This is an excessive amount of holidays /nights away isn't it?

[itssnowinginhere]

In a year ,this is a ridiculous amount in 12 months ....I understand a few but there becomes a point where is silly
Edinburgh,Lake district ,Newcastle x2 ,York,Gran Canaria ,Ibiza ,Barcelona and Cyprus
In 12 months !

Perhaps she’s still saving and this is her going on fewer breaks.

As long as she can afford it, then it’s nothing to do with you or OP or anyone else.

I can guarantee that at least half of the people on here could easily do the same (maybe even you and OP) but some choose to not budget properly/waste their money on material things instead.

If you travel with a bit of care your money does up,ICT local people in the places you visit. And what do you mean ‘get a job’? The OPs sister has one doesn’t she? I’m retired from teaching, so I’m fairly comfortable I’ve uplifted plenty of people. I live a fairly low impact lifestyle normally. I’m happy with taking a few flights a year.
Also I’m not Christian.

What’s your worry? is She in debt, or accumulating debt? is she missing statutory payments? What’s more sensible mean,what do yiu think she should do?

Good for her long as she can afford it what's the harm!

Yes, you made that clear. I was asking why you would be less bothered in that case. Bothered they can make money in unethical ways - fine, I understand and share that bother. Bothered how that is spent? I don’t understand.

This is absolutely my plan for retirement ❤️

I absolutely agree with this.

Why do you care it's her life and her money let her have fun

Maybe she doesn’t want to buy? It’s not compulsory. And having given up her 20s to caring responsibilities, maybe she (reasonably in my view) doesn’t want to put off having a bit of fun - especially given the fact a deposit is very, very difficult to gather in the current climate.

@itssnowinginhere You and your sister chose to “put your lives on hold “ for ten years caring for your mother. That time has come to an end.

Your sister is making up for lost time. She has a partner and is travelling around, gaining new experiences.

My advice is to stop looking at her and look at yourself. What will your new life look like? How do you plan to spend your time and money?

I go away more than that, almost dying can give you such clarity on living your life while you still can.

Because one mitigates (a bit\mostly, depends on your point of view) the other?

Not at all. It’s presumably getting back into the economy to benefit others this way. Better than off shoring it.

Think its bloody fabulous..its called LIVING!

Jealousy is an ugly emotion

Last year we did: Austria, Hong Kong, Malta x 2, Greece, Portugal, Norfolk, Belgium, Devon, Margate,Glasgow… depends on your finances and priorities.

Well in that case you seem to agree about the balance that I was talking about: enjoy your life and help other people.

The "get a job" phrase was unimportant - I quoted it to say the Christian approach to money should be to earn it so that you can help others.

I only mentioned Christians because that post did which I was answering. Some Christians are hypocritical and that annoys me.

I'm sure most people on here are not Christians and I'm not interested in telling people in general how to live their lives.

@itssnowinginhere do you own your house or “only rent”?

When they spend it, it all goes back into the economy regardless of what they spend it on. It doesn't mean that it's always a good thing - holidays are problematic for different reasons already explained in this thread.

I am very much in favour of taxing money as it (or the people having it) leaves the country (and taxing the very rich (note the 'very')) in general.

Yep - same here!

We love holidays as we have stressful jobs and probably go away this much if not more. It’s just how we choose to spend our money, others spend their income differently.

TWICE to the fleshpots of Newcastle!!!! How very dare they, @itssnowinginhere !

I'm always fascinated by contentious, fast boil and seemingly irrationally YYABVU posts like these. Do the ops think about the responses they get before they hit "post"??

I aspire to have this amount of holidays. Really it is none of your business.

I'm glad other people noticed that little jellyfish stinger🪼

Love the term jellyfish 🪼 stinger!!!!! 😂😂