And he told me to go buy a house where he is at so I can be miserable like him too?
Fugal has a limitation. I get it, I lived that lifestyle too but not because I'm cheap. It is because I'm poor.
There are Confucius lessons to be learned in life. If you can afford it:
1. Don't go cheap on personal matters. Why do you buy good quality shoes? It is for your foot. You are paying for technology to keep your foot from looking like the hmoobrock with 6 toes. Like toothbrush, don't go cheap on yourself. Pay a little more to help protect yourself.
Bottom line is always ask yourself, what if you die tomorrow, what would you have done today?

the hmoobrock would say he will still be cheap and frugal because his world is so sad.