I said I wouldn't debate you, and it wasn't out of malice but for my own peace of mind, but I will engage you one last time in response to what you just said:
Yes, pit tickets to the GNX Tour might cost a lot, but both you and I can afford those things. The price of those things isn't the discussion.
I'm happy you created a memory.
But if you complete the logic of hers (and now your) analogy, you are assigning a financial bar or a financial threshold to what constitutes a "memory".
That is by very definiton, materialism.
"If it doesn't cost as much as X, it cannot hold emotional value to me."
In her example, she said, quite plainly, that a certain level of vacation, and the cost of that vacation, is the level she expects in order to consider that something that creates a "memory" for her, or this fictional woman.
And in your example, you used GNX pit tickets as an example.
So, to borrow your own words of it not being "black and white", paint the gray for me in this example?
GNX pit tickets created a memory for you, but if a man you liked took you to a bar and you line danced and had a great time, you wouldn't remember it because it was cheaper?
Once again, and for real this time, I'll see myself out.