Viewer stole from my house?

I’d say some of the people criticising you for your candle are the very ones that wouldn’t think twice about spending £180 on a ‘haul’ of cheap sweat shop made tat from primark/shein that will sit unworn in the back of their wardrobe before eventually ending up in landfill. The candle is £180 and burns for up to 180 hours, so £1 per hour for something that brings you joy. We’re here for a good time, not a long time. There is an insatiable appetite for fast fashion and plastic crap at the moment, I think it would be a good thing if consumer trends shifted towards buying less but rather buying good quality, special items. Glad you’ve found a little luxury that brings you happiness and hope you get a new one when this is sorted out!

No fair enough

I was really responding to a pp who said that her higher tax bracket DD had gasped at the very thought of spending that much on a candle. The judgement pissed me off so I made a stupid point

As a total spendthrift myself, I think people should spend the money they earn on whatever the hell they want and it’s really no one’s business.

My life's so boring that the case of the candle thief has me gripped.

I would ring the estate agents tomorrow and go from there. Can you update us tomorrow please!

Everyone is going mad about the price of the candle but I actually want to know how they deal with this sort of thing!

But how do you know that?
I buy £300 perfume. I earn minimum wage. I use it very very sparingly and buy other things very very cheaply.

Do you really have nothing more interesting to discuss with your daughter? I’m sorry I actually laughed at the “she gasped” - she must be easily shocked.

Diptyque as a company make a reasonable profit each year. Can’t imagine that’s based on the one candle I bought this year.

I dread to tell you what I recently spent on a lamp, you’d probably speed dial your daughter to tell her and then you’ll likely both get a touch of the vapours and so I couldn’t possibly subject you both to that.

It amazes me how people on mumsnet are still amazed that people are different😂.

i fully accept that someone will value ca candle that much. I don’t - but clearly there is a market for them.

i spent £600 on a cat tree! Worth every penny to me but most people would be horrified and think I am mad! That’s okay. Niche product, niche market. But clearly people out there buy them.

I am sure we all have things that others wouldn’t dream of spending the money on.

My neighbor pays a company to come out every week and valet his car. It must be the platinum plus service - it takes four hours - every week! Would I spend that sort of money every week to get a car washed and Hoovered. Not on your Nelly. But best of luck to him!

Fuck me.

Just when you think you've seen it all

for perspective: 60g candle
£7850

https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/p/marchanta-mini-larimar-candle-60g-000000000007847908

This. ^

I am not going to bash the OP for spending £180 on a candle, as it's up to her what she spends her money on. But let's not pretend that 'most people will cough up £180 for a candle if they have a decent amount of surplus income.' Most people would not. There was a thread on here the other day about the £200 beef wellington from M & S, and people were talking about it like it was just normal and regular for people to spend this on a beef wellington, and how 'it's only £33 per person, per portion.' 🙄

DH and I are solvent, no mortgage, upper working class, well-educated, live in a rural middle class village, both reasonable earners, plenty of savings, and decent pensions, and no way would we spend this kind of money on a candle, or a beef wellington! We can afford it but we wouldn't spend it. We'd spend on tangible things that will grow in value yes, but a candle and a beef wellington for £180 to £200? Just no.

My 2 DC (aged 30-ish) are high earners (high income tax bracket, 6 figures,) and have decent savings, and surplus income, and they would never spend this kind of money on a candle either. I told the one about this earlier, and she gasped, and said 'like hell would I spend that on a candle!' So it's a myth that anyone who can afford it would buy it.

As I said, the OP shouldn't be mocked and derided, but let's not kid ourselves that it's normal to spend £180 on a candle, because it's really not. The majority of people wouldn't spend this on a candle ... Even people who have a good amount of surplus income.

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I’m don’t think it’s necessarily people in the high tax bracket that are spending £150 on candles.

it’s the people that are earning that in an hour.

It amazes me how people on mumsnet are still amazed that people are different😂.

i fully accept that someone will value ca candle that much. I don’t - but clearly there is a market for them.

i spent £600 on a cat tree! Worth every penny to me but most people would be horrified and think I am mad! That’s okay. Niche product, niche market. But clearly people out there buy them.

I am sure we all have things that others wouldn’t dream of spending the money on.

My neighbor pays a company to come out every week and valet his car. It must be the platinum plus service - it takes four hours - every week! Would I spend that sort of money every week to get a car washed and Hoovered. Not on your Nelly. But best of luck to him!

I’m don’t think it’s necessarily people in the high tax bracket that are spending £150 on candles.

it’s the people that are earning that in an hour.

This. ^

I am not going to bash the OP for spending £180 on a candle, as it's up to her what she spends her money on. But let's not pretend that 'most people will cough up £180 for a candle if they have a decent amount of surplus income.' Most people would not. There was a thread on here the other day about the £200 beef wellington from M & S, and people were talking about it like it was just normal and regular for people to spend this on a beef wellington, and how 'it's only £33 per person, per portion.' 🙄

DH and I are solvent, no mortgage, upper working class, well-educated, live in a rural middle class village, both reasonable earners, plenty of savings, and decent pensions, and no way would we spend this kind of money on a candle, or a beef wellington! We can afford it but we wouldn't spend it. We'd spend on tangible things that will grow in value yes, but a candle and a beef wellington for £180 to £200? Just no.

My 2 DC (aged 30-ish) are high earners (high income tax bracket, 6 figures,) and have decent savings, and surplus income, and they would never spend this kind of money on a candle either. I told the one about this earlier, and she gasped, and said 'like hell would I spend that on a candle!' So it's a myth that anyone who can afford it would buy it.

As I said, the OP shouldn't be mocked and derided, but let's not kid ourselves that it's normal to spend £180 on a candle, because it's really not. The majority of people wouldn't spend this on a candle ... Even people who have a good amount of surplus income.

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This. ^

I am not going to bash the OP for spending £180 on a candle, as it's up to her what she spends her money on. But let's not pretend that 'most people will cough up £180 for a candle if they have a decent amount of surplus income.' Most people would not. There was a thread on here the other day about the £200 beef wellington from M & S, and people were talking about it like it was just normal and regular for people to spend this on a beef wellington, and how 'it's only £33 per person, per portion.' 🙄

DH and I are solvent, no mortgage, upper working class, well-educated, live in a rural middle class village, both reasonable earners, plenty of savings, and decent pensions, and no way would we spend this kind of money on a candle, or a beef wellington! We can afford it but we wouldn't spend it. We'd spend on tangible things that will grow in value yes, but a candle and a beef wellington for £180 to £200? Just no.

My 2 DC (aged 30-ish) are high earners (high income tax bracket, 6 figures,) and have decent savings, and surplus income, and they would never spend this kind of money on a candle either. I told the one about this earlier, and she gasped, and said 'like hell would I spend that on a candle!' So it's a myth that anyone who can afford it would buy it.

As I said, the OP shouldn't be mocked and derided, but let's not kid ourselves that it's normal to spend £180 on a candle, because it's really not. The majority of people wouldn't spend this on a candle ... Even people who have a good amount of surplus income.

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