Comments on: The Trouble with Living the Frugal Lifestyle – Part 1 http://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/ Real Personal Finance for a Life Without Limits! Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Morgan McKayhttp://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-17986 Morgan McKay Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=1207#comment-17986 My "frugal lifestyle" has allowed me to:1. Lose weight 2. Travel 20% of the year 3. Join sports teams 4. Make tons of friends 5. Be happyThe proof is in the pudding and I don't have many people questioning my frugality after seeing the things I get to do. Most of them actually think I am spending MORE than they are or that I came into some money!!Most of my frugal efforts focus around food too so connect with me on twitter @EpularisMM if you are like-minded. My “frugal lifestyle” has allowed me to:

1. Lose weight
2. Travel 20% of the year
3. Join sports teams
4. Make tons of friends
5. Be happy

The proof is in the pudding and I don’t have many people questioning my frugality after seeing the things I get to do. Most of them actually think I am spending MORE than they are or that I came into some money!!

Most of my frugal efforts focus around food too so connect with me on twitter @EpularisMM if you are like-minded.

]]> By: Susanhttp://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Susan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=1207#comment-2402 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. 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: Frankhttp://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 Frank Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=1207#comment-2384 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 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: Andyhttp://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 Andy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=1207#comment-2383 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. 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 Planhttp://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 No Debt Plan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=1207#comment-2382 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 :) 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 Shttp://ptmoney.com/the-trouble-with-living-the-frugal-lifestyle-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 doctor S Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://ptmoney.com/?p=1207#comment-2381 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. 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.

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