Do people need a reason to SAH?

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Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am

This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.

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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:00pm
Ok, if you are looking at a nice, professional, 90-buck leather shoe next to a 10-buck pair from Payless made of fake leather, can you see a difference? If the answer is "yes," you will have found why some people spend more than 90 bucks and why they can see the difference.

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:02pm

Ok, so if understand you correctly, you don't think it is an inherently "sad" act to buy such shoes, it's just not something you would do. Is that correct?

I'm sure that some people would feel the need to rationalize such a purchase in ways that would make them sad or uncomfortable. I probably also fall into that category. At least, I'm prepared to spend a fair bit on shoes, but I've never yet been able to bring myself to spend anywhere near that much on a pair, and can't imagine that I ever would. However, I'm also sure that there are other people who would simply enjoy the purchase without without having to rationalize, for whatever reason.

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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:03pm
No problem. For example, I want some pants for fall. So, I go to the NY Times, and I spend a fair amount of time looking through the fall collections for trends, colors, details, shapes etc. Instead, I could just browse the rack at somewhere like Barney's.

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:07pm

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I don't know anything about leather, so no.





















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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:11pm

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I think they're wasting a LOT of money, and I think that's a shame.





















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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:12pm
You can't tell leather from vinyl? If that is what you mean, then I can see why this makes no sense to you.

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
– George Orwell
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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:12pm

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NY Times as in the newspaper?





















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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:13pm

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I know one smells good, LOL.





















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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:13pm
Yes, they have a good section with slide shows from most of the collections every season, alphabetized and everything.

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
– George Orwell
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Sun, 09-12-2010 - 5:16pm

LOL, ok, I can tell a pair of fake shoes from a pretty long way off most of the time, ditto for wool vs acrylic and silk vs polyester. But I have also spent a long time dealing with the materials close up, so that may be why. Besides my grandparents were seriously into clothes and shoes, so they would often explain the differences.

For example, I was thinking back to the original peep toes booties someone posted, and remembered them as being plastic. I had only glanced at them and I had not noticed the price, nor read the description. I just checked back, and they were indeed plastic. Something in the way the seams look and the texture.

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
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Edited 9/12/2010 5:23 pm ET by rollmops2009

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