Family and Friends give you grief over your Handbag addiction?

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#211
My Family and Friend do not always understand but they are really good about it.. My Fam loves Coach but they do not totally understand my passion bags...

My DH gives me the most grief but he also buys me the most bags and accessories he is great about it all but he does not have a collectors mentality so he does not always understand the must haves
 
#212
My mother always says is that a new bag. I love purses. She doesn't say much. My darling, wonderful hubby doesn't care when I get a new one. My 15 year old just gets upset because I don't always get her one. (fb)
 
#213
i don't think there is ever winning with people who criticize me (or any of you gals) about loving handbags. everyone has their *thing*.

my dad loves antique rifles and war memorabilia. he'll spend (and has spent) hundreds of thousands of dollars buying this stuff.

my BF loves buying HD tvs of all sizes for every room of his place.

ain't no way to reason with them lol
 
#214
No one in my family hassles me about how much i spend on my bags (or clothes, shoes and other accessories for that matter). My parents don't necessarily agree with the amount of money i spend on these things but they don't really say anything because they know the money is mine to do what i want. My husband has his own vices too, so he can't say much :p Most of my friends don't really care for handbags either with the exception of about 2 or 3 and they don't really care about how much i spend. A couple of my friends always says it's a waste spending so much money on fashion... but then again they're also the ones that blow $500 a week on alcohol... So i just tell them we've got different priorities and tastes. My husband also copped a bit of flack from his mates though because he gave me a Chanel bag as a Valentine's day present. I don't really understand why though... It's none of their business what my husband chooses to give me :blah:
 
#216
YES! I'm the only one out of my friends and family that has this OBSESSION.. lol

But everyone DOES have their thing!!

My Father LOVE watches and firearms lol

My Mother LOVES expensive DSLR cameras and Lenses...

My Boyfriend LOVES his car! hahaha

AND everyone knows what I LoVe! :love:

But for some reason, they can all justify their own addiction better than they can mine! They say "it's just a purse" but ohhhhh how I adore purses! :drool: I am quite in love with my puggle puppy too!
 
#217
My mother and father both use the famous "You can only use one at a time!!"
I'm working on my mom though; I bought her a coach purse for her birthday and just gave it to her this weekend. Maybe the quality will help her understand. ;)

My boyfriend actually signed up here on the forum to access my wishlist, lol! He is the most supportive of anyone. He came to the outlet with me the other day, and helped me decide which bags to get! And a coin purse; "but with the 50% off, plus the additional 20%, it's only like, $15.00!" :yahoo: hahaha, he's so awesome. :heart:
 
#219
Yes, my mother in law. In fact, last week at lunch she looked at my bag and said rudely, "is that ANOTHER NEW BAG?" (dripping with sarcasm of course).

She always says rude crap like that to me but for whatever reason, I am taken off guard. Keep in mind I have 3 daily bags and 2 crossbody bags.

I work 10 hrs of overtime a week and make more than my DH. Seriously?!
 
#220
I can't stand when friends or family ask how much something was and when you try to politely not answer the question (since it's no one's business) they keep asking. Take the hint that I don't want to be judged right now! I'm spending a day with my aunte soon and I'm debating which bag to take bc I know she's going to ask, I love her but she's the type of person who thinks EVERYTHING is her business
 
#221
Lady Stardust said:
I can't stand when friends or family ask how much something was and when you try to politely not answer the question (since it's no one's business) they keep asking. Take the hint that I don't want to be judged right now! I'm spending a day with my aunte soon and I'm debating which bag to take bc I know she's going to ask, I love her but she's the type of person who thinks EVERYTHING is her business
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Same problem I have. Well, I only have this problem with my SIL, who is somewhat nosey. Both of us loves purses, but I happen to like/buy pricey ones, she don't. When she see me using a new bag, she immediately gave a compliment and asked me how much is it. If I don't tell her she is going to google it!!! And if she knows the price, she thinks I'm crazy. Yesterday, was her daughters birthday, I was debating if I take my Bal with me, I used another bag, to avoid questions.
 
#222
I only buy Louis Vuitton (with an exception of 2 other bags) and it was actually my Mother that got my two sisters and me into Louis Vuitton. We are all avid collectors. The rest of my family understand lol.
 
#223
when we visit in-laws, I bring the cheapest bag I have, so I never get comments. At home everything is in dustbags, so no one knows. As you can see, comments from family are not welcome by me.

once, I had a lesson about leaving out my makeup and other beauty products and it illicited unwelcome "holy cow, you have a lot of...". So if any family comes over, which is so rare, due to distance (hehe), I hide all my girly excessiveness. I don't like comments LOL. I didn't ask, so zip it! ;)
 
#224
It's funny but I kind of had the opposite problem.

Growing up, my dad and brothers teased me mercilessly if I did anything girly.

My boyfriend noticed that I'd get agitated if I came home from shopping and he was around and wanted to see what I'd purchased (I guess subconsciously I was afraid he'd mock me like my dad and brothers did) but he's never been anything but supportive.

To my own credit though, I've never made any big purchases without clearing it with him first, and I'm just not the kind of person to make impulse buys. I think if I was he'd probably get annoyed/exasperated. But like I told him that I want to get another Rebecca Minkoff and he's perfectly fine with it.
 
#225
My family really HATES my love for expensive bags. They don't understand how I could spend $3K for a Chanel or $6K for a Bottega Veneta Cabat. I sometimes don't know how/why I do it either when I think about how others in the world are suffering right now but it is my business and my money. I save for the future/retirement and I also buy nice things for them (i.e. I bought my Mom an Escalade and my Father a Ford F150) so they try not to judge but they still do.

I feel really uncomfortable when they give me guilt trips over how much I have spent but I know they are right that you have to be careful BUT it still makes me kind of sad. I think I am pretty much done for now though. My collection is truly amazing to me and I just want to buy one more Cabat. Then, I will be done for a year or two.
 
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