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[quote=Anonymous]Same deal.  My parents were immigrants who came over in the 1950's on grad school scholarships and had nothing besides their scholarship. They worked through grad school to pay rent and bills and built their family fortune through saving and hard work.  So did many of their peers.  My parents in their 70s and 80s are now much more lavish in their spending as are many of the children of their peers who I grew up with.  We aren't as lavish as many of them, so I understand exactly where you're coming from.

My usual answer is "Thanks, but I got the X that I wanted."  X can be house, car, phone, computer, etc.  It keeps it simple and says that you aren't really interested in that conversation.  You made your choice for your own reasons that are not up for discussion and it's time to move the conversation on.  If they want to go on and on about the car they bought or the house they bought, I'll politely listen for a while and then find one of a handful of polite comments to escape "Oh, Aunt Jane just came in and I want to say hello"  "Oh, I see the drinks are over there; I'll talk to you later."  "Do you know where the rest room is?"  etc.[/quote]

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