meh, there are correct sides to both your argument and the op's.
By the way, how do you think most average people become wealthy? I'll give you a hint, it's not because they throw their money around like an idiot and spend their extra cash when their friends complain about them being "cheap."
Actually that is becoming less and less true. Especially for the people on this forum that make good money. I know I certainly get paid waaaay more than I should for the amount of work I put in (and am very thankful for that). And realistically, even average people don't get wealthy by avoiding $5 here and $20 there. If you think eating light at cheap restaurants and staying at motel 6 will get you 'wealthy' then you are kidding yourself. Even 10 years of doing that couldn't fetch you more then $50k or so. Different people have different views on wealth. In my circle/history/upbringing/current tax bracket I don't consider anything under 5 mill in assets "wealthy".
I know people like you. You give other people shit when you don't think they've tipped well.
If you are going to go to a restaurant, you can afford to tip well assuming the waiter was good. If the waiter did nothing wrong and you tip under 18% you are a dick and shouldn't be eating out. How can you talk about average people saving up pennies to get wealthy and then a paragraph later essentially say its cool to not tip well? Is a waiter not the perfect example of the "average" person you were talking about?
In the end it comes down to personal preferences. If you are into saving money whenever and wherever possible, and are part of the leet slickdeals.com crowd, hey good for you if it makes you happy.
I personally would rather enjoy my life. I'm into expensive things, trips, cars, food, etc. I could penny pinch my entire life but I sure as fuck wouldn't be happy. When I go out with friends and one of them is cheap and I know they would rather eat at burger king instead of a nice seafood place, I offer to pay because I'd rather eat real food. It doesn't bother me that much unless the person being cheap is wealthy as fuck, then I just shrug and say ok peace out bro I'll meet you after dinner.
I have friends on both sides of the fence. My friends father is worth call it around 50 million dollars but hes from the midwest and was brought up differently. He still has a kia, a normal house, etc. He will probably die with $xxx million in assets, thats just how he is. He did splurge on 2 custom built cars at about $100k each and a $150k cesna, but thats it.
My father, on the other hand, loves to spend money. Multiple houses, boats, cars, etc. He will die with less assets than my friends dad but he's happy that way.
Unless I get married and have kids, I don't want to die with money. I want to spend it all having fun.
