Who doesn’t love shopping? Shopping can be used to relieve stress, get rid of boredom, and just for plain old pleasurable social interactions. What makes the difference in my eyes is the type of shopper the person is. I know so many women that own expensive bags, shoes, clothes, hats, and yet they stay home collecting welfare and stay charging up their credit cards. This is one of my biggest pet peeves. My parents always told me if you don’t have the money to buy it, then you don’t need it until you do have the money to pay for it in cash. That’s the difference. They taught me to spend my money on things I need and save my money for the eventual things I would want.
Simply spending your money to acquire things you don’t need is just plain stupid but, in our society, everybody is so interested in showing off what they have even if they don’t own it outright. Men will have the best shoes and rims on their ghetto ride but will still live with their mom’s. Girls will have children, will spend their last dollar on their outfit for the club on the weekend and yet still live with their parents. It doesn’t matter to them though because society says you should have the best of the best and that gives them all a purpose to go blow their money.
Another example is Black Friday, the most shopped day of the year, which by the way is the day I don’t leave my house. That is their social solidarity. I don’t need it. Nobody needs another 60-inch T.V., or another gaming console after the 2 they already have, or those shoes that are 30% off to add to your closet collection of 100’s but there they go. They camp out for items they want, not need, just to save a penny. They go as far as fighting to get the shopping items they went for. This is insane to me. There is not one specific thing that can go on sale to make me camp in a parking lot overnight, not one. They couldn’t motivate me if they tried.
Individualism has always been important to me. I enjoy my time alone and if I shop I usually do it alone. It doesn’t make me feel isolated, it just allows me to get in and get out with the things that I need as quickly as I can. Is that weird? I don’t think so. I believe everybody is different and although some women love to shop, I so much don’t. I don’t really conform to social norms and their shopping social problems will not be mine.
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