How do you afford your bags and how many per year? Credit debt or millionare lover?

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gottaluvmybags said:
You are so sweet :). I think there is a HUGE difference between being spoiled and being brats. My kids are great kids and they earn great things by doing what they are supposed to do - chores and being good at school and taking care of their siblings (meaning be kind and loving not babysitting), but when they are bad we deal with it immediately to discourage the behavior.

Keep up the good work, you sound like an outstanding young lady - your parents must be proud of you.
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Thank you! And they tell me that they're proud every day. My dad taught me how to fight ( I'm a boxer) and stand up for myself, while my mother taught me to look for good things In others.

More parents need to discipline their children. Where I live, there is ALOT of kids who only have monetary values and think life can be bought with their daddy's credit cards. It's a silly way to live at any age.
 
#1,639
MauiWowie said:
Thank you! And they tell me that they're proud every day. My dad taught me how to fight ( I'm a boxer) and stand up for myself, while my mother taught me to look for good things In others.

More parents need to discipline their children. Where I live, there is ALOT of kids who only have monetary values and think life can be bought with their daddy's credit cards. It's a silly way to live at any age.
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Wow! We have been wanting to get my girls into Krav ****, not to start fights but build confidence. I happen to live in LA so we see a lot of the daddy's credit cards - self important bunches; I can only hope my son doesn't bring one home!
 
#1,640
gottaluvmybags said:
Wow! We have been wanting to get my girls into Krav ****, not to start fights but build confidence. I happen to live in LA so we see a lot of the daddy's credit cards - self important bunches; I can only hope my son doesn't bring one home!
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XD it does help with confidence. I have very high self esteem but for a bit i struggled because one of my ex boyfriends cheated on me and told everyone that I'm a S***. Good on you for wanting such a wonderful thing for your girls!
 
#1,642
Well, I used to have a very well paid job for many years and then quit to raise my kids (no, I'm not missionary on that, it's just what I wanted and worked out perfectly for me :smile1:).

So now I'm spending "family money", and I think I'm very reasonable in spending though do give in to temptations from time to time...
Anyway, the older I get, and probabely the more bags I own, the harder it gets to find one that really, really is to my liking. So yes, I'm looking a lot, but buying surprinsingly few.
 
#1,643
Work work work... I let the boys pay jewelry and nice dinners - but bags I pay myself.

I would NEVER accept a bag from a boyfriend of husband. These are my treats for myself.
When I was visiting Paris for a nice shopping weekend for myself I spent all the money I've earned that month and brought myself an alligator rossmore, lizard rossmore from LV, the desseé in Vernis, some classic chanel pieces... And boy I felt proud of myself! :D
 
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gottaluvmybags said:
This .... Wow I cannot even fathom my kids doing that - they know that our money is my money we have the whole "we have money, you all are broke and earn the privilege to live here" attitude for this same reason, I would never want them to feel it is ever ok to take anything that doesn't belong to them.

My 13 yr old bought some music on iTunes without permission after receiving a warning about it and he lost his iPhone and had extra chores for a month.
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I agree with you to a point, but your kids have to" earn the privilege to live here"? IMO it's your privilege to have been given them :) .
 
#1,646
In addition to my full-time job I work a part-time job teaching online from home to buy my LVs and Guccis. DH supports my habit and no household funds are used. I also use the part-time job to support his electronic habit. I see nothing wrong with the occasional splurge as long as you keep things in perspective. We have a health savings, retirement and investments and the only debt we have is our mortgage and the mortgage on our rental property. People I work with make comments about my purses but it's okay. I know my financial reality and I have no doubt Suze Orman would approve me! :D
 
#1,648
Priorities change over the years... I still love bags & will always love bags
but I don't build up a credit card bill for them either...and I have no problem
funding one bag for another!!! I think its fun it you make it that way!!
 
#1,649
Darn it, I knew I should have looked for a millionaire lover!! Instead I married a scientist. They aren't known for their prospects of millions. Drat. :p

We live pretty modestly on one salary and bank the other. (We decided this was how we wanted to live after watching friends make the transition from student to grown up and rack up serious debt.) This allows us to fund our savings, travel and treats. I don't ever want to collect bags just for the sake of having them. I want things I love and want to use, so I buy them pretty infrequently.
 
#1,650
I work full-time. I am still young so I live at home; I do not pay any bills or rent so my entire income after my credit card, phone bills et cetera is disposable. Not sustainable I suppose; but I may as well enjoy it whilst I can!

My Mother can also be quite generous on Christmas and birthdays in terms of gifts. I did have a significant trust fund at 18 - but I lived off that for a while and it is gone. Fortunately I have other inheritances but they are safely tied up (for the best).

I have also had quite a few good friends and ex lovers buy me decent things sporadically however I have bought the majority of my goodies.
 
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