Comments on: The Trouble with Living the Frugal Lifestyle – Part 1

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:21:27 +0000

Gift giving gets me every time.
My husband and I live in a tremendously expensive area and while he makes a good living, we need to live very carefully if we want to save enough buy a home of our own.
My side of the family is struggling financially, and it’s hard to stick to my resolution of not more than $20 per person for Xmas and birthdays. Between my desire to help, and the pressure I feel from my family and siblings to act like “the rich aunt/daughter/sister” it gets a little uncomfortable.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:08:48 +0000

Frugal living is a choice, I agree. As a society, we have gotten very fat and sloppy. I challenge every one of your readers to examine the way they live their lives. I examined my lifestyle recently and found that I can easily cut hundreds of dollars from my overhead, and barely feel it.
Good luck to all

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:50:34 +0000

Great advice and I think it times like this a frugal lifestyle is very important. But like you said, it is upto the individual to decide what is the best course of action.

By: No Debt Plan

No Debt Plan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:31:00 +0000

If your friends and family are putting you down for living the frugal, smart life.. are they really your friends? Family is a different issue. For me, I see some of my friends spending frivolously and not living on a budget. That is their choice. But I’ve been able to bring a few of them around

By: doctor S

doctor S — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:59:16 +0000

Man o Man. This is topic I have been dwelling on for quite some time. I say I want to be more frugal, but I never follow through with it. I have tons going on with my life and I am not doing a good job at all at maximizing my financial health. I have been reading all over the pf world bout how to become frugal and tips with it, but none of it will help unless I take action and stop. Time to make moves.