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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't you accept the fact that some people just don't want hand-me-downs?  THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION ON THOSE WHO WANT THEM.  This has NOTHING to do with those who want them.  This is how WE FEEL.  We don't demand that you justify why you want hand-me-downs.  Why do we have to justify our feelings to you?[/quote]

My guess is it's because someone referred to hand me downs as "taking leftovers" which doesn't exactly have a nice, neutral conotation.  It does reek of some form of "better than you" judgement by someone with a closet full of full-price Janie & Jack.

I prefer to have my DD in new clothes.  I think I posted on a thread a while back that I grew up in a family that wasn't poor, but certainly wasn't rich.  Going to school at a fairly wealthy high school, I did have self esteem issues that my clothes were from the Marshalls of the world while my classmates had name-brand clothes.  It's silly, but generally I do like her in new clothes.

That being said, I've gladly accepted hand-me-downs and then culled out the pieces that I love the best, that aren't too worn.  I've also found great deals on eBay on clothes that are new or have been worn once.  So, I make exceptions to my own general preference.  I love people who like hand me downs since I hate to think that I pay for nice clothes and then they have nowhere to go.[/quote]

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