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Originally Posted by DixieGal
However, I seriously doubt that voluntarily living simply is the norm. On vacation in swimming pools, the topic of finances ALWAYS comes up between us and strangers. They complain about how expensive travel is, and we shrug that it is what it is. Eventually they tell us how hard it is hitting their credit cards. The concept of living within their means seems unbelievable to them. It's like they consider living above their means via high credit limits to be a sustainable lifestyle.
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True that... Somehow we always have that little extra for those nice purchases. And when people, who earn the same as we do, and who pay the same mortgages (as I explained, having a mortgage here is much better than having your own home without one!), continually complain that they don't have the money to do those extra things, I always wonder what they do spend it on... Our car will be 10 years old this year, the other 20 (though, the younger one is overtaking the older one with total millage
) And while I'd love to replace it with that gorgeous Auris Hybrid, I won't take a loan for it. But we did go flat out on the kitchen. I wouldn't give an inch on that one! But I never spend money on too expensive clothing "because others expect me to". And our camping trips we love to keep simple (we did a 5-star holiday on our honeymoon and really felt out of sorts)
I guess it's a matter of priority. Some people seem to think what other people think is more important than being able to afford everything
you want...