Mothers who buy LV's for their 8 yr old daughters. URGH!

[mac_obsession]

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Originally Posted by martygreene Quote: Martygreene- I'm with you on learning to take care of things based on mostly secondhand items growing up. It annoys me to no end now to see people of any income bracket just toss things around and mess things up because they think "I'll just buy another." You know what's even worse? I had 2 freshman college girls under my supervision during a recent production. At the end of the night, I find out that these two have NEVER done laundry before. These girls are in college, second semester, and have never done laundry or operated a clothes washing machine. What? How does it happen that these folk get out of high school and into university, without knowing basic things like how to clean your own clothing?

My step sisters are like that...Theyve had everything handed to them on a golden platter. Ive been doing my own laundry and cooking for myself since I was 10...I was shocked when they actually paid someone to do their laundry for them cause they didnt know how to operate the machine..how hard is it to put your clothes in, soap, and turn it on?

 

[Juneplum]

quotes onderland:

"And I believe that hard work will pay off. And if you can AFFORD the luxury items, then buy it. At least you know you worked hard for it, and you earn it. Doesnt it make you happy to know you EARNED something rather than just "buy it"? "

"To me, it isnt about how much money you have that defines class, its your education, your strong will, and how you treat others. You see she was wearing items that were PLASTERED with the brand name. It shows you want other people to notice, if you were proud of yourself, and secure as it is. It shouldn't matter, you know you can afford it, you know that you earned it, and you dont need to prove it to anyone but yourself. "

that is SO true onderland! when u see people who are obviously trying to get noticed by wearing flashy designer outfits platered with labels to be noticed, i feel sad for them. mind u, this doesn't apply to ALL people who wear labels, but we ALL know the ones who are being obvious.. it's sad cos there are some who have little self worth and believe that if they are wearing the latest and most expenisve clothes/handbag/shoe that it defines them. then there are those that just want to show off cos it makes them feel superior... not my cuppa tea..

i have a client who always used to come in dripping in the latest outfits, jewelry etc, driving REALLY expensive cars etc., and the attitude to match. let's just say that NO ONE in my office liked dealing with her. always treated us as tho she were above us.. about a month ago she came into my office and i barely recognized her. she was dressed WAY down (for what she usually wears) , minimal makeup, minimal jewelry, plain handbag... she came cos we reposessed her mercedes. apparently, her wealthy beau broke up with her and took EVERYTHING from her... she couldn't make the payments on her own... she left our office in a old brown car...

as they say, the harder they come, the harder they fall...

 

[GoldieLox]

wow. i hope that lady learned her lesson. its karma.

i dont really mind if someone has money and wants to purchase designer things and likes those things.. as long as they have a good attitude towards others and have earned their cash.

personally tho if i were as rich as a lot of the people in my area are.. i would prolly have like two cars. one little and portable and one like truck for moving things and have nice things but i wouldnt go overboard like alot of people do with like 10 cars.. instead i would take that extra money and help others who need help. BUT i am a firm believer in only helping those who deserve it and not the ones who decided to like throw there life away with drugs and now are homeless ect. because i could have dont that as well but i chose the better path. if you understand what i mean.. the people i would help would be like people who have cancer or some other desease and they are in pverty because the medical bills are too much and they cant afford a house. like that.

i think tho that i just have a special place in my heart for people who are very ill. because i have been very ill in the past.. im recovering. so i feel a connection.

:?: question for onderland.. where do you live that you know those people. sounds like it might be near me.. i live in aliso viejo (the oc) its near dana point and laguna..

 

[Onederland]

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Originally Posted by GoldieLox :?: question for onderland.. where do you live that you know those people. sounds like it might be near me.. i live in aliso viejo (the oc) its near dana point and laguna..

I live in San Diego, on my Super Sweet Sixteen, when they say La Jolla, its a part of San Diego.

 

[singinmys0ng]

I have a close friend of mine who is like this,exactly. Every time we go to the mall or where ever she always has to tell someone about where she got her hair done and where her makeup is from and etc. She even buys mac makeup which she KNOWS she will not use but buys it anyways just to be buying it and the next day then brings it back to the counter. needless to say..i did go off on her two days ago saying "money does not grow off trees ..there are so many more people out there that need that money and you are here wasting it on things that you don't even use. you only buy it because your bored and even YOU don't have the money to buy it..you call your mom a bitch and she ends up giving you the money to get you off her back"..sigh..i still don't thinik she has gotten the point..i just wish more people would see that there is such a fine line with money and that we take it for granted each and every day!

 

[GoldieLox]

oh i c. cool. my dad lives in san diego i think its comsidered either ocean side or escondido. but i know where la jolla is. tar pits haha.

 

[MacLover]

Instead of spending $400 on a LV purse for an 8yr old, she should be putting it in an account for her education....IMHO Hopefully she is doing that already. You could be rich one day and poor the next. You never know what life brings you.

My mom is the supervisor in the car tags and driver license department. She says there are parents that come in all the time to get a tag for the brand new car they just bought their kid. And the parent is driving the used piece of crap....WTH!!!! Most of these kids don't even know what it's like to have a real job and work for money! Everything is given to them. It's Sad.

 

[JesusShaves]

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Originally Posted by martygreene I see so many folks having sales of their makeup that they bought, and then have to sell to cover all sorts of things (not always on here, more on LiveJournal do I see that). It baffles me. Why buy luxury items when you can't afford it?

I've always wondered that, about buying luxury items when you can't afford really it.

At first when i read the title of the post i didnt think it was THAT bad, but then i think about all the spoilt kids that got everything, that never really learnt the value of money!

In my uni, i've seen LOADS of kids that are so fricken spoilt it isnt even funny. This one girl stood up and introduced herself as loving D&G, all she wears is D&G, thats why she wants to do fashion- uhm that isnt what fashion is about! If you saw her, matted ratty looking hair extensions, tango like fake tan, if she had all the cash to splash at least LOOK GOOD!!!

 

[koolmnbv]

Ok I understand its not good to spoil your kids, but if someone is wealthy why is there child not allowed to have nice gifts,things etc.?

I also do not think its fair to assume because someone has alot of money or expensive things they are spoiled etc. I know lots of down to earth ppl. that have ALOT of money!

 

[bAbY_cHiCkEn01]

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Originally Posted by koolmnbv Ok I understand its not good to spoil your kids, but if someone is wealthy why is there child not allowed to have nice gifts,things etc.? I also do not think its fair to assume because someone has alot of money or expensive things they are spoiled etc. I know lots of down to earth ppl. that have ALOT of money!

ITO... As extravgent as this sounds, If I were wealthy, I would buy heaps of crap for my kitten (as she's my 'child') And when I mean heaps I'm meaning beds (and not just your basic pet beds...), toys, blankets (I have my eye on a gorgeous Hello Kitty pet blankie LOL), sheepskins, LV pet carrier/ LV pet collar/lead (yes I honest to god would!), diamond pet necklaces/collars... I swear on my life all of this would be hers if I could afford it... so why not treasure what you love... who knows when its your last day, or theirs...

And DO NOT assume somebody is a bitch/up themselves/spoilt or what have you because they have money... I've always had money in my family, given everything I could possibly want, never been without etc etc, yet (as this may sound up myself, but anywho...) I'm a very down to earth person, have never done anything wrong to anybody, am very respectful and care about pretty much everything that goes on in the world... I love expensive things just as much a anybody else, but I also work damn hard for what I have, and most people probably do... I think some of you confuse those people to gold digging wives...

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Originally Posted by mspixieears This reminds me of Donatella Versace - I read in a magazine that at the age of 6, she already had a skincare regime. What on earth?! At that age, you should be rolling around skinning your knees!

Hahahaha, you're kidding right? Look at her skin, it's awful!

 

[as_cute_as_pie]

hah this reminded me of this programme i watched the other night about rich families this one had a daughter called pervin i kid u not lol and she was havin a normal teenage strop and was in her room so her mum went out and bought her a £350 gucci bag (about $650) and went in her room to give her it which the daughters response was i dont want it whatever it is then RANG her mum (in the same house) to say thanks 5 hours later

this also reminded me of when i was in the mac store in FL and there was a mum there with her 8 ish yr old daughter and friend hu were smearing pink eyeshadow over their eyes and puttin liquid liner on while the MA was goin oh we dont really put it there and their response being but i want it there and then their mum going oh you can have whatever you want just take it to the till

 

[Shimmer]

honestly my guess is that the LV was fake. :/

 

[SChotgurrl]

The OP's story reminds me of my mom's friend, Shante...she and her 4 yr old son (at the time he was 4) stayed with us a few summers ago and it was just soooo sad. This little boy was DECKED OUT in the latest Rocawear kids, FUBU for kids, Sean John kids, etc...and couldn't even count to 10 or write his name, let alone hold a pencil correctly!

Now I'm not saying he should be some 4 yr. old prodigy or anything, but damn that was just too sad!!

So my brother, sister, and I took it upon ourselves to "play school" with T.J. to teach him the basics....for his b-day we bought him one of those LEAP pad thingies so this little brat (YES he was suuuuuuch a rotten little bastard) could later on KNOW how to spell the friggin brand/designer names he was wearing.

Anyway, I had to let his mama know a thing or 2 about what she was doing to her son...I mean I'm no parent or anything and she IS older than me--but going to the club w/ me and my 19 yr. old sis, drinkin like there's no tomorrow, and not putting your kid in school IS no way to go about being a good parent IMO

...anyway last I heard T.J. is in school and doing well

I'm glad things got better for the poor child b/c it really just broke my heart to see how illiterate he was.

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by MacLover Instead of spending $400 on a LV purse for an 8yr old, she should be putting it in an account for her education....IMHO Hopefully she is doing that already. You could be rich one day and poor the next. You never know what life brings you. My mom is the supervisor in the car tags and driver license department. She says there are parents that come in all the time to get a tag for the brand new car they just bought their kid. And the parent is driving the used piece of crap....WTH!!!! Most of these kids don't even know what it's like to have a real job and work for money! Everything is given to them. It's Sad.

My kids are going to hate me.
They're going to have to pay their insurance on whatever they drive. Or they can make a 200 a month payment to us for whatever they drive. One or the other. *shrug*

 

[Chic 2k6]

I agree with everyone that an 8 y/o getting an LV bag is a bad thing and may make her into a label mad freak.

When i was younger, i had everything handed to me on a platter, i wanted a trampoline and i got one, i wanted a pony and i got one but thing is, i was too young to realise and heck i even got loads of pocket money, it is great to buy stuff but I learnt that it feels even better when I buy things with the money I earned.

I stopped relying on my parents for things and money when i was 16 and now i got a job, I like getting things with my hard earned cash.

 

[aziajs]

1. I personally don't care about women spending up their husbands money. That's between them. If it works for them fine. If I married wealthy I would probably do the same thing - just keeping it real.
2. You can't assume the money was her husband's.
3. An 8 yr old doesn't need a LV purse. But to play devil's advocate, for people who can afford it, buying a LV purse for their daughter may not be any different than the average person buying their daughter a $20 purse from Target, for instance. Just put it into perspective. Just imagine what the mother and father must be accustomed to and the luxuries they spend money on.
4. I do believe that you have to teach children the value of money and to appreciate what they have. If you don't you'll have children who will take for granted that they will always get what they want and they won't value anything.

 

[cicconeyouth]

my mom yells at me for not buying bags at target. i can't fathom my mother ever buying me an lv bag!

congrats on your stila job!!!

 

[MeganGMcD]

I grew up poor, my dad had some really great jobs that were taken out from under him because of the decline of the steel foundaries in the 80s. I won't get into all of it. He scraped his way back up the construction ladder, and now is comfortable, NOT LOUIS VUITTON comfy, but comfy.

If I wanted spendy clothes, I bought them myself. My dad learned that from his OBSCENELY wealthy aunt. All of her kids worked to get things in life and now they are all successful in their OWN right. This woman had more money than GOD but was so tight with it, well I won't get into that. But lets just say this woman COULD drop 400 bucks on a purse like I can buy a lipgloss from Walgreens.

So this mom buys her 8 yr old an LV, and then will gasp *they are growing up so fast*.

 

[Parishoon]

ah i am usually the devil's advocate/ voice of highly unpopular opinion....
sure that kid could turn out like some of the satan spawns on My Super Sweet 16 (label whore to the core), but then again, the kid could turn out okay...
Growing up I got my mom's castaway stuff, if she lost an earring, I got the remaining one, purse she didn't want anymore, I got it, heels, clothes, lipstick, you name, I got it, I seriously had one AWESOME dress up trunk. That's all it was to me, dress up. When I look at baby pics, I'm slightly surprised of the spendy items I had, now they'd be "vintage" but to me they were toys.

I got my first job in highschool because I wanted more school clothes than my parents wanted to buy, I don't hate them for it, it helped me in college where friends went crazy w/ the new found credit cards and no concept of money. I also had to pay for my own gas, except if my dad was in a good mood, and part of the insurance, my parents covered the other part b/c I didn't get in an accident (alhamdullilah), and we got a discount for my grades.

My brother however found a way to beat the system of contribution. He refused to get a liscence until he was 22 and got an awesome job, but the hours and his classes didn't work w/ my dad's schedule, so he sucked it up, and got his liscence.

However, my parents believed in "the Cosby rule:" (some episode Theo is complaining about discrimination b/c he's rich & his dad says, YOU are not rich, YOUR parents have money. You are poor)

 

[giz2000]

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Originally Posted by shimmer My kids are going to hate me. They're going to have to pay their insurance on whatever they drive. Or they can make a 200 a month payment to us for whatever they drive. One or the other. *shrug*

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that...if my older kids (16 & 17) want something above and beyond the basic necessities (which are food, clothing and shelter), they have to get a job (one has, the other one is looking)...I am giving my oldest son my car next year (a nice, reliable Toyota), but he has to pay the insurance, tags, repairs, maintenance, etc. It's good to teach kids to be responsible with money.