Things you have bought for “status” reasons

[Anonymous]

I prefer to look poor.

[Anonymous]

Okay, so I finally figured out who these women are who are non stop posting about class, status, etc. They are buying into BS of those like this fake woman. So sad!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lwThKcV8oQ

[Anonymous]

My diamond engagement ring? My husband and I picked it out together, but I would feel equally married and happy without it.

My Burberry trench coat that I bought when I was newly promoted into a senior role but still looked quite young.

[Anonymous]

leather living room furniture designed by Le Corbousier

[Anonymous]

Literally nothing. I can't imagine being so insecure so as to care about "status."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't think of anything.

That said, being an only child allowed my parents to afford to do some things for me that I wouldn't have been able to had they been paying for more kids. I got to go to a nice GT summer camp, they sent me to a good college prep parochial HS and then they paid for my private college degree. I am forever grateful to them.

That said, we have always been bargain hunters - like, I was always so proud when people complemented something I was wearing and I could say "got this at KMart!" I was just telling my daughter the other day about the knock off Keds I had a TON of pairs of because they were 3 for $10

We got her Uggs off Craigslist for very cheap from some kid who got like 5 pairs and never wore them all.

Bragging that you bought something at KMart is the same thing as wearing a purse with a big Gucci logo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t don’t this since junior high school, when having the right brand of clothes seemed important.

It seems pathetic and immature.

Same for me. I can't think of anything else for status reasons -- it was only because I really enjoyed or wanted it, and that was true for both popular and unpopular items.

[Anonymous]

I guess a Cartier watch, but I am not the type to notice designer things on other people (unless there are garish logos that you can't miss) so I assume that no one would notice my watch either. I just liked it.

[Anonymous]

The best markers of status are the ones that can’t be seen from afar with the naked eye: an excellent credit score, no credit card balance, no debt, a house (no matter what it looks like) in a W zone, an advanced degree, and a high-end health insurance plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have rented a specific type of car while attending a wedding in Nice and Monte Carlo, in a blatant attempt to not let down my "side" by arriving in what I would usually rent (the cheapest car). The rare times we see extended family in similar contexts, I do make an effort to look like I belong to the upper crust they all desperately cling to.

But other than that, no.

NP and I would totally do something like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally nothing. I can't imagine being so insecure so as to care about "status."

+1. If someone is that caught up in wearing things that increase their status, it screams of insecurity. Probably not a lot going on beneath the surface.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The best markers of status are the ones that can’t be seen from afar with the naked eye: an excellent credit score, no credit card balance, no debt, a house (no matter what it looks like) in a W zone, an advanced degree, and a high-end health insurance plan.

Which is more obnoxious, saying “W zone” or saying “Big 3” (especially when it clearly means 6 or 7)?

I’m inclined toward “W zone” but I am definitely torn.

[Anonymous]

Literally nothing. I just buy what I like.

[Anonymous]

Lots of things. I was born into a dirt poor family in a rural area and bought myself some “benefit of the doubt” only after feeling the icy freeze of the doubt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best markers of status are the ones that can’t be seen from afar with the naked eye: an excellent credit score, no credit card balance, no debt, a house (no matter what it looks like) in a W zone, an advanced degree, and a high-end health insurance plan.

Which is more obnoxious, saying “W zone” or saying “Big 3” (especially when it clearly means 6 or 7)?

I’m inclined toward “W zone” but I am definitely torn.

Hey I check all those boxes! And I went to an actual Big 3 and live in a W zone. One of my kids went to the W school though so maybe that brings me down 100 notches for deigning to use the public schools?