Originally Posted by kane

I am very non-materialistic. I have a house and a car, nothing fancy, and some average furniture. I have a decent TV and a computer for work, but nothing over the top. I hate spending money and would rather save it. to me going on a cool trip somewhere is much better than owning something. That said, I see some of my friends falling into middle class consumerism. They are buying bigger houses that they can barely afford and new cars and $300 purses and wallets all for what? I launched into a monologue about it a few weeks back and many of them actually agreed with me and told me they were going to curb their spending on things they don't really need. I wonder if it will really happen.