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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is a gen-z thing.

- New Balance shoes, 
- Shop at TJ, Aldies,  Lidl and Costco!! 
- Wear hoodies/joggers mainly from Costco and other places.  Three suits (blue, black, light gray) for weddings, blue/white/gray/pink/black shirts, many solid color ties.  
- Haircuts from the mom and pop ethnic barber shops, 
- Ok with thrifting (tools, pots and pans, garden equipment, golf club, party supplies), 
- Always use apps when buying (even mcdonalds) that they can get freebies, 
- First pay themselves - Roth, IRA, 401, Index funds etc, 
- Hesitate to buy anything new.
- Balanced meals, drink a lot of warm beverages...
- But they will buy big slushie drinks
- Buy baked goods from Asian bakery
- Pack snacks when they are commuting to work for the car
- Have forbidden me to declutter and minimize anything before they can go through the hoard and then sell on FBMP. 
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Sounds a lot like my son (22). [b]Frugal[/b], focused on savings. His leisure time is hanging out with [b]friends and girlfriend[/b] (sometimes [b]bars but he thinks beer there is too expensive[/b], sometimes board games), playing golf at a public course, fantasy football. We gave him money a couple birthdays ago to upgrade his clubs and he never got around to it because they are "fine." I doubt it since they are his grandfather's clubs and he's about 5 inches taller than grandpa was![/quote]

Yup, sounds like my son too.  Will not pay $7 for beer at a bar, because he can source cheaper beer elsewhere.   Knows how to cook his various "bowls" thanks to an awesome, very focussed, very sorted, super zen Korean-American friend who taught all of these guys how to cook up a storm and also how to feed themselves on a budget with just a portable butane burner.

Did not want a big fat graduation celebration (HS or College).  Instead, took money from me and did different activities with different group of friends.   So, very frugal.

And if we spend $$$$ money without researching, he yells at us for blowing away his "inheritance".  [/quote]

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