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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teen my daughter was really status conscious. Everything had to be branded. Now she's a SAHM and displaying a gift for thrift shopping. She's requested handmade pillowcases from her aunt for Xmas for the children, based on their hobbies (trains and maps). I feel unaccountably proud. [/quote]

I'm sorry, Op but I don't get the connection  between your DD's consumerism and her present request for having her Aunt make the pillowcases?  ( non-consumerism?)

To me, it seems like you are comparing apples and oranges.  Does her Aunt even like making things?  Even if that was so, it seems like that would be more work for the aunt and either way your DD is getting something for nothing ( ie when she was younger you bought her expensive name branded items)  So, what is the difference?

I don't fault  your DD for staying home but, I truly don't see where she deserves any praise for her current action.  Seems like she can now brag to her friends that "her beloved aunt made these pillowcases for Larlo and Larla".   In the meantime, I think you need a higher standards for your DD and for you to be "unaccountably proud she should actually do something worthy of being proud.
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