There are an awful lot of Asian women in the world... Don't lump us all into the same category. Every woman in my family is a heavy saver. I don't know what sort of materialistic girls you have run into. Maybe living out in LA?
But in every marriage, there will be a spender and a saver, because it all becomes relative. One will always be thriftier than the other. I am the long range planner in our household, and I have us saving between 40-50% of our income every year, so you could say that I am pretty thrifty (brown bag every day, get my hair cut once or twice a year, etc.), but compare that to my husband who wears the same five t-shirts and shorts every day and eats only what he catches (fish), then I look like as bad as a Real Housewife.
But in every marriage, there will be a spender and a saver, because it all becomes relative. One will always be thriftier than the other. I am the long range planner in our household, and I have us saving between 40-50% of our income every year, so you could say that I am pretty thrifty (brown bag every day, get my hair cut once or twice a year, etc.), but compare that to my husband who wears the same five t-shirts and shorts every day and eats only what he catches (fish), then I look like as bad as a Real Housewife.