Most of my friends think I'm terribly poor. I post things on Facebook about saving money, cutting cable, eating rice and beans, and so forth. Usually I get no response, like people don't want to be near my "poverty".
But I've won over one young woman who still has plenty of time to change the financial course of her life and I feel fantastic because of it. She is now a Mustachian and learning how to save and invest.
Win!
I feel if I'm not "out and proud" as a saver who diligently considers every purchase, my friends are only hearing consumerist messages. I tell them about my dumpster dive wins. I share my thrifty purchasing successes. Let them think me crazy and poor.