My 12yo wants a $45 sippy cup

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Anonymous wrote:They are all the rage in my 11yr old’s 5th gr class. She may be the only or one of the only kids that doesn’t have one. She doesn’t ask for one and I think it’s kinda cool. She said the kids freak out of there is a scratch on their Stanley, etc.

Maybe tell your 12 yr old it’s even cooler to be different and not like the rest of the kids.

Plus the open straws are gross in a classroom

Really? My daughter is in 5th grade and has never mentioned it.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who just paid a similar price for a fanny pack (sorry, a "belt bag") for an 11 year old, I can relate.

LOL!!!

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who just paid a similar price for a fanny pack (sorry, a "belt bag") for an 11 year old, I can relate.

LOL!!!

Which belt bag?

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All the rage in dumb rich cliques and posers.

Modern day Z Cavariccis

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Anonymous wrote:$45 for a cup that leaks. Honestly. Even my 13 year old thinks they are stupid.

Well, if your 13-year-old thinks they're stupid, 'case closed' I guess. These companies seem to be doing pretty well with this fad, the kids seem happy, and it actually facilitates a healthy activity...but then again, your 13-year-old has weighed in.

Yes, companies make a lot of money off of silly teenage fads. The PP's kid seems smarter than the average lemming.

What's the difference between a $45 bottle and a $20 bottle? The cost of McDonald's drive-thru on the way home from buying it? I mean, who cares? If you don't want to buy it, then don't. If not buying it helps you feel smarter, so be it. Nobody cares.

It isn’t the cost- it’s the mania of teens/women feeling like they need this water bottle to look cool. Waiting in line at 3am, getting in fights in Target over them, yeah, that is some ridiculous stuff

Yeah, it is the cost because that's dominated most this conversation. The Target article just came out. And as if this water bottle invented teens/women coveting some item to look cool. By spring, it's going to be something completely different. You going to whine about that as well as if it's some novel development?

It doesn’t matter if they charge $40, $50, $100. The stupid sheeple will line up to buy them because they NEED them. They cannot manage to hydrate (or feel good about themselves) without these perceived status symbols. Teach your kids better.

BFD. In two months, it'll be something else. That's consumerism.

Yes and your job as a parent is to teach your kid to be smarter than buying into the hype, not pile on an buy them every new “it” thing

Why? Why not have some fun?

Nothing fun about a cup with straw

Sippy cups are super fun. Paying ridiculous prices is tacky.

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So what’s a good moderately priced alternative?

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My kid's cup is $46. (No joke. I just looked it up.)
$45 Stanley is for poors.

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I am laughing. Most high schoolers do not like these cups. It’s the middle schoolers and pick me’s.

The tik toks making fun of these girls are hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:All the rage in dumb rich cliques and posers.

Modern day Z Cavariccis

lol, now that’s a slice of Gen X history. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:I am laughing. Most high schoolers do not like these cups. It’s the middle schoolers and pick me’s.

The tik toks making fun of these girls are hilarious.

Okay, thank you for your contribution. What other Tik Toks do you find hilarious?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s no different than the overpriced Benetton or Esprit piece of clothing I wanted when I was 12. If you have the money, it’s harmless and actually useful. I love my Stanley. If you don’t, don’t buy the knock off. That’s what I would have gotten and it’s worse than not getting it.

My parents couldn’t afford the $100 sweater that every girl at my high school wore when I was 13. They bought a $30 knock off that was still a huge sacrifice. Decades later I appreciate the effort, but at the time, I was too embarrassed to wear it.

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The open straw is the biggest ick. It’s so gross.

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I thought kids have moved on to the Owala.

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Anonymous wrote:So what’s a good moderately priced alternative?

Literally any water bottle. It is carrying water, that is it. The more simple and less parts/mouth pieces, the better. No straw. Nalgene and Klean Kanteen are my picks.

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Anonymous wrote:All the rage in dumb rich cliques and posers.

Modern day Z Cavariccis

lol, now that’s a slice of Gen X history. Thank you.

LOL, funny. Memories