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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what are you envisioning here. Your daughter can't repeat a bathing suit during spring break? She can't even wear the same rash guard twice? Athleta girl has some very cute two pieces that are actually reversible -- two suits in one.

The fact that you can afford it is irrelevant -- this is just being dumb with money and also teaching your daughter to be dumb with money. She's goign to be a 25 yr old blowing her entire paycheck on clothes because no one ever taught her how to budget properly (while still getting cute things she likes! there's very little sacrifice here).

Kids ARE expensive, but I assumed this post was going to be about the cost of braces, a special needs therapy for which no one takes insurance, or having to buy a new wardrobe for a kid who shot up 3 inches in a year or something. If you are experiencing sticker shock here, just wait until you actually HAVE to spend money on your kid for something a lot less fun than a new swimsuit for vacation.[/quote]

Please - you've never indulged your kids in some frivolous way? I doubt that very much. These will be what she wears for the next two or three summers. I'm happy for her to have options she's chosen. She's sacrificed plenty in the name of not being financially wasteful, and I am not worried about her being careful with money as an adult. [/quote]

So you’re happy to buy over priced swimsuits, great!  Stop whining then.  Also, you’re delusional if you think a kid is going to wear the same size for three summers.[/quote]

+1, especially if a big deal was made about the style of the suits. Not only will she outgrow them, but she'll want to replace them with an equal number of equally expensive suits. And then your younger daughters will complain about having to wear hand me downs that are now deemed out of style.[/quote]

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