to ask you what things people spend money on that you just don't understand?

[FeelinTwentySixPointTwo]

This isn't a judgey thread or a bashing thread. People are absolutely free to spend their money on whatever they choose. Horses for courses.

But that said.. what expensive things do you see other people spending their money on that you simply don't "get"?

Mine is personalised numberplates. Cannot compute why anyone would care what combo of numbers or letters is on their car.

Interested to see what others think!

Expensive trainers
Fancy coffee machines (because I prefer a good quality instant)
Hotel rooms that cost thousands a night (probably only for the very rich who wouldn’t notice or care about the cost anyway).
A subscription to every streaming platform.

Tattoos and iphones.

I don’t understand why anyone would buy a BMW. Someone told me recently that BMW drivers are the very worst drivers on the road, and I now clock the brand whenever someone does something that’s a total dick move, and it’s SO TRUE that each and every time it’s a BMW. I couldn’t ever get one. My driving isn’t bad enough.

The hotels one is so true! You read the travel section in the paper and hotels see all from about £300 a night. Our household income is over £250k and what with the mortgage, bills, nursery etc there’s no way we could afford that. So who can? Pensioners possibly? Final salary pension, no mortgage or kids? No average person that’s for sure.

New cars
pcp cars
new build houses
redecorating every 2 years
nails
haircuts
waxing etc
clothes not in sales
designer clothes
handbags
pricy tv packages
tv licence!
new kitchens/bathrooms every 5-10 years
going part time!
designer glasses
pricy gym memberships
weekly deliveries of take out food
getting everything delivered
coffee
a room for every child even if same sex
spare rooms at home
term time holidays every year
dropping a grand on kids xmas
big birthday parties
subsidiesing adult dc

lol it is just a brand. Some people say the same about Audi.

My ex had an Audi. A hand me down from his parents. People would cut him up all the time. One time, some knob kept cutting in front of him on the motorway, and he ended up missing his exit.. had to go on to the next one.

Tattoos, fag's, drugs, lots of drink, big lips. Lots of scratch cards, lots of takeaways.

Yep - I totally agree with all of these !

I’ve watched some youtubers where they review very expensive hotels and some of the nightly rates are eye watering. There’s one in Vegas that’s $100k a night! 😬

Alcohol. I just have no interest in it, I think my yearly spend is about a fiver.

Fancy candles

Takeaway coffee, so expensive! 🫢

I think most people can tell can’t they?

Or do you mean can’t tell?

Did the person that told you that provide their source?!

I always find that sweeping statements like this are purely based on anecdotes…and we all have them.

i have a ‘nice’ car, not a BMW though, and I find that the drivers that behave the worse (cutting me up, being awkward with merging etc) always seem to be people in older, more run of the mill models of cars. And it’s nearly always older men. It’s like they think they have something to prove because a young female has a ‘better’ car than them.

Gambling
cigarettes/ vapes/ illegal drugs
things that need dusting ( ornaments, trinkets, fake flowers)
beige takeaway food
clothes covered in logos
fad kitchen appliances like ice cream makers, bread makers, pasta machines
holiday home. I would hate to keep going back to the same place.
video games
tattoos
cars that don’t fit into a standard car park space.

Carrier bags - the charge has been in place for almost 10 years in England. Still see many shoppers not having any bags on them.

Hugely expensive fancy weddings.

People who buy illegal number plates. Tinted, 4D (with coloured bits). Why? Though it shows that they drive like bellends

This is me apart from the trainers.

You sound fun.

Pets. I mean, why spend all that money on... an animal? 🤷‍♀️

If you have children, the “average person” you probably interact with is other people who mostly have children, which gives you the impression of a particular lifestyle and expenses. We have a similar household income and are childfree, as are most of our social circles, which informs our view of the “average person.” Think of all the money you spend each year on nursery fees, school uniform, school dinners, shoes, kiddie clothes, toys, extracurricular activities etc. Add it up. That’s what everyone I know has spare to spend on a multitude of other things, including hotels.

I’m old fashioned…I wake up with my eyebrows already on my face 😂

They always seem to be the cars that are broken down on the motorway 😏

Doorbells.

I do not answer the front door without a prior appointment.

Expensive kettles. My sister just paid £90 for a new one. Seriously? For something that just boils water?