Things people do to show that more money than sense

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I’ll start
. People who spend 40-70p on a carrier bag then use it for rubbish.
. People who buy those number plates which have multi colours, lettering has glitter on them. Not road legal

designer handbags and very expensive watches.
I don’t get it. Except to have an outward symbol of wealth to stroke your ego with…

DM lives in a village in Yorkshire that's insufficiently affluent to make the MN approved list of places to live and there's at least one garden telephone box and two antique postboxes.

I agree with @Nanda66 about luggage. See also things like shoes and household items. I know there's an element of 'you get what you pay for' where some very cheap things are flimsy rubbish but you often don't have to go far up the price scale for things to be perfectly nice, good quality, well designed etc so beyond that, what are you paying for? The satisfaction that you can afford a £1300 suitcase? I'd rather have one for a tenth of that price and spend the rest of the money on something else.

Its £300 for train, tickets and hotel. Why would I need to save £300. We are there for 2 days so dont think we can spend that much on food.

He will go again in a couple of years as well when he is paying (and older). I think he will be able to go on its a small world.

We took him to willow activity farm for mothers day (he and I were both free). While he couldn't go in the adventure playground or do the rides other than the merry go round, he loved petting the guinea pig and looking at the animals and playing in the soft play.

I do believe positive and varied encounters this age will aid his development.

I will confess this is me! I am smug about my ten year old car with no payments and very limited maintenance. But I do about 2,000 miles a year and live in a city - can walk everywhere including work. Street is full of very very expensive cars - mine stands out for being a bit crap.

Seeeeee @Frenchtoastie, it's not just me. You'll start seeing phone boxes everywhere now. Just wait.

The money I once forked out for someone to clean my filthy oven was the best £45 I ever spent.

But I had to admire a colleague’s sister, who didn’t bother getting anyone in to clean her filthy oven - she just bought a new one instead. 😂

Anyway can waste money. It's nothing to do with this. Quite a weird perspective.

Buying tat on Temu

I often wonder if they're fakes and it's just for the clout lol

Took my kids to DLP when they were 10 months and 2 years old. Had a blast. They don't remember it but we do. Dress baby up and you'll get more attention from cast members too 🤣. My son was dressed as Tigger and he went to queue back up for Dumbo, and the CM let him go straight back on.

Also euro Disney isn't the term anymore cause the french found it quite offensive iirc lol. Have a great time!! 🖤

Im guilty of lots of these thing

I buy things if I want them regardless of whether they are worth the money, I will buy a drink when out and about because Im too lazy to fill one of my many water bottles from home, I replace domestic appliances rather than have the hassle of getting them fixed, and throw away A LOT of food if it can't be donated.

However I do buy at least £20 of food for the food bank box every time I shop, and donate regulary to many charities.

My example is a mum at my eldest DD's high school who employed two nannies for her 13 year old twins because 'they wanted one each'!

I think most people waste to much money. Charity shops are bulging and some refuse donations as to full. Ebay, vinted, Facebook market place, you literally cant give stuff away. Whenever you go to the dump it is heaving with people chucking rubbish of course but okay stuff.
Landfill is obscene.
People's houses are just full of un needed stuff, look at the volumes of clothes people have. The list goes on and on.

Food waste is another. And I am not saying any of this isn't me 😬

Not at all. You can be as rich as Croesus and still think that some other people have more money than sense.

Some people are taking this thread far too seriously!

I get my oven clean professionally about once a year because they do such a great job and take it all apart and get to the bits that my average scrubbing clean doesn't reach. The rest of the year it's rubber gloves on and in with the Oven Mate spray. 😄

Just because you disagree with me doesn't make you right (and vv).
We value different things and that is totally fine.

I feel that my (for example) last £4k longhaul flight gave me a lot more value than your dismissive "some free champagne in a fancy glass & a bed". And it was affordable to me on my normal income because I don't have any of the expenses mentioned.

I live a perfectly comfortable and easy life even though I don't have a media wall and sonos soundbar, or a new iPhone or whatever. And of course children are factor because they do cost a fortune, plus they would also cost another seat (as indeed would a partner, or having to fly in school holidays etc).

You live your life, I'll live mine and we'll both enjoy it. As pp said, me doing what I do subsidises the economy prices anyway so you should be egging me on 😂

Kitchen roll is easier if you are cleaning mud from boots.

So many people throw out too much perfectly edible food. Make a mince mix for spaghetti bolognaise and a quarter of it does not get eaten as made too much. It gets binned. Put in a tuppaware box and use it for another day for jacket potato filling or mix a tin of baked beans, top with grated cheese- put in oven for 15 mins

Erm. I think the price or amount paid for something should always be weighed against the value of it.

So I will pay for a carrier bag. It’s because I’ve forgotten one, or I’ve ended up buying more than anticipated but it light have been a bargain, or saved another trip so therefore worth buying the bag for. Then I might use it as a bin bag because I’ve run out, have too many or the carrier bag is a bit too tatty to take out.

Someone may have received a sparkly number plate as a present from someone they love, and it may bring them joy. That’s money well spent in my opinion, if all essentials are thought about.

Some people see the price of everything and the value of nothing.

I hope so🤣 i think I want one

Er yes it's called a flannel. Obviously wouldn't use the same cloth as for surfaces. But I never really feel the need to clean my face other than in my bathroom. My face doesn't really get dirty in the course of the day. When kids were small I had a pile of washable facecloths in the kitchen. Straight into the washing machine after use.

Actually an 8 month old can go on plenty of rides at Disneyland Paris , one of ours was about 6 months on her first trip .

I think everyone can do what they want.Unless they affect me,i won't judge others.

My boss at work was washing her carrier bag in the sink recently. She lives in a £2million house. She just really doesn’t like waste!
I admire her spending priorities. Mended good quality shoes, darned jumpers, ancient carrier bags, old car. But a beautiful home and massive pension pot!

Are you living with my old flatmate?
She was too stingy to buy bin bags when it was her turn and would use plastic bags every time until I caved and got bin bags. It used to confuse me so much, but then it occurred to me that she probably doesn’t pay for them and would just pretend she forgot if ever challenged…

But I will remember it. We go on holiday because we want to go on holiday and keep seeing new places. Not because it's something the kids are necessarily going to remember. I don't get the "same shit different location" trope. The different location is the point and makes up for the annoyances that travelling with children can bring.