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If you had a good friend with connections to most any military base, the bx/px sells them for cheap.

I'd love a house in the Italian countryside. Or a boob job.

Materialism is the devil's work.

Everytime I see something as expensive as a coach bag, or the other "it" accessory, all I think about is how that money spent could send me to a nice vacation on a beach, where I could sip margaritas all day.

Your relationship is doomed if this is how low you're willing to stoop to drop gift hints.

Just sayin.

For me its always been about a watch. When I graduate I am buying myself a big boy watch. Something pricey enough that it will make me not want to take it apart. I never liked the idea of a Rolex. To flashy. I'm a simple man. I just want a TAG chronograph.

After reading the OP I started to recall an article that I had to read for a Sociology course. The article was about obsession in and around material possessions. While I don't have the exact article I have another one that is related to the handbag issue and what companies are trying to do to reach more customers. http://www.designers-articles.org/page-1/designer-handbags-for-rent.html (The article I read in my course discused this new way of reaching consumers)


In my opinion this has made materialistic fetishism a double edged sword in the the handbag industry. On one hand handbags can be rented for a cheaper price then buying it so women don't have to spend all of their money on just one item. On the other end it encourages women who might not have bought the bag in the first place to start spending more money then they can afford to try to rent them.

Except one of the conditions was not having to justify it, although I suppose this means that for you, vacations are the SS.


Both good ones.

Nah. I wouldn't condone the money spent. Besides, for gifts, nothing beats jewelry.

Who cares. It's a supposition, not a debate about the pros and cons of materialism.

That's fine, no one said it had to be fashion. That's just what I'm into. I could care less about cars.

yeah I guess Vacations are my SS. We never sem to have enough extra cash to do the vacations I want to fo, even if its going to Disney for the little one.

Platinum Teeth.

probem with Disney is I cant stand it, but it is perfect for the little kids. I never had any real vacations growing up and neither did the Mr. It was one thing we always wanted for our little ones. Living vicariously and all that crap. Course my idea of a true vacation would be a week away at some spa on the beach

I'd want something old, historical and personal. Like a letter from Thomas Jefferson or John Adams or something. Not looking for a rough draft of the Constitution, but one of those "Our envoy returned from England yesterday with grave news. Should the British decide to reject our demands..." style things they quote on the history specials.

I'm just SOOO not the kinda person that wants anything to do with things that have a label of any sort. Coach bags are ugly and ungainly and overpriced and you would have to pay me to carry one. When I was in high school, Guess jeans were selling for $120 a pair. My sister gave me hers when she got pregnant and I refused to wear them.

If it's not something I find comfortable and functional, I have no use for it. Most of the things I find comfortable and functional don't require designer labels. I drive a nice, roomy, comfortable sedan with a large trunk for hauling crap and a good safety rating, not a coupe. It's a Honda, not an Acura (Acura being the "high end" Honda.) My dream car is not a sports car, it's a minivan with all the toys to make it a REALLY comfortable ride (stow and go seating for hauling stuff, DVD player to entertain the kids--should we end up having them--on long road trips, remote keyless slider door, etc.)

When my husband and I got married, my aunt gave us a gift card for The Potterybarn. I tell you, Mr. Ambrya and I never spent a more miserable hour than we did in that store trying to figure out how to spend that money. Everything there was 1) ugly, 2) useless and 3) overpriced. It was all crap for people who have nothing useful to spend their money on. I mean, really, who needs a brown cordouroy throw pillow that costs $65? We finally settled on some silver salt and pepper shakers, a sugar bowl, and some laquered chopsticks. After an hour of looking, that's all we could find that would actually serve some purpose in our home. It was ridiculous.

Now, Williams-Sonoma on the other hand, I could get myself into REAL trouble with. Because everything in there is USEFUL. It's also high-end merchandise and therefore very expensive. But, while I believe in functionality first and foremost, I also believe you get what you pay for, so the combination of "high-end merchandise" and "useful stuff" is deadly for me. I could spend our retirement savings in that place.

But, if I HAD to list some non-useful thing that I particularly long for, I think it would be season tickets to the theatre, for the good, main-floor, close to the stage but not TOO close, kind of seats. Somewhere about row 10-15, center stage would be nice.



Edited, Aug 11th 2006 at 11:43am EDT by Ambrya

Had nothing to do with comforming or non-comforming, had to do with the fact that they weren't comfortable and therefore, why would I wear them when I had other jeans that were?