SINGAPORE: “Do you feel that how you spent your money was just right?” u/ballotlunch asked on r/askSingapore on Wednesday morning (Aug 9).
The Reddit user had a question for Singaporeans who are no longer young: “Do you regret not spending enough money in the past or spending too much money in the past?”
The bottom line of ballotlunch’s question appeared to be whether spending or saving too much or too little could lead to regrets later in life.
“People with some life experience, do you regret being too thrifty when you were younger (eg. forgoing movies/arcade with friends, buying cheapest meal on the menu, etc and now the extra money will probably be saved to the grave) Or do you regret spending too much? (eg. excessively buying things that serve little value, spending too much on meals, taxi, etc and now the extra money could really help).”
Reddit users in Singapore were only too happy to oblige, with over 145 comments on the post so far.
In one much-upvoted comment, Yellow_flamingo447 wrote that it was a mixture of both.
“Regret: spending money on branded things… Do not regret: spending my money on travelling!”
Another Redditor wrote that the regret they had was eating cheap food in their youth because it led to all sorts of stomach problems.
“i regret not spending enough on experience instead of trying to save money, i should have lived the moment,” wrote IvanThePohBear.
DistanceFinancial958 chimed in, “Mild regret: wasting too much $ clothes in my 20s. Should have invested that instead.”
Another Reddit user also said he wished he had started investing early.
Some women said they regretted having spent so much on their boyfriends.
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