# Benefactors Who Think They Are Even Bigger Benefactors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefactors-who-think-they-are-even-bigger-benefactors/651565>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefactors-who-think-they-are-even-bigger-benefactors/651565 "2013-02-27T22:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefactors-who-think-they-are-even-bigger-benefactors/651565/1 "2013-02-27T22:17:28Z")

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Someone is genuinely helpful or generous, but thinks or misremembers that they were a lot more helpful and generous than they actually were.

Say someone loaned or gave you $1,000 and now remembers it as having been $10,000, and makes occasional references to that higher amount. Or something similar.

Do you correct their mistaken impression or memory?

On the one hand, they did you a serious favor and it seems like poor form to try to minimize it. OTOH, it can rankle just a bit.