Just here to tell you that doctor's salaries have nothing to do with the price of healthcare in this country. Doctors don't want everything to be expensive just like everything else -- they're not evil. Give me a break, OP.

You are an idiot. Doctors don’t make that much money.

MD here with a daughter in private in NWDC. We are by far one of the least wealthy families in her school, and I'm in a mid-tier specialty (ie not primary care but not derm or ortho).

OP the stakes only go up for kids receiving LV bags at 13. You need a new social circle and a new attitude. Also your kids only know what's around them. If these are the only friends she has and you are focused on this issue, of course it's on her radar. I'm gen X and wouldn't have been caught dead with a designer purse at 13. But it's different for a lot of these kids now with insta, the Kardashians, etc. Consumerism has become cool again and you have to actively guard against those kind of vapid values (in my opinion).

tldr; don't get her an LV bag, that's dumb, and don't feel pressures to do so. Take her somewhere, give her an experience, or if she prefers a "thing" type gift, find something that mirrors an interest she has.

These same kids will get Teslas at 16. All I can say is they better go into finance or inherit a trust bc it's hard to stay at that level and it's a long way down from there.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG, OP. Doctors also had to work in person through the worst of Covid. They deal with a-holes like you day in and day out. I have a ton of family members who are doctors and they deal with a lot of bullsh*t on a regular basis. They work incredibly hard and very long hours. They deserve the high salaries they get. You sound incredibly jealous and kind of a b_.

that’s a load of bs

Most specialists work 8-4 with lunch breaks and Fridays off and are not available during school breaks.

They definitely do not.

Have you tried to make an appointment with a specialist in provincial America? The wait list is at least a couple of months long and they don’t work 40 hours a week.

They aren’t in an office 40 hours a week as they do surgery!

I just came back again to appreciate the irony of someone who wanted to buy a $600 hair dryer for their kid complaining about other folks buying designer bags for their kids.

I think designer bags are dumb. There again I'm too out of touch to recognize a designer bag.