What’s something that screams ‘I’m broke, but trying to look rich’

[Booyakashaa]

Saw thing on Instagram threads, mostly Americans, would love to see what MN’ers think

Just for fun

I think…anything Michael Kors

I'm 65 and live on the border of a National Park, so I'm out hiking most weekends. North Face jackets are not just worn by me and my husband, but by most people we see, it would appear. Why? Mine is 10 years old and still going strong. They're windproof, waterproof and extremely durable. When it's colder I can get a fleece underneath. Perhaps it's less about image and more about practicality for many people?.

Starting a thread looking down on people who buy what they want with their money.

That screams "I'm broke trying to look rich" to me.

I’ll probably get annihilated for this but the outrage from some that they might be <gasp> considered poor is quite funny.

Something our family has (well, DH really) has been mentioned countless times on this thread. I will get over it. It really isn’t that big of a deal!

(besides, we ARE quite poor due to nursery fees!)

There are many streets in London where terraced houses are worth £1m+.

This.

Nasty thread.

Gross thread

I live in a teeny house because I neither need nor want a bigger one.

What's the approved ratio of house size and cost to car size and cost for me, please? Or should I have paid for a bigger house to make sure I'm classified correctly?

Agree full of sneery, jealous and judgemental people

White Range Rover Evoque

Good question. I'm not sure what the approved algorithm is.

I haven't seen anyone here outraged that they themselves could be considered poor.

I find it distasteful that the OP and others answering consider poverty a joke to be detected and sneered at, based on violations of their taste.

But how do you actually KNOW that the person carrying the designer bag, driving the Range Rover or whatever is NOT rich??

Yes I took it more like that. Flash is often people hankering after recognition.

@DearDorrie - echoing your 😂. Delusional stuff.

That's quite sad, actually.

It must be satire. Surely?

Having a TV too big for your living room

If I had all the money in the world I wouldn't ever spend my £ on a Louis Vuitton bag. I think the initials everywhere are just awful. Same goes for Gucci - just not a fan.

Why is everyone going on about North Face, it’s not a designer make is it? Jackets are under a tenner on EBay so it can’t be ?

@Booyakashaa - What’s something that screams ‘I’m broke, and bitter’

Just for fun

I think…starting threads translucently veiled as ‘humorous’ which invite other broke and bitter people to make spiteful comments about people they are jealous off as a coping mechanism.

Money talks, wealth whispers.

I like some m&s food but come the fuck on its never the value for money offering 😂 they'd probably be horrified at the thought.

I surprised so many sniff at the idea of car finance.. like you say yourself, a car is a depreciating asset.

I know plenty of wealthy people who’d never buy a new car outright, but lease it or put it on finance and invest the lump sum in the stock market or property instead. As that money will grow and make them richer while they sleep.

check out rich dad poor dad. It’s all about investing money to make more money.

I agree that car finance isn’t a good idea if you don’t have any money though. But it you have the money anyway, it’s a better idea to invest it, rather than throw it all into a depreciating asset.

I don’t think a Dior or Chanel handbag scream ‘ I’m broke’ they cost over 5k… no one who’s actually broke could afford it. I think a nice handbag, a classic like Dior or Chanel, makes any outfit look better. I don’t have them myself, but they’re lovely and I wouldn’t think someone who had one is broke.

This thread makes me picture OP as a modern day Hyacinth Bouquet /Bucket living in a terraced house with a flash car with personalised number plate parked a few steps down the street shopping at Aldi, armed with her Waitrose bags and her teenager in tow wearing just the right side of dirty AF1 and NF puffer, both looking smug knowing they've made it.

Is it sneering, or talking? Besides, not all poor people live in poverty. I’ve interpreted it more as people trying to look as if they have more money than they do!

Real poverty can be hidden (especially when rural) but they don’t tend to have range rovers.