re: I've decided that after years of saying "I have no hobby," I actually do

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Because people who don't save for retirement will be bitching in forty years about why the government can't bail them out with my tax dollars.

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That is a silly way to look at life and not even the point I was trying to make. Emphasis was obviously on the whole "If the guy can afford it" part.

Just because you are insanely frugal does not make you smart or even good with money. Some of us take the approach that if you are consistently increasing your income and putting a large amount away for retirement, it is okay to spend on things you enjoy.

If I am putting away 20% of my gross income to retirement, why shouldn't I spend on what I want to?