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am sick and tired of this. What is wrong with everyone?

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 13/06/2006 14:25

I've had enough. I'm packing us all off to live in Yemen. I want to get the world and knock its head \link{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5071222.stm\together}

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Northerner · 13/06/2006 14:28

Thought it was a link about war/terroism and stuff. Can't get het up about this personally.

Feistybird · 13/06/2006 14:29

agree - bloody ridiculous

fullmoonfiend · 13/06/2006 14:31

I love the comment from one reader:
''A quick way to nip this idiocy in the bud? Compulsory sterilisation for anyone seen buying Heat magazine. Simple. ''

TooTicky · 13/06/2006 14:32

Crazy. They'd be better off shopping in charity shops and giving their excess to feed and clothe the needy.

Miaou · 13/06/2006 14:33

fmf - you beat me to it!!!! Grin

wait till cod sees that.....Grin

spidermama · 13/06/2006 14:34

I love nice clothes. They are a joy. I also think they last longer and can be passed on to other children. In fact I buy mine second hand. I'd far rather my kids wore second-hand, well-made, beautiful clothes than cheap high street stuff that everyone else is wearing and that is very unlikely to be strong enough to pass on to another child.

I have three sons and much of the designer stuff is still going strong on spiderboy 3, whereas the high street stuff has long since fallen apart, shrunk or become mishapen beyond belief.

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 13/06/2006 14:35

northener the flip side of being obssessed with designer clothing and the Beckhams is being utterly disinterested in things that matter. It's precidely because most people on this planet have to live with the effects of war, terrorism, climate change, poverty etc etc that this shit gets my goat so much.

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aragon · 13/06/2006 14:37

Did anyone see the programme a few weeks back about "Flash Families". A woman in a two bedroom council house with five kids spending masses on Dior clothes etc for them. Meanwhile she is having to bed some of them down on the floor (in their Dior nighties natch) because they can't save enough to buy anywhere. In fairness I have to say she did not want to move as she liked the neighbourhood - but having to put the kids on the floor in Dior nighties ffs - mad.

oliveoil · 13/06/2006 14:41

I am not bothered what people dress their children in, if they have the money, so what?

The only thing that annoys me is young girls of about 6 in stack heels and crop tops and hipster jeans. Now they are hideious whether Primark or D&G and the parents should be prodded with a sharp stick.

Kathy1972 · 13/06/2006 14:41

What I found curious about this article was that while making out everyone was spending a fortune on clothes for their kids, it then gave the average figure for dressing toddlers as around £400 a year.
Now, my dd is only 1 so I don't really know what I'm talking about re. toddlers' clothes, but I reckon she cost us around £200 to clothe for the first year, and that was mostly charity shops and Primark.
I know toddlers grow more slowly, but I wouldn't have thought it would be that hard to spend as much as £400 on a toddler, specially once shoes come into it - it could be done for a lot, less of course, but £400 is hardly going to buy a designer wardrobe, is it?

I've def spent more on dd's clothes than on my own this year, too - not that I'm buying her anything fancy but just that she does damn well keep growing!

Freckle · 13/06/2006 14:42

This goes hand in hand with a ridiculous feature on the news this morning where hoards of photographers and tv cameras are following the WAGs (wives and girlfriends = they even have their own acronym, sigh) of the England team whilst they were spending criminal amounts of money on fripperies. Who bl**dy cares about these over-privileged spendthrifts??

spidermama · 13/06/2006 14:42

I agree Oliveoil. I hate seeing girls in the playground trying to run up the slide with heels on. Cruel!

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Northerner · 13/06/2006 14:45

thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat - being interested in the Beckams/fashion and war/terroism aren't mutually exclusive though.

If people have the money to spend, then let them. Personally I wouldn't, but different strokes and all that.

Do agree with Olive about high heels and mini skirts on little girls though. Yuk.

FairyMum · 13/06/2006 14:48

well, I can't even tell the difference between H&M and designer anyway, so no point.

oliveoil · 13/06/2006 14:50

I can!

My bank balance can too unfortunately, ha!

tsk

EmmyLou · 13/06/2006 14:58

I suppose its much the same as my friend who is on benefits being apalled that I spent £20 or whatever on a cotton summer dress for dd3 in Gap. She buys a lot from car boot sales and Matalan. I'm lucky and have more therefore choice.

But a designer white linen suit for a two year old? Get me that paintball gun NOW Grin

EmmyLou · 13/06/2006 14:58

sorry - "I have more MONEY therefore more choice"

Bozza · 13/06/2006 15:01

Agree with Kathy - £400 is hardly a fortune is it? I bet there is far more than that in value of clothes in DD's wardrobe. But a lot of them are from last year (although she has just turned 2 a lot of the 12-18 stuff still fits nicely especially now she is out of nappies), a good amount of presents and tons of handmedowns.

Tortington · 13/06/2006 15:19

yes its a big fortune. my eldest lad gets cast offs from his girlfriends rock chick goth sister. he now has curt cobain t shirts coming out of his arse - good job too cos were skint

my kids are going to school in unifrom too small becuase i refuse to buy anything this late in the year - they looks like numpties.

i cant buy clothes for my girl becuase i am a useless person who cannot work out what size she is and a measuring tape is like rocket science to me. if i find one.

my youngest son has pants up his legs becuase he doesn't care - and neither do i.

we are going to a christening in a couple fo weeks. me and my dd only.

my dd is an alien. she has massive norks and is 5 foot 5 or taller. and shes 13. i cant buy her anything nice becuase nothing looks nice on her.

she needs everything a bit big up top becuase of her norks - then it stick out at the bottom becuase unlike me she hasn't got a belly to fill it.

right wrong thread i need the style thread am off

lanismum · 13/06/2006 15:20

£400 in a year!!! bloody hell i dread to think how much my dds wardrobes worth, its loads more, and its not all designer, but i like her to look nice (what i deem to be nice) dont think theres anything wrong with spending huge amounts on kids clothes, as long as you are not mugging people to do it.

MadamePlatypus · 13/06/2006 15:31

I am suspicious of the provider of this information. These reports that the average wedding costs £20,000 a year, or that it costs some ludicrous amount of money to bring up a child always seem to be sponsored by somebody who would benefit by parting us from our money - in this case its Mint - a credit card company.

oliveoil · 13/06/2006 15:31

my friends wedding is costing £20K+++

Callisto · 13/06/2006 15:51

I would rather spend £20K on my daughters clothes than on a wedding for me, what a waste (and am not married, but have a 'partner').

Bozza · 13/06/2006 16:43

Custardo - what I meant is that £400 is not going to buy you a lot of designer clothes - even children's ones. I have probably spent about that much on DD's clothes in the last year if you include shoes (but in that time she has got through 1 cruisers, 1 slippers, 2 shoes, 3 doodles, 1 sandals, plus hand me down trainers/slippers/wellies). No actually having totted that up I don't think I will have.

I think I will have on DS because he doesn't benefit from hand me downs. Really ought to befriend someone with an 8yo boy. Wink

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