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OP, how old are your children? IMHO they have too much power over you. [/quote]

They are teenagers.[/quote]

I find it interesting that you would buy him a new winter coat because he wants it, yet wouldn’t buy a nonstick pan that is used year round and had to to find an alternative to that. Not getting the logic here. Presumably he has a coat already that fits if this is a “want”.  The pan seems more like a need. Yet when I suggested then you and others said it wasn’t helpful.  
I applaud your efforts but it seems totally inconsistent. [/quote]

I can see how it would seem inconsistent.

I am choosing to do this Buy Nothing Challenge for myself, but I didn't ask the family to sign on and I'll be honest, I don't want them to worry about finances with their dad being ill.

I told my kids at the start of the winter that I would buy them both new winter coats if they needed one.   At the time, my son was adamant that he did not need a new winter coat, because he doesn't like to wear coats.   He also has a desire for name brand coats and I won't spend those prices.  I told him I'd give him $40 for a new winter coat and he could add his own money if he wanted some $180 coat.   He wasn't interested at the time.   I did pick up a thrift store coats that would do in a pinch, for about $8, but he didn't like it.

Yesterday when he saw how cold it really was, he decided he really needed a winter coat and wanted to go buy one.   I was happy because he found something he really liked, on deep discount, at Macy's.  It's not the name brand coat he thought he wanted, but he's very happy with it, and I did give him the $40 I had promised him earlier, and he added his own money from Christmas to make up the rest.

This was a want, not a need, because he did have a coat that would keep him warm if necessary.   So I do classify it as such, and I agree that in terms of "Buy Nothing January", yesterday, I didn't do that!   But I'm still very glad he got the coat he wants, and it brings him happiness and makes me happy that he will wear a coat in this cold now....

Purchasing a new saute pan, or buying a PSAT book, buying new potholders, buying a can of hairspray -- when I have free options just sitting around waiting to be accessed that are perfectly fine -- is just more for my immediate gratification because I don't want to bother to find the free options.   [/quote]

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