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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It kind of surprises me that more people don't want nicely decorated, attractive homes, nice cars, fun vacations, beautiful clothes, household help, money for good haircuts, athletic endeavors, hobbies, college, private school, retirement...... Isn't that the American dream? Who wants to live in a tiny house and have a crappy car? Many of my friends are rich so maybe that tilts my views.[/quote]

Yes, I would like those things but since we don't have any sort of financial safety net with my family ( we could someday be in a situation helping out my parents), I wouald have to be earning considerably more than I do now to indulge in all those things.  It's like crappy car, small house, but nice vacations and decorated house.   Money is important to me because when you wake up to a leaky roof, or have the unexpected car repair, or the emergency room visit - if you can't afford it and are paycheck to paycheck, it ends up costing you more and you can end up digging yourself into a deeper hole.  Delay fixing the car and possibly cause a more serious and more expensive problem to fix, or put it on a credit card and pay x% interest.  So I do prefer to be in a position to save money and afford the unanticipated.  I like the freedom to have choices when it comes to my job.  I was able to move to a job that has better career potential but was a small step back in terms of pay.

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but while I wasn't deprived, I felt it put stress on their relationship.  My parents didn't have the type of jobs where they could be there for our school events because it was a pretty far commute to their jobs.  On a good note, I learned to live just fine without beautiful clothes, fancy vacations, or household help so now even if I could afford it I have other priorities.  On the other hand I did have earning potential in mind when I picked a career more for the financial security than material things. ... But tried to balance it with being to go to the Halloween parade at my DD school.[/quote]

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