Do you ever buy things just to "keep up with the Joneses"?
@sutanhartanto (4122)
Indonesia
January 18, 2009 9:12pm CST
I rarely do that. I usually buy things which I really need. I am not a natural born shopper. But my sister, yes. Sometimes she bought shoes though she have many pairs of shoes, just because her friend bought new shoes and they fitted her. She even cut her hair because her friend did that 
What about you? Have someone else ever inspired you to buy things?
What about you? Have someone else ever inspired you to buy things?4 people like this
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Jan 09
My father and my brother like to buy things. When my brother has bought something my father wants to buy the same thing or something better, and the same goes the other way around It can be quite amusing sometimes at least my mother and I think so. I have never been that way. I am not very materialistic, and I don't buy a lot of things. I buy the things that I want, and I am not very interested in what others have bought.
It can be quite amusing sometimes at least my mother and I think so. I have never been that way. I am not very materialistic, and I don't buy a lot of things. I buy the things that I want, and I am not very interested in what others have bought.2 people like this
@sutanhartanto (4122)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 09
That's funny that males like shopping and doing that to keep up with others. Shopping will never be my hobby. I even frequently asked my sister to buy things I need, and she really enjoyed it.
@wifeofharvey (1156)
• United States
19 Jan 09
When I was a teenager I longer to look and dress as 'everyone' else did. Yet I also wanted to be 'just me'. I learned to look around me, to pick what I really liked and not what everyone else said they liked. I found a clothing style that I was happy with and that fit me. I often wonder just who made the fashion 'experts' opinions so valuable? Who are those people to tell me what I should or should not wear, eat, decorate my house in??? Who are others to label my taste good or bad? It's just MINE. I would not be happy with their ideas of how they should live, so why should I give them the right to say how I should. I don't insist others CONFORM to my standards. And that is exactly what following 'fashion' is, it is CONFORMITY, it takes away your right to think for yourself.
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@sutanhartanto (4122)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 09
Yeah, I found that is fairly common problem for teenagers. They try to dress like everyone else does, at least like the popular ones do. Even for the males But, as we don't like shopping, we just try to get everyone's haircut.
But, as we don't like shopping, we just try to get everyone's haircut.
@thinkingoutloud (6127)
• Canada
19 Jan 09
No, I don't acquire anything to keep up with the Joneses. I don't like shopping enough to do that LOL My needs are met and that's enough for me. When you ask if someone else ever inspired me to buy things, that I could probably say yes... but not to keep up with them. I would certainly seek out and maybe take a friend's recommendation on something that I was looking to buy, if they already had a similar item.
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@sutanhartanto (4122)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 09
That's good. Everybody has different needs so it is pointless to keep up with others. And, I am with you in not considering shopping as hobby.
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
19 Jan 09
no i dont.. i know there is no way i can keep up with the joneses and was never raised that way etc so i just do my own thing
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