When I shared my annual expense last week, I was not expecting much negativity.

This was because it was not the first time I shared these kind of figures. Things are as it is. You could imagine that there is a household having 2 breadwinners earning a combine of what I earn.

They would likely wish to do the same thing as I do: Not spend on what is unnecessary. They may have young children, and their expenses will be higher than mine.

That is OK.

The best response that I got was that many saw my figures and wonders how much THEY spend on expenses this year.

I got 50% of the job done there. Unfortunately, it is pretty difficult to get people through 100% to track how much they actually spend. Ultimately, I would attribute that to not understanding the deeper virtues of tracking