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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just today I was in a shop and a beautiful blouse was $550. We have a very high net worth but I just don’t have the desire to spend money like that. But the two of us went out to dinner tonight and it was $200. I drive a Subaru SUV, but we fly first class. I’m sure a shrink could define my behavior.[/quote]

I could guess - it's that you have a permission structure to spend money with your spouse, but you lack it for things only for yourself. That could be because you don't earn your money - someone else does - so it feels a little foreign to you. It could be that your spouse is subtly giving you the message that you shouldn't buy an expensive blouse for yourself, but he or she really enjoys expensive dinners and first class travel, so you don't get that "NO" message there. Or it might be that you've internalized some message about how experiences are worth lots of $ but things are not (I hate that message).

Or maybe you just didn't really want the blouse that much![/quote]

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