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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate the pressure to have fancy stuff. Cars, remodels, certain brands of clothing. Yes I know I don't "have" to take part (and I usually don't) but I hate that the pressure is still just hanging out there. I regret moving to the area after college. DH says its the same anywhere that has decent jobs. I don't know. Ex: I have a 10 year old minivan that literally has nothing wrong with it. But I can just feel my neighbors and parents of my kids' friends dripping with pity for me as they pull up in luxury SUV's that are never more than 3 years old. I somehow want them to know I can afford their car, I just think its a waste of money. Same with lululemon and remodeled kitchens. Yes, this is a personal problem.

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I hate this, too. We like to save money for travel and retirement, plus feel like it's wasteful to always be buying new versions of perfectly good, functional things. So most of our clothes are 10 years old, we've never remodeled our (perfectly lovely!) home, and we really only replace things when they wear out. And people sometimes talk to us like we must be poor but, uh, we're just normal middle class people who live within our means. I'm not trying to brag about being frugal or environmentally conscious either -- I don't think we are, particularly. But I guess more than all our neighbors who buy a whole new wardrobe every year and a brand new car every other year.[/quote]

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