Do you consider yourself materialistic?

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I have 3 siblings. We were really poor when we were still kids. I remember going to our neighbor to watch television because my parents cannot afford to buy one for us. We ate whatever is on the table that's why we all love eating vegetables because that's the only food our parents could afford during that time. I remember my mom going to our relatives asking to lend her money so we'll be able to go to a school near us. My dad has no permanent job then so I can imagine how hard it is to survive a day for my parents. Thank God we have survived all those years and we all have graduated college. Because of our childhood experiences we learn how to value life instead of money and material things. Now, I would rather spend a day in the park with my kids than go shopping and waste money doing shopping for clothes or shoes. We don't have expensive things because we don't find happiness in materials things but we concentrate on life itself and how to make it beautiful for us and for those around us. I hope people would never give too much importance on materials things because we don't actually need those when we go to our next life. Right?