I think you are rationalizing..Truth is it's hard to turn a saver into a spender..
Yo can fly first class or your kids will.
My spouse and I have not been spending money for the last three or four years. In fact, total expenses combined for the last three years were a bit less than our total spending just in 2018.
Now, please take it easy on me. I know this is all a bit ludicrous.
I agree with most everything that has been said. I’d like to add that my spending on things also helps contribute to people having jobs. Corporate bigwigs will find a way to get theirs no matter what, but if I can help a few folks keep their jobs, then it’s worth it.
You think your money doesn't buy enough now....just wait until after you're gone. Someone else will be spending the money like a madman.
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Now, please take it easy on me. I know this is all a bit ludicrous.
This is always the stock answer people give. We raised a couple of great daughters and I have every confidence they will be good stewards of their eventual inheritance.
... we've both come to feel like today's inflation is mostly because of excessive corporate profit motives and less because of supply chain issues. That idea gives us a tiny bit of satisfaction in not spending money. We feel like we're not feeding the greed machine. ....
I feel the same way. I retired last year and hoped to travel full time for a few years, but the 'pet-friendly' hotel chain I had intended to use first increased the pet fee 10%, but that was okay and reasonable, but then they increased it another 250+% and I felt that was pure greed.
So rather than spend an extra $3k a year on the pet fee, I stopped traveling and bought a little condo in an area that is awesome and has enough to see for a few years (especially at my aging energy rate), and is a perfect place to grow old (gated community with tons of clubs and activities, I learned this week how to use a table saw, which was scary but fun).
Not my experience! When my aforementioned grandfather passed, a few heirs went nuts. "Spending money like a house afire" quoted another heir.
It was all "gravy money" for them and they didn't hold back!
Don't be the person lying in a hospital bed and wishing they had done something they could have, but didn't.
Unless there is deflation, prices will not go down. Also waiting may become never if you have a health issue. Go now!
Travel is one of those things where there are lots and lots of opportunities to economize.
Well you don't know my family and I don't know yours...I still think the you blow it so your family doesn't is a pointless comment
Living almost large,
Thanks for sharing your story. Glad your husband made it thru this ordeal. Deplorable response from your in-laws - too bad you can’t divorce them. It just reinforces the idea that tomorrow isn’t guaranteed - live your life in the moment.