I've sacrificed my time, my happiness, my energy, my friends, my moral, etc just to earn as much as possible.
You lead a simple life so it reads.
Kids you need to educate, or do you wish to have kids with weight issues, joking a cellphone instead of the garden?
Wife's who are impressed by wealth switch often, there are many people with money, and many more who play rich.
To be honest, it's of no essence limiting ourselves for the sake of money or trying to impress some other people. Probably whatever we've ever wanted would be ours, and it's not worth all the sacrifices. Of course, the messages spreads that men have to all it takes to provide, but with consistent actions we'll be glad and at same time achieve our goals.