>>they influence you to want things This is a frequent topic of stress in my life. It's almost every other week, my cousin and his family show up at our home a

>>they influence you to want things This is a frequent topic of stress in my life. It's almost every other week, my cousin and his family show up at our home and make it a point to rub their latest purchase in our faces. Some times my wife and mom even fall for it. My typical approach is to let a week to a month pass between such an incident and for most purchases you realise you don't need it. Eventually you do come across a few things which they buy, and could improve your life and it make sense buying them. But giving a wait period generally helps to see if that is the case. I also feel bad for my cousin that his happiness depends on staying in debt forever buying things just to show off.