Spent a few days on vacation with my BIL. Was with my FIL and MIL too--MIL has a lot of anti-mustachian tendancies, FIL overall is pretty frugal (although not as much as he needs to be). But BIL takes the cake. Orders the surf and turf. Upgrades the steak. 3 hard drinks waiting for our table. Goes to WalMart to get a DVD (a good move, I would have done it had he not) and comes back with the DVD and 3 shirts that he does not need. I found out that he eats out every day. Every day. The way he talks, and talks down on things, he is so obssessed with keeping ahead of the joneses. My FIL has a 21 foot boat. BIL says "frankly that is too small for [body of water that we're on, a bay of a bay of a great lake], but thats just my opinion". I tell him, no, it isn't--I was just in it in 6 foot swales 3 days ago and while it was slow, it was fine! He tells me that I haven't seen what he's seen.... Hmmm... I've been on this same body of water (well, actually the bigger bay, not the bay of a bay) my whole life, in smaller boats... Interesting.
Some other great quotes:
"The 4Runner is ok, but dad really should have gotten a Lexus"
"3 hours is too far to drive for a vacation home, but thats just my opinion"
"I'm getting internet up here. Next time I come up, I'm calling ahead--its only $50 a month and you can start and cancel at will" (he's up there about 4 days a year)
"In a year I'll be making $150k, then I'm going to fix this place up"
"We need to get a boat with a cabin, and keep it at the marina"