say, "I have some issues about money, and here they are." Then he spills his guts and Olivia helps him cope and they live happily ever after.

Instead, the film becomes a lot more interesting and generates a lot of thought-provoking threads on the IMDB boards!

You obviously don't know any truly rich people! This is their modus operandi.

I found it a bit of an easy out that the fat guy and Aniston slept with each other on essentially their first date.

Lots of movies of this type fall into this prat fall.

There's something to be said for initially resisting these types of sexual temptations.

Most potentially serious relationships that start out the way this one did don't result in a bedded sexual encounter. Humility and the "pleasure delaying" instinct usually wins out.

Sexual tension and anticipation is half the fun or romance and courtship.

Fat guy pissed me off too. It doesn't matter what someone's issues are, you shouldn't try to lower the price for someone doing you that kind of service when you obvi have more than enough to pay.

Yeah, he annoyed me when he was haggling, too..........

"I've got a stomachful of Xanax. I took what was left of a bottle. It might have been too much."

some people feel awkward about inheritance money. i know if it was me every time i spent any i would think of whoever it was that left me it.

i liked his character, thought he was a nice and complex. think the whole point in his personality and issues is to show that he has more depth that Scott Caan's shallow character.

some people are just weird. i know i am (although not as bad as him lol)

I'm a quitter. I come from a long line of quitters. It's amazing I'm here at all.

This is not something that people who have not dealt with it may understand but there tons of people like Marty out there. In addition to being a trust fund baby Marty is clinically depressed. For some people, inherited wealth exacerbates this condition as it gives them the wherewithal not to do anything, to isolate, and to put off doing anything with their lives indefinitely.

For some people, inherited wealth is like a disability check, it totally undermines them. Others can handle it, either by working anyway or by living a much fuller life than Marty does. This also not to say that there aren't poor people who are depressives(or poor people who have rich lives). But if you don't have the life skills to handle the responsibility of a lot of money(and yes it is a responsibility if you have a conscience) you're in trouble.

Inherited wealth is also no safeguard against 'issues' and I suspect that Marty's very successful father was also a tough bully and undermined Marty's emerging manhood in a variety of ways. It's clear that Marty was deeply ashamed of himself(which probably started young) and no amount of money can heal that.

I know people who have not seen this up close may look at a character like this and say, 'He pisses me off, I could do better if I had his money' but I've seen this phenomenon too many times to not understand it.

Other posters already hit on why he haggled, but concerning the clothes he wore; he may have looked shabby but then aaron comments on the high quality material of his jacket... I think his clothes and house are presented as such to show that he just doesn't have a clue style-wise.