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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
its comforting to them to stay in financial control
either they are neurotic about money or are living above their means
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I think you're on something here.
I don't run on a strict budget but I do watch money like a hawk. I have always been very concerned about money, to the point of suffering now so that I can live well later - the trouble is I'm old as the hills and later may never arrive. I think this is the result of having depression age parents and starting with less than nothing. I have worked hard, saved hard, been really careful with money and lucky with investments. I always tell people (mostly my kids and wife) 'the wealthy stay wealthy by acting poor, the poor stay poor by acting wealthy'. I'm not sure where I stole that saying but I think there's a lot of truth to it.
We live well below our means but that doesn't stop me from wanting to watch money closely.