to not understand the Pandora obsession?

[MycatsaPirate]

Just that really!

A neighbour of ours is obsessed with it, every Christmas/birthday/mother's day she is constantly tagging her husband on fb with endless Pandora ads saying 'hint hint hubby!'. She has loads of it. And so does one of my DSD's.

Why spend so much money on stuff that so many other people are also wearing?

Each to their own but I don't get it. And surely it will be worth nothing in a few years time?

I'm not overly bothered about jewellery, I wear my engagement ring (which was made specifically for me) and a pair of pretty plain white gold earrings every day .

Would just love to know why Pandora is so popular? And why some people want the entire collection?

Endehors -what I was getting at was that the brand isn’t just doing well within a certain economic group. There are women who have wardrobes full of labels (the above lady always buys 2 pairs of jimmy choos at a time in case the first pair get ruined ‘you know when you go outside to watch the fireworks’ say ) and yet she still wears the Pandora her kids bought her.
I’m not exactly on the bread line either and I still cherish mine. I don’t mind that the charms are mass produced, the memory’s attached are unique.

the above lady always buys 2 pairs of jimmy choos at a time in case the first pair get ruined ‘you know when you go outside to watch the fireworks’ say

I think this 'lady' is a rather unusual case, to be honest...

The weird thing I find is how women imbue such deep meaning into them, as if they were hand-made just for them by a mute hermit seer on a faraway hillside. Not just churned out by the thousand in some (probably) foreign factory

I don't give two hoots what other people wear. Too jingly jangly for me though. I don't like jewelry noise!

Valerie - completely agree, It's just bitchy and judgemental. It's Christmas ffs - just be nice!

@Lethaldrizzle it is not Christmas

How pedantic. It's the run up to Christmas where people are buying gifts.

I have a trollbead bracelet for the express purpose of having something DP could buy me when he had no idea. So if he wants to surprise me with something he gets a charm or two. It's so much easier than me trying to think of something or him buying me chocolate or flowers.

Why is there the constant obsession to "understand" other people's likes/dislikes.

Surely it is pretty easy to understand. She likes them; not sure it requires any more deep consideration than that.

I dont like the thoughtless consumerism it triggers.
"I must have MORE charms, at every possible opportunity l"

My Radley handbag is v v plain, black, and has no dog tag thing. Radley have moved on but Mumsnetters have not 😂

This is the second relatively recent thread on this “jewellery”. It is certainly not my idea of classy.

Is there a timer on Mumsnet to trigger regular "to not get Pandora" threads? Every couple of weeks? FFS! You don't have to get it. What does it matter if other people enjoy it. Sick of this snobby shit...

Why not just say 'AIBU to think I have much better taste than everyone who isn't like me?'

Ain't that the truth. Imagine having such an innate need to feel superior.

Must be exhausting

I'd love to know what sort of jewellery some of the posters who sneer at Pandora are wearing.

Ops tastes are evidently superior not only to Pandora wearers but also her husband's, as she chooses what jewellery he buys her for gifts.

Erm, I don't care if it's "classy". I wouldn't want to be classy if it meant turning my nose up at other people's tastes and likes.

That's not very "classy", is it?

Well said Valerrie
Sneering is not classy at all.

She is unusual in that her dh is in the top 1% of earners but she isn’t ‘old money’ so she doesn’t sneer at the same things as maybe another person would. However she does always look ‘expensive’ despite her ‘cheap tacky mass produced ’ pandora bracelet. She manages to make even pandora look expensive and elegant especially when it’s layered with various 10k bangles and a 25k watch etc! I’ve never seen her wear it ‘out out’ though. I’d bet I could find a few pandora bracelets on the wrists of the yummy mummy’s at the private prep school our kids go to if I looked about a bit. They are by no means exclusive to a particular social class.

Using the word 'classy' isn't 'classy' either

Sorry!

I'm not keen on the look of Pandora charms, they don't have enough detail on for me and are too rounded. But I don't dislike charm bracelets in general, I collect vintage silver charms which are like little mini works of art. The articulated ones can be amazing. Like Pandora wearers, I like the fact they can tell a story and remind you of events.

I don't think not liking something necessarily equates to being sneery etc. I don't care for Pandora and it's ilk. But I don't give a shit of someone does. I don't expect everyone to like my choices, but I don't go around accusing them of being sneery and thinking they think themselves as better than me..

It’d be boring if everyone was the same, right?!

OH THE IRONY

I doubt old money would give a shit if anyone thought what they were wearing was tacky or not.

Madforit, people can not like what they want, no problem with that. The instant they post about 'not getting why some people like X', that becomes sneery.

I don’t like them personally. But I couldn’t give a rats arse if someone else does.

It’s just about different taste, surely?

@YoloSwaggins
It’d be boring if everyone was the same, right?!

OH THE IRONY