I am cheap and I had to cut off many “friends” from my life because I was pressured (mostly implicitly pressured) into doing activities that costed too much mon

I am cheap and I had to cut off many “friends” from my life because I was pressured (mostly implicitly pressured) into doing activities that costed too much money for my taste. Example 1: going on a ski trip and staying at a 5 star hotel when a nearby motel would do the job just fine. Example 2: everyone in my old circle driving a $80k+ car while I drove an old Toyota. It is not easy, but it was a life choice that liberated me. I live on $40k/y and have been fully financially independent for a few years now. I think it was worth paying the price of losing those social connections.