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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Old white money loooves hand-me-downs. NOT new money that sees fault in used clothes.

I'm culturally vanilla, but dated a guy in a wealthy Latinx family for many years and their family would not be caught dead wearing second hand clothes. Same for my friends who are middle eastern.

Meanwhile, the English royals are wearing their dad's clothes! [/quote]

+1.  People who are offended by an offer of hand-me-downs are insecure about their wealth/status.  UMC/UC white people don't have anything to prove and enjoy being able to feel like they are making a more environmentally friendly choice.  Same reason all the UMC white people in Upper NW are driving around in Subarus and Priuses while the new money is splashing out on Land Rovers and Hummers to park in front of their McMansions[/quote]

You completely missed the point of that post lol
It has nothing to do with insecurity for some.
It’s cultural. UMC White Americans may see nothing wrong with hand me downs but people from different backgrounds and countries would never.

I’m first generation and my mother never had me in hand me downs nor did we give hand me downs.
I had a few cousins that literally begged things off of me but I never thought to give them my old things.
If I wanted them to have something, I bought a new one for them. 
Different strokes for different folks.[/quote]

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