My family has said the same thing when doing something. Seems to be an old person thing to say.

Girlfriend’s sister and her husband were essentially homeless. Buying computer equipment and streaming gear they couldn’t afford while living in her parents basement.

Their close friends had a child. Girlfriend’s sister and her husband had a kid to be like their friends. Total disregard that they were living in her parents basement, not to save money or to buy a house, but because they lose their jobs so often they had no other choice.