actually i am not quite sure if it's jealousy or they just think we are being frivolous/silly in spending on luxury items/jewellery. then again, we do not need their approval on how to spend our $$ 
Rude/catty comments regarding your designer jewelry and watches
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Gee. no one comments on my tiffany at work! BUT if a customer is wearing Tiffany I surely comment on theirs , all good of course.
Never got any comments like that actually. Maybe only one SA at Tiffany's, but that's not really regarded to my jewelry, but still a bit weird and not very appropriate from her I think. When I walked in, she told me immediately that the silver jewelry was in the back, like that's the only thing I can afford. I told her I know that and suddenly she started acting nicely when I showed interest in diamonds.
I never wore my Tiffany jewelry when I worked at a cafe thingy where we sold bagels. A colleague of mine wore the RTT heart earrings and I asked her if they were real Tiffany's (all my colleagues were really close and we hang out with each other after work also, so it was ok asking her). She told me they were fake and that she can't wait to buy her first real Tiffany piece, but that it costs a lot. It gave me this feeling like 'AWW let me buy it for you!!'. I always feel really generous, maybe a bit too generous lol. I just told her 'yeah, it's expensive indeed' and we continued working.
Am I the only one that hasn't heard negative or catty remarks about my things?
No one has commented negatively on any of my bags or my jewelery . . .
Me neither. I have only one of my colleagues commented on my Birkin one day but not in a rude or judgemental way. I then politely pointed out that he has a top of the range Porsche 911, as well as one of our other coleagues' horse hobby. She owns and keeps two horses and they cost a fortune to keep. Everybody has to spend money on something and who is anyone to judge.
Tend to hate anything that is overtly branded (bags, shoes, jewellery etc) and so don't tend to get the real or fake type questions as people just see a nicely styled item and not a brand/ logo
The one that can annoy, more because it is almost constant from strangers/ casual acquaintances is questions of what does your partner do/ how can they afford X (but very rarely questions about what I do). Occasionally wouldnt be so bad but for others to constantly imply that someone else must be keeping you and there is no way you could be earning enough to live in an area or own the things you do is frustrating (and makes you wonder what aspects of you they are judging you on to think it cant be you earning the money)
The one that can annoy, more because it is almost constant from strangers/ casual acquaintances is questions of what does your partner do/ how can they afford X (but very rarely questions about what I do). Occasionally wouldnt be so bad but for others to constantly imply that someone else must be keeping you and there is no way you could be earning enough to live in an area or own the things you do is frustrating (and makes you wonder what aspects of you they are judging you on to think it cant be you earning the money)
Back before they were common I got an opera-length strand of large good quality freshwater pearls. I wear them to work quite often. I had a coworker comment, not once but on three occasions, "Those are so pretty it's too bad they are fake." At the time I just supposed it was because she was dumber than a box of socks but she might have been being catty. She never did understand that her weekly junk jewelry purchases at Walmart equaled my annual splurge on something nice.
Am I the only one that hasn't heard negative or catty remarks about my things?
No one has commented negatively on any of my bags or my jewelery . . .
Me neither. I always get compliments.
Am I the only one that hasn't heard negative or catty remarks about my things?
No one has commented negatively on any of my bags or my jewelery . . .
Same here. People might tease me, but it's all in good jest. I don't mind. I tease them about their weaknesses too.
I think this has a lot to do with wearing what's appropriate with the audience you're interacting that day. If what you're wearing is worth 100K and you go out to dinner with someone who makes 30K a year, that just spells trouble.
I rarely have designer stuff, so I don't get remarks about that. I did once have someone think a cheap knock-off Dooney & Bourke purse was D&B, though! I was in the car with my realtor. I made some off-hand comment about me beng frugal/cheap. "But you have a Dooney & Bourke purse!". No, what I had was an imitation one, but I didn't know it--didn't even know about D&B--a friend, who has my initial (the purse was black, with multi-colored letters on it) , gave it to me, as she only used it once, and wasn't crazy about it. (And I still use it!)
As for jewelry, I don't tell people what I wear. If they ask what stone it is, I do tell them, but I don't volunteer the info. None of their business how much my jewelry costs. It's also none of their business how much I spend. I earn my money, and work hard for it, as does my DH.
Those who criticise are just jealous and have a problem. Don't let them get your down!
As for jewelry, I don't tell people what I wear. If they ask what stone it is, I do tell them, but I don't volunteer the info. None of their business how much my jewelry costs. It's also none of their business how much I spend. I earn my money, and work hard for it, as does my DH.
Those who criticise are just jealous and have a problem. Don't let them get your down!
I used to wear nice (but fake) diamond studs. They were about .75 pts. each.........people used to CONSTANTLY say to me "Are those real?" I would fix them with a look....move closer....... and say in a low voice "do I look like the kind of person that wears fake jewellery?"
99.999% of the time, people would stammer...."uh...no, of course not" or "no way, sorry heh heh"
I would just smile at them and say "Well then - that's settled"
I have had it happen with my lovely 3 stone engagement ring (which is a 4 carat total) ........sometimes (when I am feeling very naughty) I feel like saying "I'll tell you if you let me know if that is a fat suit you are wearing?" and ALWAYS, smile!!!!
Odd how people don't find it odd to comment and question things like that
99.999% of the time, people would stammer...."uh...no, of course not" or "no way, sorry heh heh"
I would just smile at them and say "Well then - that's settled"
I have had it happen with my lovely 3 stone engagement ring (which is a 4 carat total) ........sometimes (when I am feeling very naughty) I feel like saying "I'll tell you if you let me know if that is a fat suit you are wearing?" and ALWAYS, smile!!!!
Odd how people don't find it odd to comment and question things like that
I used to wear nice (but fake) diamond studs. They were about .75 pts. each.........people used to CONSTANTLY say to me "Are those real?" I would fix them with a look....move closer....... and say in a low voice "do I look like the kind of person that wears fake jewellery?"
99.999% of the time, people would stammer...."uh...no, of course not" or "no way, sorry heh heh"
I would just smile at them and say "Well then - that's settled"
I have had it happen with my lovely 3 stone engagement ring (which is a 4 carat total) ........sometimes (when I am feeling very naughty) I feel like saying "I'll tell you if you let me know if that is a fat suit you are wearing?" and ALWAYS, smile!!!!
Odd how people don't find it odd to comment and question things like that
omgosh, you're a firecracker, that's hysterical what you say about the fake diamond studs! If they ask imo, they probably think it's real and just are dying out of curiosity aka jealousy lol. I just don't get the whole 'is it real?', it's so tacky to ask that, unless you are a bff or very close relative of someone when they know everything about you.
I haven't gotten any rude comments...people compliment my jewellery, bags, clothes etc...some ask how much a certain item cost me but that's about it!