my dad used to 'cheap-out' as i'd call it for most of my life, "why waste the money?" he'd say. Now in his later years he buys luxury - a new boat instead of f

my dad used to 'cheap-out' as i'd call it for most of my life, "why waste the money?" he'd say. Now in his later years he buys luxury - a new boat instead of fixing up the old one, a 'comfort' car instead of something that fits better to function, etc. His reasoning now is, "I've got the money, I might as well enjoy it cause I can't take it with me when I die. A bit more money for me not having grief is well worth the investment." Like your statement, it has nothing to do with envy, he'd just rather splurge a little to have the piece of mind that what he has is going to work in the way he wants it to.