Oh shut up!

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This girl I work with is a single mom. She doesn't have much money to spend, and she has a hard time listening to other people talk about how they spend their money. Last weekend my husband got a large bonus, plus he got 20 hours of overtime. We knew we'd have a lot of extra money that week, and he worked really hard for that extra money. We planned to go school shopping and get the kids some really nice clothes and shoes. When I mentioned the extra large paycheck to her she jokingly said "I'll take some of that money off your hands for you". She jokes like that a lot when people talk about things that they have and she wants. I guess she finds it funny, but I think it's kind of annoying. People work really hard for the things they have. Why would my husband work 60 hours in a week just to give her some money for no reason? Then on Monday I talked about how much money I spent on the kids school clothes. We spent $700 on them, and another $100 on me for some work clothes. The kids all got Nike sneakers, my younger kids got all their clothes from Children's place. The twins got their clothes at Nike, Aeropostale, and Old Navy. She scoffed at this and told me all her kids ever get is Walmart clearance clothes. Well, that's what she can afford, and that's fine, especially since her kids are still very young. My kids are getting older and caring more about the brands they wear. Also, I don't like the cruddy quality of Walmart clothes and shoes.. but if that's all I could afford then I wouldn't whine about it to people who can afford better! This happens everytime we have a discussion about money or things that cost money, which is pretty much everything. She scoffs at the stuff other people spend money on.. but has no qualms about blowing her own money taking her kids to the zoo or circus or fair every weekend. We each spend our money in different ways, we each have our own priorities. Some people would rather have nice stuff while others would rather go to nice places. We'd all love to have more money and do more stuff with it... but is it really right to complain to everyone else when they buy something or go somewhere that you can't afford? Would you find this type of attitude annoying?