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Rich People: Shut Up! The Recession Backlash
"Luxury Shame" Will Be Big For Winter


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Before the recession, I could not buy a car or house, so I am okay with that.
I was not making great money despite my student loan, so I am okay having a job that pays less than usual, as I wasn't making great money.
But, I am very worried about my hard-working father and mother ... who have always been low middle class and have just seen their retirements ripped to shreds. My dad is a construction worker who cannot go on much longer because of severe knee and back problems, and his modest retirement is now diminished.
That's when I get mad at these fat pigs who feel they're hurting because they have to take a cab instead of a company town car. Or buy Marc by Marc Jacobs instead of Marc Jacobs.
Shut-up before you get mobbed! By me!
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If you've always been poor, lack of money is not a reason to kill yourself.
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I hope that at some point some of the Bourgeoisie will realize that there are people to whom "cutting back" is not a novelty or a temporary occurrence. They do it to survive, and it is never "haute".
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Seriously, though. Fear begets fear. And I can't afford to be afraid right now, because I'm the only motherfuckingthing holding my family's sanity together as we face crazy-scary downsizing and plant closures in my husband's industry. (Yay, wallboard/building products.)
And frankly, I can't get too worked up if some others are resentful that I'm fucking worried that he may not have a job tomorrow, but he does *today, and I've been spending accordingly. Which means thriftily. Because that's what you're supposed to do when you're afraid that you know how to pay your bills TODAY, but tomorrow might be a motherfucker.
Uh. Sorry for the personal.
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I hope no one is expecting any Christmas presents from me. =/
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Not everyone is in the same spot. I'm lucky. I will try and share my luck. Which will likely make me poor. Oh well,
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Also, get out of my thrift shops! I'm selfish and I want more for me! Can't you replicate what you're trying to accomplish by going to Anthropologie?
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Make sure they stay out of my SA and they can keep those hoity toity "thrift" shops and "vintage" designer chop shops.