Why Spending Money Feels Different When You Don’t See It Leave Your Hands

Cash, digital payments, and the surprising way technology shapes how we experience spending. It started with a post I came across about someone buying a watch worth ₹12,000. I found myself thinking about the purchase, so I brought it up with a friend. What began as an ordinary conversation about an expensive watch took an unexpected turn: my friend told me he had received a watch worth ₹30,000 as a gift. That made me think about something interesting. One person had spent ₹12,000 on a watch. Another had received a watch worth ₹30,000 without paying for it himself. The watches had monetary valu

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