Benjamin Felix

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5,692 appearances 20 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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The Rational Reminder Podcast · The Finances of Marriage | #426 · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

They look at like their ideal version of themselves. podcast-host

They would be whatever, I don't know, going out to dinner more often or buying things for people or whatever it might be. podcast-host

but they are spending less than that because it hurts them to spend. podcast-host

I will mention the difference between that and being frugal. podcast-host

Frugal is deriving pleasure from saving. podcast-host

Being a tightwad is incurring pain from spending. podcast-host

And then the other end of the spectrum, spendthrifts, they tend to feel too little anticipatory pain when spending, and they end up spending more than they would ideally like to. podcast-host

So the scale is really measured as that gap between your ideal self and where your behavior actually places you. podcast-host

They do persist over time, just in terms of can people change over time. podcast-host

There is research in psychology that shows that if you're aware of your own behavioral patterns, that can help you to change them. podcast-host

So even if these are persistent traits over time, if you know you're a tight water, you know you're a spendthrift, I think you're in a better position to moderate yourself. podcast-host

So it's something that's worth understanding about yourself. podcast-host

Potential partner, I think it's kind of a weird dinner conversation to have, but maybe worthwhile when you're making that decision. podcast-host

And there's a quiz. podcast-host

We'll post a link to it in the episode notes. podcast-host

Scott Rick and his co-authors, when they wrote this paper back in 2008, I think, they came up with a scale. podcast-host

How do you measure tightwadism or being a spendthrift? podcast-host

And they come up with this three-question scale. podcast-host

So you answer the questions, you get a score, and it tells you what you're... podcast-host

Profile is I did this when I went on the Diary of a CEO podcast. podcast-host

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