Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
Ah, but those of us who aren't working for the thieving pirates that call themselves the financial sector need to scrimp and save to afford somewhere decent to live, you see.

As for being healthy - we have seen evidence that living too healthily can clearly lead to people being so smug and self-satisfied that they start sniffing their own farts.
That isn't - by my definition - being thrifty. That is living within ones means, perfectly acceptable.

Being thrifty/tight/mean to me is saving money for the sake of it even though you don't have to. My brother-in-law, as an example. Horrible tight tw@t who is more than happy to steam into my wine and food but would never invite someone over and who is always last to the bar when we go down the pub at Xmas. This despite he and his wife both being well employed in the architecture sector with no children to pay for.

He's from Yorkshire, you see.