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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ILs were and are profoundly cheap, and I’ve known a few other pathologically cheap couples. None of them are in happy marriages, and I think the mindset kind of becomes “Well, if we can’t be happy, at least we can make sure the money is right.”

It’s easier to turn your nose up at spending money at a restaurant when the real issue is that you don’t have anyone with whom to enjoy the restaurant. [/quote]

This really resonates with me.

One other thing that I'll add is that I hate shopping - the hunt, the spending money, the wondering if I will actually like what I buy, etc. I have structured a lot of my life around shopping less frequently (vs. spending less money). So for me, it's worth it to buy the one pair of $100 jeans that will last me 4 years because then I don't have to shop again (or think about spending that money, or deciding how much to spend) for a long time. I buy 5 sticks of deodorant at a time because then it's years before I run out. I know I'm not actually saving a ton of money but it's totally worth it to me because it means I can shop less frequently. [/quote]

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