<Looking around at my frugal lifestyle> Honestly? Yeah, kinda!
I don’t want them to get bullied for not having trendy shoes or something like that, obviously, but I’m hoping to instill in them the right values and attitudes to be the kids who are perceived as cool for bucking the trend instead of conforming to it.
The bus run but the crotch goblins are too precious to use them… Plus that’s what poor people ride… Do you want your child to perceived as poor?
You clearly not thinking about the children
<Looking around at my frugal lifestyle> Honestly? Yeah, kinda!
I don’t want them to get bullied for not having trendy shoes or something like that, obviously, but I’m hoping to instill in them the right values and attitudes to be the kids who are perceived as cool for bucking the trend instead of conforming to it.
See also: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/03/07/frugality-the-new-fanciness/
Preach choir here but let’s be real this approach is very much a minority