Yes, I got this feedback all the time from my husband side of family and friends who don't care about finance at all but judge their and others social status mainly based on spending (who owns bigger car and more luxuries, even all on loans/leases) . I'm so sick of this keeping up with the Jones spending game, and feel very lonely as no one understands why we are frugal and can't share any of our ideas in savings and investing with them, or we'll get an annoyed or bored look. We managed to save 20% of my salary while my husband can't work due to his disability, and paid off all student loans in 3 years. Yet we never got the respect or interests from them, and always perceived as the cheap boring couple.