I never had nothing as a child, and I can deny myself pretty much anything and everything in the world. Candy in the check-out lane? Pass. A cool, single-serving beverage in a refrigerated section? Pass. Frappuccino? I never got a candy bar, much less another four bucks for a single drink. I can wait years to play a new game and thus I am about as hip as a popotamus. It is not even really about willpower; learning that the answer was no to everything conditioned me to not even consider splurging on excesses. You got to bring it to my attention, man, and then I will buy something for you and me.