Name an expensive product or service that’s worth it

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Spending money to live in a walkable, close-in neighborhood so I don’t have to fret over which luxury car to drive because I spend so much time chauffeuring my kids around.

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Grocery delivery

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Business class, house cleaners, ONE Stanley cup, Botox, Mac Studio screen, upper blephoplasty, interior decorator, good shoes, quality leather coat, fresh squeezed orange juice . 20 years ago I would have said a luxury car but now they cost too much and I don’t think they’re worth it.

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Desirable real estate
Botox
Frequent hair cuts + balayage
Boutique gym + nice workout gear
High quality, reliable childcare
House cleaners
Yard maintenance
Breville coffeemaker
Metaquest 3 (surprisingly fun)
Custom/handmade (or refurbished) furniture
Direct flights (I refuse to do layovers with kids)
Hotel suites w/ kids

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birkenstocks

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Anonymous wrote:Business class, house cleaners, ONE Stanley cup, Botox, Mac Studio screen, upper blephoplasty, interior decorator, good shoes, quality leather coat, fresh squeezed orange juice . 20 years ago I would have said a luxury car but now they cost too much and I don’t think they’re worth it.

I love and agree with most of this list. But I do have one question. What is it about the Stanley cup in particular that makes it "worth it." I admittedly don't own one, but I don't get the hype. I say this as someone who has a couple Hydroflasks and a couple Owalas. I like both, primarily because of the leak-proof nature and the handle I can hang off a finger and let swing around. I particularly like the ability to sip and gulp of the Owala. I think of the Stanley as just some seriously excellent marketing. What am I missing?

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Uber black car

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Costco exec membership

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Anonymous wrote:Business class, house cleaners, ONE Stanley cup, Botox, Mac Studio screen, upper blephoplasty, interior decorator, good shoes, quality leather coat, fresh squeezed orange juice . 20 years ago I would have said a luxury car but now they cost too much and I don’t think they’re worth it.

I love and agree with most of this list. But I do have one question. What is it about the Stanley cup in particular that makes it "worth it." I admittedly don't own one, but I don't get the hype. I say this as someone who has a couple Hydroflasks and a couple Owalas. I like both, primarily because of the leak-proof nature and the handle I can hang off a finger and let swing around. I particularly like the ability to sip and gulp of the Owala. I think of the Stanley as just some seriously excellent marketing. What am I missing?

It’s gotten me off plastic completely. Easy to wash, fits in a cup holder but holds 40 oz, has a straw (my preference), keeps it cold. I don’t like the built in straws that Yetis have or the wide mouths of a hydro flask. I love it and think it’s worth $45 so it fits the topic here but I don’t understand the collectors. One is enough. I’d be just as happy with this made by anyone, but they nailed the combo of my wishes.

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Anonymous wrote:Business class, house cleaners, ONE Stanley cup, Botox, Mac Studio screen, upper blephoplasty, interior decorator, good shoes, quality leather coat, fresh squeezed orange juice . 20 years ago I would have said a luxury car but now they cost too much and I don’t think they’re worth it.

Lame list grandma

This is a parenting site, son. Get ready for bed.

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I think luxury cars are typically tacky and showy but I love quite modest luxury cars like Lexus and Volvo.

And new cars. After 18 months cars feel old. Life is short, drive new.

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Anonymous wrote:Cars. I've always drive luxury cars and they're so much nicer than the rental cars I've gotten or my friend's cars I've been in, even when those are newer.

Big engines, nice interiors, etc. are so worth it when you spend a good chunk of your time in your car.

+1

I always look down on the poor people; the people who can only afford a toyota or a honda. Really sad for them.

That’s funny. I drive a $20K used Honda and look down on people who have luxury car payments but don’t have millions socked away for retirement.

Fake posture. You drive a crap car AND you do not have millions socked away.

Swear to God I do. I came from nothing (Pell grant kid) so I am self made, as is my husband. We do not spend frivolously. Plus, after having to pay for very expensive non-covered doctors and treatments, we know how important it is to have loads socked away. We prioritize: saving for retirement, real estate, private school and college, good food and health care. Everything else is a “nice to have” but we’re not having it. I just came in from cleaning up the yard. Most of my neighbors have landscape and / or lawn people. Not us.

We're the same, we'd rather clean the house and do yard work ourselves, otherwise it just feels like throwing money away. The only services I can see us paying for are things we can't do ourselves.

You must have a good back.

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Anonymous wrote:Can the person with the French products come back and post with links!?

That's not how that works. If they post the links, the products will be sold out.

I have to admit, I (who have never had the pleasure of visiting a French pharmacy yet, but am basking in my new Embryolisse lait concentre), wondered about it too--like some glamorous products, made in Provence? Maybe someone else will chime in.

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Anonymous wrote:Business class, house cleaners, ONE Stanley cup, Botox, Mac Studio screen, upper blephoplasty, interior decorator, good shoes, quality leather coat, fresh squeezed orange juice . 20 years ago I would have said a luxury car but now they cost too much and I don’t think they’re worth it.

Lame list grandma

This is a parenting site, son. Get ready for bed.

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Anonymous wrote:worth it:
housecleaner
a car detailer that comes to you (just a few times per year)
Kerrygold butter and good non-shelf stable bread
everything associated with the bed- quality mattress, sheets, duvet, pillow
Wolf range

not worth it:
manicures, particularly "high end" ones
"status" credit cards like Amex platinum
luxury brand handbags

You aren’t using it correctly then!

Agree. If your Amex Platinum doesn’t more than pay for itself, you’re using it wrong.