Things you have bought for “status” reasons

[Anonymous]

No material items.

Fixing my teeth. I had to because they were breaking, but now l realize l don’t look like l grew up poor any more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally nothing. I just buy what I like.

Tbh this. For example, I love fast cars so I got a Mustang GT and an Audi s5. Didn’t buy because of the brand, bought because I like the car. I don’t care who thinks of me.

[Anonymous]

Cheap bus tickets (Martz & Greyhound) were so important for me. I was able to leave my hometown to go to college in the city because of these. My parents could not/would not take off to drive me each time to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally nothing. I just buy what I like.

This. I buy what I like, what fits my needs, what works well, is the quality I'm looking for, etc.

I don't think I've ever once bought something for the sake of "status" or concern about fitting a certain mold.

Really, why would you do something like that? Who the F cares?

[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.

Your advanced degree is a status signifier. I took out obscene loans for an extremely expensive law school over a good one that offered me money because I wanted that name on my resume. (I'm kind of an eff up and I figured that I could at least appear smart and like I had things somewhat together, with a degree from that school. I was in my 20s; I didn't know better.)

And a house is also a status signifier. I hope you understand that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A house in nova.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Literally nothing. I just buy what I like.

Tbh this. For example, I love fast cars so I got a Mustang GT and an Audi s5. Didn’t buy because of the brand, bought because I like the car. I don’t care who thinks of me.

Oh yes you're immune to what anyone thinks

[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.

Your advanced degree is a status signifier. I took out obscene loans for an extremely expensive law school over a good one that offered me money because I wanted that name on my resume. (I'm kind of an eff up and I figured that I could at least appear smart and like I had things somewhat together, with a degree from that school. I was in my 20s; I didn't know better.)

And a house is also a status signifier. I hope you understand that.

It apparently didn’t teach you how to read.

[Anonymous]

A law degree. (Well, my parents paid for it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally nothing. I just buy what I like.

I just realized I can expand on my above statement. When I go to a Broadway show, I get center seats in like, the 3rd to 5th row, because I LOVE Broadway and am not going to do it unless I can do it right. I see a Broadway show maybe once a decade. When I fly, I fly first class, but I also fly less than once every five years. If I'm doing something enjoyable, I like to make it truly enjoyable. All the jewelry I've worn in the last ten years is jewelry I was given over a decade ago, with the exception of one necklace a friend gave me when she came back from a trip to Italy.

[Anonymous]

This thread reeks of desperation, insecurity, and income inequality.

[Anonymous]

The above Youtube clip from The Devil Wear Prada is excellent - it illustrates just how much people are manipulated without their knowledge into liking and wanting certain things!

[Anonymous]

Disgusting FaceBook people do this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Literally nothing. I just buy what I like.

Tbh this. For example, I love fast cars so I got a Mustang GT and an Audi s5. Didn’t buy because of the brand, bought because I like the car. I don’t care who thinks of me.

Oh yes you're immune to what anyone thinks

I’m sorry, this scene is so stupid. It’s otherwise a great movie but this scene makes NO SENSE. If they had chosen a different blue, she would just be wearing a sweater that was a different shade of blue and be totally unaffected. They make a case that they chose her sweater, but they make no case that the choice was at all meaningful. The writers really let the movie down here imo. They should have cut this scene and just had the one with Stanley Tucci talking about reading Runway with a flashlight. That scene was much more effective.

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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.

I feel you on that! I got my wedding dress off the rack at David’s Bridal for $200 and laughed inside when people asked me what boutique I got it from.

That's awesome I actually got mine at a boutique that was going out of business near Annapolis (I live in VA). I got a several thousand dollar dress for @$600. SCORE!

I wasn't going around BRAGGING about my KMart (or other cheaper store/clearance) buys, but it is just nice when someone thinks something you are wearing is cute (like the aforementioned Keds lookalikes) and you are able to say they are very affordable.