Would you let your public school kid wear a very expensive item of clothing to school?
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Anonymous
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Ds is spending the weekend with grandparents who apparently bought him an expensive piece of clothing he’s been covering. He sent me a pic of him wearing the item last night and said he can’t wait to wear it Tuesday. I told him it looked nice on him but we’d have to discuss wearing it Tuesday when he got home.
Ds is a sneaker head, as are most of his friends, but this item is more expensive than some $300 shoes. Dh (whose parents bought it and who grew up rich) doesn’t see the problem. We live in Loudoun Co and 80% of the student cars at his school are brand new or BMWs and Mercedes is basically Dh’s argument. Besides, he says most kids won’t even know the item Ds is wearing is $$$ unless Ds tells them. I feel like ds could get away with wearing it at a private school easier than public. I sent the pic to my friend whose boys go to a private and she said several boys there have this item that they wear with their uniforms. I guess I basically don’t want him to go to school looking like a rich douche is what it boils down to. Ugh. I like it when the kids spend time with my poor (compared to Dh’s parents) better. They never come home with outrageous gifts like this. |
Anonymous
| I thin it's fine unless there's a specific reason to avoid it (e.g., other kids will try to steal it). |
Anonymous
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My kid wouldn’t, but mostly because of his ADHD he loses everything.
Is your kid a rich douche? That’s not based on what they’re wearing, but who they are. |
Anonymous
I don’t think this will happen. Students all have expensive phones, iPads, and laptops with no issues. I wish I could use that as my excuse. |
Anonymous
| This has to be one of the stupidest posts I've ever seen on dcum. |
Anonymous
| An iPhone X is $1,000. Kids have them in public schools. |
Anonymous
Lol no! As I said, he’s a sneaker head but he has to earn $ to buy the shoes he wants. But when I see this item of clothing, I immediately think rich douche. If I could post the clothing item, you’d get it. But I’m afraid to because it’s unique and I’ve only seen adult men wearing it in DC. |
Anonymous
Aw, come on! I see at least 5 new posts about “when will my dd get her period if I got mine at age 12???” each month! And we just had that one about the 17 yo who didn’t know she was pregnant. And the there’s the one from the mom whose son hit their fancy mailbox and she wanted to know who had to pay for damages. |
Anonymous
| Give us a clue at least. And yeah, I’d probably let my kid wear it unless it involves a safety risk (getting stolen, it has sharp edges, weapons as accessories). I’m struggling to think why I’d take away my child’s autonomy other than for safety. Definitely if it was a racist slogan, but that doesn’t sound like the situation here. |
Anonymous
| It is boring if you don't tell us what you are talking about. |
Anonymous
There's this thing my kid wants to do, and I can't tell you what it is, but what do you think I should do about it? |
Anonymous
It’s one of the Gucci tiger sweaters. |
Anonymous
| Haha yeah I’d let him wear it. Whatever. It’s dumb AF IMO but the money has been spent. Might as well put it to use. |
Anonymous
| Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang ... |
Anonymous
So ugly. I can’t believe a teen would actually want to wear this. In any event it’s going to be 73 on Tuesday so he will look doubly ridiculous in a sweater. |