i am in this POV where frugal is good, but moderation is the key. money can earn back, time and experience doesnt

remember this pic?


you dont have to spend a tonne to enjoy time with your family. granted i can see where OP is coming from, prolly OP's wife are influenced terribly by social media where everything seems to be dandier, everyone has more money than you and so on. but one must also face reality of things where its all a show

yah like my parents now started to travel more, granted back then for them they sacrifice alot in money and time to raise 4 kids. so i dont blame them if they cannot give us this that, heck we still able to afford some overseas travel once in a few years which is fantastic already

being frugal is good, but cannot be too cheapskate all the time. imagine you frugal until you skip out of the fun of life and health/relationship affected. not a worthy trade off liao

this is fine too since you dont need to keep up with the jones, but the thing is some people's frugal level are extremely subjective

like for example, just because i eat chicken rice every meal during my lunch time im called "too frugal" by some ex-colleagues. for me i considered it alright cause i get my daily required nutrients in a meal plus its <RM10 per meal.

while ive seen before some people level of frugal where they skimp on everything, because they think it is good savings. an example would be something like skimping on proper meals because they think breakfast is a waste of money etc

is it worth it in the long run? i dunno, to each their own. but breakfast is important to start the day IMO

yeah thats why its up to each other, i have a friend who also personally sees travelling as waste of money, while for me i like to travel since its nice to explore new things