My folks (really, my dad) are good with money, when I first got my $3/week allowance at age 8, my father sat me down with a "think about how much of this you want to put into savings" talk. I always tried to save (low income made it not as easy some times as others), always put in at least the match on my 401k, and more once I was making enough money, only ever had car loan debt (which I didn't know was bad before MMM), so I had some solid principles. My dad is planning on retiring early at 62, and when I told him about MMM, he said that was great for him, but MMM was really lucky and most people can't do that. He also thinks that living on less than $30k a year is very ambitious, which surprised me because...I do it because I have to, my take home pay is less than that after medical, 401k, and taxes, and I'm working on reducing it further. I figured of anyone my dad would be at least partially on board, but while he supports my decisions, he's not really buying into the concept. Most other people I know think I'm deluded. Some people are like "oh, I know I should be better with my spending" but more are like "OMG, I couldn't live without cable!" I'm still working on my SO, who was onboard with a few of my suggestions (cancelling cable), but resistant to others (he supports me riding my bike to work but has no interest in doing so himself). So I'm all alone at this point.