That's why I mentioned it - even beyond basic necessities, money can help a lot in daily life. That is, it can make a lot of worries go away. Washing by hand i

That's why I mentioned it - even beyond basic necessities, money can help a lot in daily life. That is, it can make a lot of worries go away. Washing by hand is great, but if you are a family of four, it will also cost a lot of time. In that sense a dishwasher is not really a luxury. It saves time, therefore it is a sensible investment. We don't have that many woods nearby, either. There are some, but they serve a whole city of 3 Million people and their dogs, so they tend to be very overcrowded. We go there frequently, but it is not the answer to everything. Yes, we won't die if we don't travel. Nevertheless, with kids you want to show them at least something. And just visiting grandparents with a family of four sets us back several hundred €. We don't die if we don't visit the grandparents, but it also doesn't seem like overindulgence to occasionally visit them. There are articles out there, btw, on how poor people have to spend more on everything. For example they can't afford to travel to the cheap shops, so they have to buy in the expensive shops near their home. Counter-intuitive things like that.