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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school has uniforms. But we have since learned that you can still spend $$$ on a pleated skirt and polo shirts. This is the part that makes no sense we can buy two skirts that look very similar but as soon as she looks at the tag then the "expensive" skirt is the better one. 
To the pp my wife thinks the same thing would happen in public school and thats why she's against moving DD. 
The budget starts this week.  We'll see how it goes. [/quote]

She doesn’t like you to buy the same clothes on sale because she wishes she were rich. It’s not about the quality of the clothes. It’s about the ability to spend money. It’s a values issue and some people struggle with it more than others. I agree that private school probably makes things worse. But there are always going to be people who are richer than you, and being focused on money to that degree makes life hard. [/quote]
Yep, I stated above. A budget is not going to help the issue because it's not about that. It's about her relationship with money and material things and keeping up with the joneses. That's what you need to address.

But, you made that difficult for her because you chose to send her to a pricey private school where most of the kids don't probably get what they want from the wealthy parents.[/quote]

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