Anything wrong with stuff?
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Anything wrong with stuff?
| Wed, 04-14-2010 - 11:06am |
Often MSAH state that the reason mother work is for "stuff"
If there anything wrong with that?
I don't think so, as long as someone is not doing anything illegal or immoral to acquire that stuff I don't see a problem.
The first half of our marriage we had to count every penny. The last few years there are very few limitations on getting what we want. (it has much more to do with my DH's changing job status than my SAH/WOH status). I like it a lot better now.
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Ducky
That would be a personal judgment everyone has to make for themselves. When they talk to others is that person "always" & "only" talking about their stuff & what they bought & where they went on vacation? Or is a person who tells their friends about something they bought & are happy about, but also talks about other things in the world and cares about the other people in the conversation.
I think we've all been in both kinds of conversations. Example: Merely mentioning that you got a new car is not "blabbing" or "bragging." Mentioning to everyone everywhere & always leading the conversation back to that subject to make sure everyone can hear every detail about it and they don't want to talk about other subjects (except other things they bought) would be blabbing & bragging.
“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
I have a colleague like this, every conversation works around to the latest article he has published, the great review he got by some eminent expert, etc, etc. This in a department full of people who publish and get reviewed by eminent people.
I am also amused by people who need to sign every letter, even if they are writing their child's teacher about a mistake on a spelling test, "Dr. So and So," or Mary Jones, PhD.
Not necessarily.
sometimes... and sometimes they're just very smart about their money...and sometimes they don't see the need to overspend just to overspend...
my favorite donor at the theater is a lovely gentleman and his wife who are the quietest plainest people on the planet and who own a gazillion dollars worth of lakefront real estate and as well as a few other homes and you would never. ever. know it. But what I love about this couple is they always ask about me and my family first -- inquire about our upcoming vacation or offer to have us up to the lake --they didn't get rich by being cheap but I believe they got and maintained their wealth by being pracitcal and modest and by investing in their communities in ways large and small.
sometimes they're just very smart about their money...and sometimes they don't see the need to overspend just to overspend...
they didn't get rich by being cheap but I believe they got and maintained their wealth by being pracitcal and modest and by investing in their communities in ways large and small.
Yep, that's been my experience, too.
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“Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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