Rude/catty comments regarding your designer jewelry and watches

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#46
Zarina said:
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 :cool:
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LOL!

This reminds me of the experiences I've had all my life with my red hair. People actually ask me if it's my real color! (And, yes, it is. I should buy the t-shirt I once saw in a redhead's store online: 'Yes, it's my natural color. And no, I'm not proving it to you!'")
 
#47
Ratnapur said:
LOL!

This reminds me of the experiences I've had all my life with my red hair. People actually ask me if it's my real color! (And, yes, it is. I should buy the t-shirt I once saw in a redhead's store online: 'Yes, it's my natural color. And no, I'm not proving it to you!'")
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:roflmfao::roflmfao::roflmfao:
 
#48
I usually get just nice comments about my jewelry and bags. And if people make comments about me spending money on designer stuff, I just say, "Yeah, and I love it". What else are they gonna say?

I figure it's a free country and people can have whatever opinions they want and share it. I just agree with them. Yeah, I can feed a small country with everything I buy. You're right!! I don't get defensive. I just embrace it. They never know how to respond. :smile1: What I refuse to do is explain or defend myself to these people. They don't even deserve my effort or time.
 
#49
I have gotten snarky comments, and they hurt when they come from people that I thought I could respect.
For example, I bought a Lululemon Scuba hoodie. I was so proud of myself for saving up the $108 and buying it in cash. I love it, it a super great quality item and especially since they just recently totally changed the design to something of lesser quality, I am even happier. I wore it to work one day because it was cold, and one of my coworkers who is a runner recognized it and was thrilled that I had one, and asked to try it on. As she was trying it on, another coworker asked how much it was, and I was going to try to avoid answering it, and my runner coworker accidentally blurted out how much they were, and then looked sad and apologised to me. I wasn't mad at her, she wanted one for herself and loved it. However, the other coworker looked amazed that I would spend that much for a hoodie and said so. A few months later, when I remarked that it was another cold day, good for snuggling in a hoodie and sweats, they asked if I was going to be sporting my $108 hoodie. I bet they thought they were being funny. I responded "yep! best hoodie in the world!' and flashed a big smile and went back to work.
It is all about priorities. I dye my hair at home, yet girls at my job who look cow eyed at my jewelry and bags spend hundreds of dollars on coloring and cutting their hair by a professional. I would not spend that much money on that, but I respect that they much rather have the one purse and have fabulous hair. I just don't understand how they can judge me. It just doesn't make sense.
I never announce a new bag or a new piece of jewelry. I just don't bring any showy bags to work, and I limit what I wear jewelry-wise, mainly because where I work it gets sorta dirty and I work with my hands alot, so hence not bringing a fancy bag or wearing too much jewelry. But it is also because I no longer want the attention.
 
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#50
darkangel07760 said:
I have gotten snarky comments, and they hurt when they come from people that I thought I could respect.
For example, I bought a Lululemon Scuba hoodie. I was so proud of myself for saving up the $108 and buying it in cash. I love it, it a super great quality item and especially since they just recently totally changed the design to something of lesser quality, I am even happier. I wore it to work one day because it was cold,....
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Oh honey, that story just breaks my heart! I'm the queen of cheap but if a $108 hoodie keeps you warm and happy, that's not really much at all for a garment that gives one bliss. My mom, a Depression baby more frugal than most of us could ever imagine, used to say "It's only expensive if you don't wear it." It sounds as if you get a great deal of happiness, warmth and wear out of the hoodie, so really you didn't pay much at all for it, not in the great sum of life anyway. A life we all know in which it isn't always so easy to find happiness, especially not in simple everyday enduring joys. But then it's no one else's business anyway how much it did cost, or what you spent, because, well, it's not anyone's business.

Reading the stories in this thread leaves me with a great deal of sadness. Why are people so obsessed with determining whether someone else can afford something, and then quickly passing judgement like an executioner because of it? What right do people have to do this, and to be so nasty, cruel and condescending when they do? Absolutely none, but yet they do it. What a horror human nature is sometimes.

Darkangel, I hope you continue to enjoy your hard-earned hoodie and ignore the clods. You deserve all the happiness it brings you! :blossom:
 
#51
i dont get such comments thanx GOD. Anyways, if anybody asks you whether ur jewelry is fake or not ? just put in mind that they are used to fakeness !! and could not differentiate between real and fake ! ;)
 
#52
My ring isnt designer but when I first got engaged.. there was a table of girls behind me at work in the cafe' and they were all whispering about my ring not being real.. When I got up to leave I walked over to them stuck my hand out and said "here's a close up of it since you seem so interested in it.. and yes its real."..

I have also heard through the grapevine at work someone asked how my husband could afford a $10,000 ring... where they got that number is beyond me and they have no idea what my husband even does...

Those are the only two times I have ever heard anything about any jewelry or shoes.
 
#54
Wow I can't believe how many of you have received nasty comments.....My Gran always used to say "If you haven't got anything nice to say then don't say anything at all"
How true & wise these words are but luckily I don't really get nasty comments but I do get the silly comments like "how can you pay that much for a watch" I just smile & say "yes I know I'm a nut case" & then I laugh that usually shuts them up & they really don't know what to say.
I don't usually tell anyone how much my bags or jewellery cost only my SIL who is like a sister & she has similar taste & jewellery so she understands my obsession :D
 
#55
I don't think that everyone who does this does it to be rude or out of jealousy. Sometimes it's just about being able to see something expensive up close and in person. They may just be excited about it. If a snarky comment comes out, sometimes it could be an accident or a habit or an awkward way of making themselves feel more comfortable.

I have a little necklace that I bought at Pagoda. The chain is 14k rose gold and the pendant is a decent sized white topaz. The pendant was maybe $30? (A lot less than the chain, the stone is about 1/4" square.) Anyway, when I wear it, people's eyes pop out of their head and they say "What a beautiful necklace!" I'm sure they think it's a diamond. (I don't buy diamonds anymore - I associate them with bad luck, for me anyway - weird, I know.) Anyway, I just act surprised and say "Thank you." To me, it's just a little accent necklace that happens to look good with the outfit.
 
#57
Not really. I like to wear a lot of gold and people say it looks nice.
I get compliments and people are very kind and sweet.
No one notices the brand, just the look . Which is how I want it anyway. :)
 
#58
BigPurseSue said:
My mom, a Depression baby more frugal than most of us could ever imagine, used to say "It's only expensive if you don't wear it." It sounds as if you get a great deal of happiness, warmth and wear out of the hoodie, so really you didn't pay much at all for it, not in the great sum of life anyway.
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Great words!

Your mom is so wise and you're a great daughter of your mom!

Will remember these words!
 
#60
I've never gotten any comments or questions that weren't kind or curious. But I've seen my sister in law roll her eyes when she thought I couldn't see!
 
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