Ok, I'm sure I'm going to get lots of lectures from all of you for these, anyway...please be gentle.
Gotta admit I'm a bit jealous. Today I heard my aunt complimenting my sister who seems to be making lots of money in her dentist practice. I know she's heavily leveraged, I'm not sure exactly how much saving she has but know she spends almost as much as she makes because of equipments payment and lifestyle. I used to ask her to manage a portion of my money but found that she would use it to her own advantage first, thus ignoring my request on paying something when needed. She does this to other family members as well so I assume she's using these fund.
Meanwhile, I'm very frugal. My husband who is a converted saver from watching me, perhaps, isn't very far. Together, we save between 100-130K yearly but because of our principle, we don't have much to show for in terms of material things. Although we have properties in other places, we currently live in rented 3 bdr apt downtown, no mercedes in driveway, rather korean car from office allowance. I think, our life is very regular although gratefully comfortable.
Our splurge for example would be on resort vacation 2-3 times a year but since we're expecting baby this summer, I assume we'll stay put for the year. No other major expense/indulgement. No one knows how much we worth but sure my family members are guesstimating. I felt like I never get compliment for saving much, people get praised for spending.
What's wrong with this picture? Am I wrong for being jealous? What would you do if you were me so I can stay persistent, consistent, straight onto my way of LBYM - below rather than beyond without feeling like I'm nobody.
Must be this pregnancy hormones I'm feeling....
Gotta admit I'm a bit jealous. Today I heard my aunt complimenting my sister who seems to be making lots of money in her dentist practice. I know she's heavily leveraged, I'm not sure exactly how much saving she has but know she spends almost as much as she makes because of equipments payment and lifestyle. I used to ask her to manage a portion of my money but found that she would use it to her own advantage first, thus ignoring my request on paying something when needed. She does this to other family members as well so I assume she's using these fund.
Meanwhile, I'm very frugal. My husband who is a converted saver from watching me, perhaps, isn't very far. Together, we save between 100-130K yearly but because of our principle, we don't have much to show for in terms of material things. Although we have properties in other places, we currently live in rented 3 bdr apt downtown, no mercedes in driveway, rather korean car from office allowance. I think, our life is very regular although gratefully comfortable.
Our splurge for example would be on resort vacation 2-3 times a year but since we're expecting baby this summer, I assume we'll stay put for the year. No other major expense/indulgement. No one knows how much we worth but sure my family members are guesstimating. I felt like I never get compliment for saving much, people get praised for spending.
What's wrong with this picture? Am I wrong for being jealous? What would you do if you were me so I can stay persistent, consistent, straight onto my way of LBYM - below rather than beyond without feeling like I'm nobody.
Must be this pregnancy hormones I'm feeling....