I don't think I can be friends with moms who drive huge SUVs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to the suburbs, and they are everywhere. Some of the kids are in travel lacrosse and soccer and they are in FIRST grade. They all have the same exact huge white SUV. It was hilarious the other day because a few of them ran into each other at the grocery store and were talking obnoxiously about their vacations while standing in line at Aldi. Anyway, once I got to the parking lot, they were all talking and loading their groceries. They all have the exact type of car a HUGE white SUV. My first car in high school was a Prius. Dh wants an SUV but I am adamant about having a sedan. We have two kids, and it's fine. Do these people not care about global warming? We had an earthquake a week ago, killing thousands of people. Driving these huge cars is such a waste and global warming contributes to more earthquakes. I went from living in an apartment to this. It's such a big change.

It sounds to me like this is a “you” problem.

Eavesdropping and getting upset about kids talking about their vacations at a supermarket is not normal behavior. I hope that you understand this.

I wasn't upset, nor was I eavesdropping. We were all in line and they were loud and I used my eyes in the parking lot.

TIs a never ending competition to consume the most. They are likely raising up some more good little consumers. No one is born thinking they should drive a gigantic SUV. Learned behavior.

Yep. And these same kids are going around asking what iphone other kids have and what kind of leggings they wear. Just wait to the teen years OP, it only gets worse. And the same defensive parents will be defending all the money they waste on their kids then too.

[Anonymous]

I think the "all or nothing" approach of some commenters is intellectually lazy and selfish - i.e., why should I make any effort at all to be less wasteful when OTHER people are not being as sustainable as they possibly could be? - but I also think that judging individuals on their choices, especially without knowing all of their circumstances, is not really fair or beneficial to anyone.

It's possible those ladies are as terrible as they seem, and it's possible they're nice people who bought a car that works for their family.

[Anonymous]

meh we drive an SUV and a Tesla. they sort of cancel each other out and plan to get a 2nd tesla soon anyway. the suv is nice for room and space and it makes sense if you need to cart stuff around. I also don't eat meat so there's that too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to the suburbs, and they are everywhere. Some of the kids are in travel lacrosse and soccer and they are in FIRST grade. They all have the same exact huge white SUV. It was hilarious the other day because a few of them ran into each other at the grocery store and were talking obnoxiously about their vacations while standing in line at Aldi. Anyway, once I got to the parking lot, they were all talking and loading their groceries. They all have the exact type of car a HUGE white SUV. My first car in high school was a Prius. Dh wants an SUV but I am adamant about having a sedan. We have two kids, and it's fine. Do these people not care about global warming? We had an earthquake a week ago, killing thousands of people. Driving these huge cars is such a waste and global warming contributes to more earthquakes. I went from living in an apartment to this. It's such a big change.

OMG, you are me! We went from a small house to an apartment and now a huge house in the burbs. Things are different here! Everyone has a freaking large SUV with a BMW/LEXUS/ blah blah sign on their car.

It's almost like the people who buy huge houses in the burbs don't care about their carbon footprint

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to the suburbs, and they are everywhere. Some of the kids are in travel lacrosse and soccer and they are in FIRST grade. They all have the same exact huge white SUV. It was hilarious the other day because a few of them ran into each other at the grocery store and were talking obnoxiously about their vacations while standing in line at Aldi. Anyway, once I got to the parking lot, they were all talking and loading their groceries. They all have the exact type of car a HUGE white SUV. My first car in high school was a Prius. Dh wants an SUV but I am adamant about having a sedan. We have two kids, and it's fine. Do these people not care about global warming? We had an earthquake a week ago, killing thousands of people. Driving these huge cars is such a waste and global warming contributes to more earthquakes. I went from living in an apartment to this. It's such a big change.

It sounds to me like this is a “you” problem.

Eavesdropping and getting upset about kids talking about their vacations at a supermarket is not normal behavior. I hope that you understand this.

I wasn't upset, nor was I eavesdropping. We were all in line and they were loud and I used my eyes in the parking lot.

TIs a never ending competition to consume the most. They are likely raising up some more good little consumers. No one is born thinking they should drive a gigantic SUV. Learned behavior.

Yep. And these same kids are going around asking what iphone other kids have and what kind of leggings they wear. Just wait to the teen years OP, it only gets worse. And the same defensive parents will be defending all the money they waste on their kids then too.

Kids are better off without iPhones and social media.

Without them, kids might have to actually, you know, talk with each other?

As it is now, the moment any kid-conversation pauses, the phones come out. And the conversation is over.

Phones and social lead to shorter and shorter attention spans. Not a good thing!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please tell me OP you live in a new build and the perfectly good 2000 sq ft original build is sitting in a land fill. Tell me it's true. And the potential buyer will now consider a new shiny townhouse in a new concrete jungle because it's the only affordable housing left where green space used to be

I live in a townhouse that is less than 2000 Square feet. No house was torn down. This was a field. We couldn't get an existing house. Tried for 11 months. My work is five minutes away. Half of the community is south asian. We are an international family Turkish/ Asian. The community I live in is friendly and not flashy. I have noticed these other mom's at the birthday parties. Thanks for mentioning that travel sports doesn't mean they fly every weekend. I had no idea.

Why not stay in your apartment then? A townhome consumes more energy than an apartment. Hypocrite?

Because we want to own a home instead of paying the landlord's rent. I can't give my kids an apartment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to the suburbs, and they are everywhere. Some of the kids are in travel lacrosse and soccer and they are in FIRST grade. They all have the same exact huge white SUV. It was hilarious the other day because a few of them ran into each other at the grocery store and were talking obnoxiously about their vacations while standing in line at Aldi. Anyway, once I got to the parking lot, they were all talking and loading their groceries. They all have the exact type of car a HUGE white SUV. My first car in high school was a Prius. Dh wants an SUV but I am adamant about having a sedan. We have two kids, and it's fine. Do these people not care about global warming? We had an earthquake a week ago, killing thousands of people. Driving these huge cars is such a waste and global warming contributes to more earthquakes. I went from living in an apartment to this. It's such a big change.

It sounds to me like this is a “you” problem.

Eavesdropping and getting upset about kids talking about their vacations at a supermarket is not normal behavior. I hope that you understand this.

I wasn't upset, nor was I eavesdropping. We were all in line and they were loud and I used my eyes in the parking lot.

TIs a never ending competition to consume the most. They are likely raising up some more good little consumers. No one is born thinking they should drive a gigantic SUV. Learned behavior.

Yep. And these same kids are going around asking what iphone other kids have and what kind of leggings they wear. Just wait to the teen years OP, it only gets worse. And the same defensive parents will be defending all the money they waste on their kids then too.

Kids are better off without iPhones and social media.

Without them, kids might have to actually, you know, talk with each other?

As it is now, the moment any kid-conversation pauses, the phones come out. And the conversation is over.

Phones and social lead to shorter and shorter attention spans. Not a good thing!

Replace "kids" with "adults" and all those statements are still true. So, I assume you will be getting rid of your smartphone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please tell me OP you live in a new build and the perfectly good 2000 sq ft original build is sitting in a land fill. Tell me it's true. And the potential buyer will now consider a new shiny townhouse in a new concrete jungle because it's the only affordable housing left where green space used to be

I live in a townhouse that is less than 2000 Square feet. No house was torn down. This was a field. We couldn't get an existing house. Tried for 11 months. My work is five minutes away. Half of the community is south asian. We are an international family Turkish/ Asian. The community I live in is friendly and not flashy. I have noticed these other mom's at the birthday parties. Thanks for mentioning that travel sports doesn't mean they fly every weekend. I had no idea.

Ah ha! Your residence destroyed green space. But gosh those SUV moms right

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I drive an SUV because it's safer and I couldn't care less about what some neighborhood busybody thought about it.

It's safer FOR YOU. It's actually more dangerous for everyone else.

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html

It's cute how you think I meant anything other than "IT'S SAFER FOR ME"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drive an SUV because it's safer and I couldn't care less about what some neighborhood busybody thought about it.

It's safer FOR YOU. It's actually more dangerous for everyone else.

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html

It's cute how you think I meant anything other than "IT'S SAFER FOR ME"

we are aware.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drive an SUV because it's safer and I couldn't care less about what some neighborhood busybody thought about it.

It's safer FOR YOU. It's actually more dangerous for everyone else.

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html

It's cute how you think I meant anything other than "IT'S SAFER FOR ME"

Yeah until your kid gets hit walking to school....

Oh wait that's only for the poors right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drive an SUV because it's safer and I couldn't care less about what some neighborhood busybody thought about it.

It's safer FOR YOU. It's actually more dangerous for everyone else.

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html

It's cute how you think I meant anything other than "IT'S SAFER FOR ME"

we are aware.

I'm sure everyone other than me buys a car thinking "geez, how would a pedestrian feel if my new car hit him/her." What a stupid premise. What I do care about is that if another huge SUV/Truck hits my car on the highway. I'd rather be protected. And so would you, but apparently, you're too much of a troll to admit it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drive an SUV because it's safer and I couldn't care less about what some neighborhood busybody thought about it.

It's safer FOR YOU. It's actually more dangerous for everyone else.

https://slate.com/business/2022/11/suv-size-truck-bloat-pedestrian-deaths.html

It's cute how you think I meant anything other than "IT'S SAFER FOR ME"

Yeah until your kid gets hit walking to school....

Oh wait that's only for the poors right?

I drive my kid to school in my huge SUV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently moved to the suburbs, and they are everywhere. Some of the kids are in travel lacrosse and soccer and they are in FIRST grade. They all have the same exact huge white SUV. It was hilarious the other day because a few of them ran into each other at the grocery store and were talking obnoxiously about their vacations while standing in line at Aldi. Anyway, once I got to the parking lot, they were all talking and loading their groceries. They all have the exact type of car a HUGE white SUV. My first car in high school was a Prius. Dh wants an SUV but I am adamant about having a sedan. We have two kids, and it's fine. Do these people not care about global warming? We had an earthquake a week ago, killing thousands of people. Driving these huge cars is such a waste and global warming contributes to more earthquakes. I went from living in an apartment to this. It's such a big change.

It sounds to me like this is a “you” problem.

Eavesdropping and getting upset about kids talking about their vacations at a supermarket is not normal behavior. I hope that you understand this.

I wasn't upset, nor was I eavesdropping. We were all in line and they were loud and I used my eyes in the parking lot.

TIs a never ending competition to consume the most. They are likely raising up some more good little consumers. No one is born thinking they should drive a gigantic SUV. Learned behavior.

Yep. And these same kids are going around asking what iphone other kids have and what kind of leggings they wear. Just wait to the teen years OP, it only gets worse. And the same defensive parents will be defending all the money they waste on their kids then too.

Absolutely. I was raised to have to accept that I wasn't getting all the status symbols and make your peace with it. And i raise mine the same. I think this just goes though the generations. You are kinda born on team lululemon in the SUV is important or on team sorry no its not.

[Anonymous]

Some have large families and need a large SUV to accommodate the family.

I wish that I had one as I need extra space to transport family & several family dogs.