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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in abject poverty, about as bad as it gets, and UMC now. I remember walking into English class in ninth grade and it was maybe March or April, still chilly but a few months after Christmas. Someone complimented our classmate on her beautiful sweater (it was very nice) and she said, “Thanks! I got it for Christmas but put it in my closet and forgot about it until I saw it this morning.” And I was FLOORED - and insanely jealous - at the idea of having so many nice clothes, you could forget about an expensive sweater. I just couldn’t imagine it. If I had anything even close to being that nice, I would’ve worn it the next day and probably many times after.

Since then, if I buy something, I can’t/won’t take the tags off or unwrap it until I’m sure I need it. I don’t buy things just to keep them in my closet with tags on, but there’s something about knowing I can have things I don’t need right away. So tags stay on until I need to remove them.

Technically I guess I’ve sort of left that somewhat behind - I definitely did it through my young adulthood. But these days I wfh full time and I have two 13 year olds, so of course I’d rather spend my money on them and not me.

I genuinely have tried not to spoil them but also make sure they have nice clothes, good shoes, a nice jacket, and AppleCash on their phones in case they need something when they’re out. 
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