"One day, I even found myself asking my girlfriend for a few cents because I had no money to buy bottled water [...] Get ready for a smaller apartment, smaller

"One day, I even found myself asking my girlfriend for a few cents because I had no money to buy bottled water [...] Get ready for a smaller apartment, smaller food portions, or counting your cents, which you never cared about in your life previously." This guy is presenting advice that is very specific to his life experience as though it is universal. Most people in this country do that all the time, and don't consider bottled water a necessity.