<prompt> Human: I am in my late 20s. Most of my friends, if they save at all, are saving for a trip, or for a big purchase, or perhaps a house a little laughable; I live in Vancouver, and no one I know has bought property without a massive amount of help from their parents. When I was talking to a friend of mine about a trip we are planning to Europe, I mentioned how I didnt want to spend everything we had saved up so at least when we came back we would still have some savings, and said, Well, what are you saving for? And I had no good answer, because Im not saving for anything in particular, just saving for the purpose of having savings. I said, retirement maybe? He kind of laughed and said it was a bit early to plan for that, which I couldnt help but think was a little short sighted. But this is a mindset Ive come across many times among my age group.  <response>: A really nice pair of wool socks. Seriously, if someone asks that they wont understand the answer anyway. You might as well have fun with it. 