Anonymous wrote:A bidet.

Oh no, bidets are great!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your white privilege is showing, OP.

NP — do you honestly think only white people buy things for status reasons? WTF?

Yes, this is ridiculous! Black people do this ALL the time! As I am sure do others.

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Anonymous wrote:First class airplane tickets. I'm fat and can't figure out how to dress well, so it's the only thing I can do while traveling to not look like I belong at the Dollar Store.

That might sound snotty, but it's actually my incredibly low self-esteem talking.

Look, if you’re going to buy something for low self-esteem and status it may as well be first class tickets because the experience is glorious.

I've accumulated tons of points after a couple of years of not traveling and spending too much money on useless crap, so I'm traveling first class to Israel this summer. I am so excited. It'll be my first time.

Anonymous wrote:A family office.

/end of thread

Beach umbrella and chairs for the week at North Shores.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your white privilege is showing, OP.

Plenty of non-white women and men buy things for status (purses, jewelry, cars).

Yup. When I was a kid, blacks were purposely red-lined out of certain neighborhoods by the banks. So, since exclusive neighborhoods were off-limits, some of my black friends' parents displayed their wealth in other ways-- cars, designer clothes, etc.

Anonymous wrote:If you have a luxury car, then you’re lying about not buying anything for status reasons.

A Toyota will get you to where you’re going just as well as a bmw or Mercedes

Cars don’t mean anything. At my office the security guards drive some of the nicest cars in the parking garage. Nothing wrong with this, especially since it’s one of my business and don’t know their full financial situation, but on the surface they have a lot of car relative to their income.

Anonymous wrote:The best markers of status are the ones that can’t be seen from afar with the naked eye: an excellent credit score, no credit card balance, no debt, a house (no matter what it looks like) in a W zone, an advanced degree, and a high-end health insurance plan.

I am feeling high status after reading this

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Anonymous wrote:My car and a house in the right zip code. Once you have the right car and zip code you can wear cheap sneakers, jeans, no jewelry and a cloth purse and everyone thinks you’re quirky.

No they think you’re frumpy, not quirky.

I honestly don’t think about women like this at all. They’re so common in DC they’re just the scenery. Like shrubs and utility poles.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh please. Women do this all the time with their designer purses, cloths, shoes, etc.

Some women. I don’t. I could give two poops about designer anything.

ditto

Anonymous wrote:My car and a house in the right zip code. Once you have the right car and zip code you can wear cheap sneakers, jeans, no jewelry and a cloth purse and everyone thinks you’re quirky.

No they think you’re frumpy, not quirky.

Anonymous wrote:Oh please. Women do this all the time with their designer purses, cloths, shoes, etc.

Some women. I don’t. I could give two poops about designer anything.

If you have a luxury car, then you’re lying about not buying anything for status reasons.

A Toyota will get you to where you’re going just as well as a bmw or Mercedes

Nothing

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My car and a house in the right zip code. Once you have the right car and zip code you can wear cheap sneakers, jeans, no jewelry and a cloth purse and everyone thinks you’re quirky.

Sort of this, except just the house, not the car. I drive a minivan.

+2. Both the car and zip code. You can basically forego everything else and people admire you for being “down to earth”! I live in 90210 and drive a BMW. I get the respect even though my pants cost $7.