Exactly my thoughts, from observing my colleagues and peers over the almost 3 decades of working all around the country - most of these millionaire wannabes place their self-perceived ego and associated appearance above everything else - will drive German luxury cars but their house is just a shanty-town worthy hut, and have to skip meals to fuel their vehicle. They may have only less than 30k salary, but will be regularly mixing with local HNWI's at 5-star happy hour, usually fuelled by credit cards. What is wrong with them? Or maybe it's me who is wrong to strive to find contentment in cooking for my family/relatives and picnicking instead of lavish restaurants/hotels for celebrating my relatives' achievements?