Just curious... do you buy jewelry for yourself?

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#31
My mother told me you never buy jewelry for yourself.....I think that sentiment is from a few generations ago. I do prefer my husband buying the jewelry though. typically I have expressed interest in a certain range or stone and he selects something.
I prefer jewelry to be linked to some event or milestone. When I was younger I always bought myself an 'annual bonus' VCA piece. That was meaningful to me too.
 
#32
It's nice to read all of your messages and know that I am not alone. I love treating myself to nice things, but I've always felt a bit guilty at the same time. Not anymore! Gotta love TPF ladies for helping me rationalize my love to shop! :loveeyes:
 
#35
I grew up in a family where my father would buy my mother nice things but they weren't that expensive. also he looks for bargains by shopping at -I don't want to name stores but they'd be unlikely to be mentioned here although I don't know much about them, it's just odd to talk about jewelry and saving money that way. so I never felt comfortable spending much on jewelry but I have bought for myself from a chain store and now that my tastes are changing I'm going to continue.

the strange thing is I'll buy books on art where for five or ten of those I could get a nice piece of jewelry, but the books don't seem as extravagant. maybe that's b/c our house had a lot of books growing up. so my husband has bought nice things for me but my family, no. my father's family is mostly passed on or wouldn't think of it and my mother's mother had only costume jewelry in her possessions when she moved to a nursing home.

can anyone else relate to this?
 
#38
Sometimes but usually if i do it is when we are travelling so it is still very special or something. The pieces given to me by dh, or our families or passed down from my granny just mean so much more to me
 
#39
I will buy stuff for myself if he starts complaining that I have too much jewelry. Not as a payback but it's his way of telling me he doesn't want to buy me jewelry for a while.
 
#40
Yes, I always buy jewelry for myself. I LOVE it. My Mom is the same way so I guess I learned it from her.

She gave me my first diamond ring for my 16th Birthday. I still have it needless to say.

My DH has always bought me the most fabulous things too. A diamond watch here, diamond stud earrings there, and my prized 1920's platinum and diamond necklace that is the most beautiful piece of jewelry I've ever seen.

My latest purchase was a pair of Victorian Diamond Dangle Earrings with a carat "dangling" on each earring.

Now, as my Mother has grown older, she's begun to pass along her jewelry to me. I have more jewelry than purses... now that really says something. :faint:
 
#42
I understand that jewellery usually carries a special meaning but there is definitely nothing wrong with buying jewellery for yourself. :) You can definitely buy yourself the pieces you are in love with to show how much you love yourself.
 
#43
I buy jewelry for myself all the time, but for special occasions (Christmas, anniversaries, bdays) I drop the hint to my husband. I try to stay patient enough for him to get it.
 
#44
I have also bought most of my jewelry for myself.

Hubby got me a few pieces and I got a few from my family as well.

But I am very picky, too, so if anyone wants to buy me jewelry I rather prefer them giving me some money to buy it myself or ask before they buy.
 
#45
While I would much prefer to receive jewelry as a gift so that it has sentimental value... I don't have any friends or family members who purchase jewelry as gifts. So, if I didn't buy jewelry for myself, I wouldn't have a single piece of jewelry!

The only jewelry gifts I've ever received were the gifts that my former husband gave me during our marriage (all of which I sold during our unpleasant divorce) and the rings that I inherited from my grandmother when she passed in 2008. None of those pieces are associated with "happy" memories, necessarily.

All of the jewelry that I actually wear has been purchased by me - for me - including the earrings I received last Christmas (because my parents/siblings/former in-laws all purchased gift cards for me, and I used those combined gift cards to purchase my earrings). This way... the jewelry is just jewelry because I feel that I deserved/wanted it!
 
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