Does anyone ever feel guilty...
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No way! I worked really hard for that money so I should be able to spend it how I like, no matter what other people think. When you have money you should be able to do what you want with it, you shouldnt have to feel guilty about buying something you really want just because other people feel its a waste of money.
Maybe because bus riders feel underprivileged when they see a woman carrying a Louis Vuitton purse. I never feel funny about carrying any of my bags - never, ever! and I've had some rough finanacial times in my life and somehow came out of it smiling and carrying a fabulous bag!.
i only feel guilty when i'm around certain family members. like my aunts. i guess you can say they feel young at heart but sometimes i think they just try too hard to stay young by shopping at very trendy stores. everytime they see me they make comments about my bags and ask me how much it costs. my mom's usually around during those times so i just tell them it was a gift from my husband. or i won't say anything at all and keep them guessing to whether or not it's real. i hate getting asked how much an item cost. it's just so rude sometimes.
I don't feel a bit of guilt, and if it weren't for purchases of all kinds, you wouldn't have all those jobs created and maintained.
There was a mini series in England called "The House of Elliot," and it's about two sisters who start up their own design house in, if I'm remembering correctly, the 1920s. Before they do this though, the older sister is working for a photographer, and he has a sister that's totally devoted to her charitable work. So much so that she'll give someone else her own food.
After the sisters start getting well known, the charity worker goes NUTS at a grand event for her own charity. She's ranting that if everyone had donated the money they spent on the dresses, jewels and whatnot, they'd be in clover. Kind of silly though because the sisters employ a lot of people she knows herself, and without that event, the caterers, servers, seamstresses and everyone else wouldn't have had a job to do.
Everything from low-end to high-end products have a lot of jobs connected to them, and when I buy a luxury item, quite a lot of people are getting a portion of that sale. Makes sense.
There was a mini series in England called "The House of Elliot," and it's about two sisters who start up their own design house in, if I'm remembering correctly, the 1920s. Before they do this though, the older sister is working for a photographer, and he has a sister that's totally devoted to her charitable work. So much so that she'll give someone else her own food.
After the sisters start getting well known, the charity worker goes NUTS at a grand event for her own charity. She's ranting that if everyone had donated the money they spent on the dresses, jewels and whatnot, they'd be in clover. Kind of silly though because the sisters employ a lot of people she knows herself, and without that event, the caterers, servers, seamstresses and everyone else wouldn't have had a job to do.
Everything from low-end to high-end products have a lot of jobs connected to them, and when I buy a luxury item, quite a lot of people are getting a portion of that sale. Makes sense.
