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Justification of the consumption of expensive material goods

post #1 of 32
7/8/10 at 6:11am
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Hello there

I'm a new member. I've lurked on this forum from time to time as well as some others. Just do not really post.

Anyways - I was wondering how some members on this forum feel about heavy spending on material goods. Spending several thousand on watches, thousands on suits or shoes, 500 dollar jeans etc.

I am sure there are many people here who do and do not think that it's that big of a deal.

But I just want to get peoples thoughts- how do you justify such "material consumption"

Don't you think the money you spend on material goods could be put to better use? Like helping the poor or donating to some charity?

I myself am a heavy spender when it comes to clothing. I have spent what would be an obscene amount of money to most people. It's just that lots of people ask me this question....

Reason I want to discuss is...


I've been seeing this girl for a few months now and it was going great until she began to realize how much I spend on material goods particularly clothing. It really seems to bother her. She's a normal girl who works at a bank. Makes a decent living. She can't afford my life style but I never cared nor did I make a big deal out of it but she seems to be emphasizing the differences in our lifestyles.

This seems to happen to me a lot. I meet lots of normal women and the differences in our spending habits eventually ends up bothering them a lot. They say things like that money could be put to better use. This problem never arises with women from wealthy backgrounds who are also usually spending excessively but always does with the normal folk.

Anyways just wanted to see what peoples responses are and how they deal with such situations
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post #2 of 32
7/8/10 at 6:13am
lol @ "normal folk." Who are you, Citizen Kane?
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post #3 of 32
7/8/10 at 6:19am
For some reason this thread reminds me of this previous thread
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post #4 of 32
7/8/10 at 9:55am
your lady friend is bad news for you, drop her.
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post #5 of 32
7/8/10 at 10:00am
You can't justify it. At all. It's a personal choice, and you're free to do whatever you want with your money, within the boundaries of the law.
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post #6 of 32
7/8/10 at 10:33am
Ever watch antiques road show? Told them your great ancestors looted Forbidden Palace and you have come to inherit millions from the last Sotheby's auction.
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post #7 of 32
7/8/10 at 10:44am
Anyone watch "Louie" last week?

paraphrase his bit- "I drive an Infiniti. I could sell my Infiniti and get a brand new Ford Fusion along with $20,000. That $20,000 could feed people who will otherwise do nothing in this world except be born and then starve to death...every day I don't do that I am causing these babies to starve. I'm evil."
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post #8 of 32
7/8/10 at 10:57am
Yup .. (I assume) you worked hard to get to where you are. If everyone with a little bit of disposable income was supposed to donate it to charity .. our world wouldn't work.

If it's a persistent problem, or you really like this girl .. do some charity/volunteer work the odd weekend. Volunteer at a pet shelter or something. 99% of these "normal girls" that takes issue with how you spend your money, will get a little wet when you tell them you volunteer at a pet shelter.
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post #9 of 32
7/8/10 at 11:01am
launch her.

Then replace her with a new pair of shoes.
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post #10 of 32
7/8/10 at 11:05am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher View Post
You can't justify it. At all. It's a personal choice, and you're free to do whatever you want with your money, within the boundaries of the law.
Well said.
+1
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post #11 of 32
7/8/10 at 11:30am
Do you spend ALL of your money on "stuff" ? Or do you save as well? It's your money. You worked for it. No one can dare tell you how to spend it. If you were married, it would be different.
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post #12 of 32
7/8/10 at 12:27pm
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Originally Posted by Teacher View Post
You can't justify it. At all. It's a personal choice, and you're free to do whatever you want with your money, within the boundaries of the law.

+1.
Its your money, spend it how you want.
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post #13 of 32
7/8/10 at 12:42pm
Money can only go to a finite number of places. 1. Many small material goods 2. Few expensive material goods 3. Savings - for use with (1) or (2) when the time comes. 4. Investments in houses, funds, futures which gets moved to (3) when large enough. 5. Experience Generation; holidays, charity donations, anything that makes you feel good but with no tangible property. People obsess over (3) and (4) when ultimately (1), (2) and (5) are the goals. You're just skipping the obsession part.
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post #14 of 32
7/8/10 at 1:30pm
Birds of a feather, flock together. Maybe you need a girl of the same financial status as you.

On the other hand, maybe you do have a problem that turns them off after watching for a while. You say this isnt the first time and obviously you are beginning to question your spending habits.

Maybe you should give this some serious thought and honestly determine if you should be the one to change to accommodate others?

Or not.
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post #15 of 32
7/8/10 at 1:59pm
I believe the forvm credited response is: "F-You, I got mine."
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