I realise I've spent a crazy amount of time lately thinking about parts of my house that need improving. I've got a slightly dated kitchen, not my choice of colour but objectively 99% of the world's population would be very grateful for it and my own grandmothers could not have imagined such luxuries.
Problem is, all around me, people are redoing their kitchens and of course the nicer they become, the worse mine looks to me by comparison.
But new kitchens cost a lot of money and that comes at a cost of longer hours, more years working etc. I see a lot of families, including mine, working hard to do their houses up but I think it is a huge collective action problem of conspicuous consumption fed by beautiful interior magazines. Maybe I will do my kitchen and maybe it will make someone else feel worse about theirs in turn.
AIBU to think I should fight my desire for the dream kitchen?
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To wonder how many are trying to keep up with the Joneses
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Coffeeinthepark · 07/03/2014 19:14
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