Everyone running around saying its a no flex zone the same ones ordering Hermes belts off Amazon. Did I bust your bubble ? You thought it was real ? Oh ! This topic has been itching at me for A While !
As I was taking my usual commute to school a couple weeks ago I was listening to Ryan Cameron, and Wanda as they touched on something so relevant to my peers. The fact that we pride ourselves on superficial things that we cannot afford. More specifically they were referring to the many young men who buy luxury cars but cannot afford to maintain or even put gas in their $65,000 car, which is so sad. Personally if you can afford a E Class Mercedes you shouldn’t be driving down 285 sweating bullets because your gas light is on.
I briefly worked at Saks off Fifth and there was so much humor in that job I wish I could get it back. The people that would come in asking about designer labels they couldn’t pronounce much less afford (my biggest pet peeve, say it with me gee-Von-shay aka Givenchy).
I find it humorous that in our 20’s we are still looking for acceptance from our peers. “There’s only one me, be you.” I understand that there is a minority of 20 something’s that can afford to maintain a certain lifestyle. Some of us worked harder then others, maybe had a few once in a lifetime opportunities, or even took a leap of faith in order to be in a better position. They would be the exception to the rule.
At the end of the day no one expects you to graduate from college and go into making $80,000 + as your annual salary. So why would you need to go purchase 2 chainz YSL belt buckle to compete with your more affluent counter parts ? Talk about champagne taste and beer money.
I understand the entertainment industry makes it point to make us regular folks feel as though material items is what makes us Bosses, but I beg to differ. At the end of the day, you speak on what you know. Can I mention that often times they don’t even pay for the items they own ? In advertising it’s called product placement. You give a celeb a product they’re spotted on the red carpet, maybe a shoutout on social media, and let consumerism work from there.
Basically, what I’m trying to say is live within your means. Compete with no one, definitely don’t put yourself in debt trying to impress the next person. Don’t make yourself look like a fool, due to i
Keeping up with the joneses, we have time for alllllll of that . Never be jealous of what some one has because you have no idea what they did to obtain it. Shoutout to all the scammers and identity thieves out there, I see you boo ! I’m tired of Wells Fargo sending me new cards cause of yall smh!
But I digress, cause I’m just a regular college student trying to keep my head above water.
Ciao Coco.
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