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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Same for me. I was quite free with money until my first child was born when I was 35, and then I began to think "this is for real". I've been careful and basically frugal ever since, and I likely would not change if some doctor told me I had only one year to live. I wouldn't be running around spending money, I'd be in church!"Why not spend more on me now than later?"
People who are truly frugal never like to spend money, now or later. The feeling of financial insecurity ("will I have enough money in the future to be able to survive?") is always present. Therefore we just save now for the future. Check the endless discussions here about a 0.5 point difference in SWR, or a 10% difference in AA, or the importance of inflation in out FIRE models. I guess many of us are afraid. There is nothing we can do against it, that's the way we are.
I already know my spending patterns will continue to be frugal when I retire, even if my spreadsheet shows I can spend two or three times more annually.
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