A lot depends on habits, sure. One can develop expensive or inexpensive habits. Ours were mostly inexpensive, I suppose, but I never thought of them that way. P

A lot depends on habits, sure. One can develop expensive or inexpensive habits. Ours were mostly inexpensive, I suppose, but I never thought of them that way. Practically nobody I knew had a brand new car, so it didn't seem unusual that we had three old cars instead. (Five of us kids had braces, by the way; and five of us had glasses, and one had hearing aids. I know none of those things are cheap.) ...Anyway, I seem to have dragged you into a rather off-topic discussion. Sorry about that.