<prompt> Human: Basically, I grew up without many friends, survived high school with one close friend, and everything was fine. In the four years since I graduated Ive been doing great financially, saving a ton, and being very frugal.Since Ive been with my boyfriend for the past year, I find I get along with his friends just as well as he does. Im going out, buying drinks now that Im 21, buying food, taking trips, and all sorts of things I never would have done before. My only expenses for entertainment were Netflix and Gamefly, and eating out every so often. All of a sudden Im spending 45-50 in one night of going out, which I never would have before. My entertainment budget has doubled, possibly tripled.How do you avoid this? I have a retirement account, put as much into savings as possible, avoided debt and high interest loans, but I never prepared to have a life.Edit: Wow, I definitely didnt expect the responses from PF to say I was actually spending money on the right thing! I do feel a good bit better. LBYM and frugality have been very pounded into me, with spending and spenders so demonized, that I just didnt feel comfortable or like myself when I started.The two questions I saw popped up were how much do I makesave and what do I enjoy.My income is pretty random, in 2013 I made 36k, and in 2014 I made 55k. Last February I made 12k, and this month I made 1.2k. I dont have a 401k as Im an independent contractor with no company offer. Ive maxed my ROTH IRA in 2012, 13, and 14. I saved 1.5kmo last year and so far this year, and about 500mo into an account to pay taxes. I make between 3 and 5kmo on average. I mostly support my boyfriend, who brings in around 200mo. Until December I had a rent of 950mo, but I am waiting on getting approved for a mortgage and so am living with my parents until that goes through, so no cost for utilities or rent. My entertainment budget before was less than 100mo. I basically just played video games and watched Netflix. The rest came from hobby stuff, mostly knitting yarn. I traveled, but I traveled cheap. My last trip was in October-November 2014 with my boyfriend. We live in Florida. We drove I-10 from Jacksonville to LA, stopping at free stuff along the way toilet seat museum, goofy water towers, parks, the Alamo, with the most we paid for entry being the 50 cents to cross the Rio Grande into Mexico. We had a packed cooler, ate some grocery junk bakery foods in the morning and made sandwiches at rest stops for lunch and kept them in the cooler for dinner, slept in the car, and had a blast. With him I dont have issues spending. Its just with the other friends, the whole experience is very new and I dont feel I have the pull to have them change their ways. But I really liked the point that they probably are struggling too. Most are either bachelors, masters, or doctoral students, none with family money, so I wouldnt feel like a wet blanket suggesting free or cheap things, but maybe I can be the one who says what were all thinking :PI see where everyones coming from, and looking closer at it, I think I am afraid Ill let the newfound habit get worse and worse, as I know so many better off people who have no money left over. It kills me knowing that even at only 1 interest, 150mo could be 80,000 extra when retirement comes. But 80k isnt much for a lifetime of experiences, as long as I keep it in check and reign it back when my income slows down.  <response>: As long as its not busting your budget, enjoy yourself. Youre only young once. If it starts creating a problem and you find yourself carrying credit card balances or not able to save enough, then obviously you need to cut back or find cheaper alternatives to barsrestaurants. 