Reply #61: Nothing at all wrong with being wealthy

[madville]

My grandparents on both sides are millionaires because of thrifty living and saving/investing a good portion of their income during their lives. One side was farmers who owned their land and the other sida was employed in union jobs, they just saved all there income and always lived very simply (both my grandmothers still wash paper plates and foil to use again for example). My dad and brother both make mid-six figure incomes running companies that work under government contracts, they both don't really lead that lavish of a lifestyle.

I only make 50k a year, did six years in the military and am using the trade I learned there to make a living now. I live with my grandmother and help her out with the housework plus she is scared staying alone in the house by herself. I squirrel away a good part of my income just because the things that interest me and hobbies I have don't cost much money. I'll hopefully be wealthy one day also, just for financial security, but I don't have dreams of oppressing people or screwing people over, nobody in my family does, we just want to live a decent life and not struggle. Is that so terrible?