If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it.

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Some time ago, I had a friend who disappeared for a long time. I couldn’t even see her when I went shopping, ate or had parties. When I saw her again a few months later, the first time I saw her was The first thing I saw was the bag on her shoulder, printed with the Chanel logo that countless girls were fascinated by. I jokingly asked her if she sold blood or picked up money? How could a little girl from an ordinary family who was still in school suddenly have money to buy such an expensive bag? Then she secretly told me that in order to buy this bag, she ran to a fast fashion clothing store like a chicken blood for three months in a row. , working part-time as a waiter in the store for 10 hours a day.

But later she heard people she went out with talking behind her back, saying that she must have bought a fake bag. How could someone who shared postage and fast food together become rich overnight and buy tens of thousands of dollars? Where's the bag? In fact, I think her bag is pretty, but it doesn’t match the canvas shoes on her feet and the printed T-shirt on her body. Rich girls all wear Gucci, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton, so it’s no wonder they don’t understand it. People will think that the bag is fake.

At that moment, I felt very sorry for my friend. We are studying hard now and working hard to go to a better company. Aren’t we all doing it so that we can have more salary and money to buy those brand-name bags in the future? My friend, she Without stealing or robbing, I relied on my own labor to buy the things I liked, but I was still laughed at by others.

The blame lies with these big brands, who insist on defining their brand image as a symbol of status, distinguished status, and high-quality life. Wearing these LOGOs is equivalent to being labeled as a member of the upper class. As if we have been brainwashed by those advertising slogans, we really believe that luxury accessories are the standard for elegant and high-end people. The rich and beautiful people in the circle of friends post pictures of tourist attractions, luxury hotels, sports cars, high-end Western food and brand-name bags every day. These have become the goals that almost every ordinary girl strives for. Then buying a bag will probably make you the most beautiful. Isn't it a quick way to get close to a "socialite"? That’s why we flock to save money for designer bags.

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In fact, there is nothing wrong with us working hard for famous brand bags. After all, it is these attractive substances that can inspire us to become better.

But it turns out that after my friend bought that Chanel bag, her life did not change for the better. She still ate with us in the school cafeteria, went out to take the subway, and went shopping during the discount season. The shopping mall is even harder than before. When she went to the cafeteria to eat, she was always worried that people would splash vegetable soup on her bag. When squeezing on the subway, she held her bag close to her chest for fear of being crushed.

Once we visited an exhibition, and the staff asked us to store our bags and cameras in a cabinet outside the exhibition hall. My friend took a look at the cabinet full of bags and reluctantly put the bags in the cabinet. on the pile of bags. After the visit, she was the first to rush to the storage cabinet, carefully took out the bag and looked at it for a long time. When she saw a very shallow scratch, she almost screamed. She was particularly distressed on the way back. She hugged her bag and wiped the mark.

Did she buy the bag, or did the bag capture her into slavery? I was told that the women who carry Chanel are all elegant, excellent, and noble, but I didn’t see any of it.

I still remember that when my friend first bought the bag, she was very excited and told me how easy it was to use and how beautiful it looked. I believe that every girl will be extremely happy when she buys the bag that she has been dreaming about for a long time. , but some people seem to be bound by it in the days after buying it.

Actually, whose family didn’t buy that bag because they couldn’t afford tens of thousands of dollars? All because they can’t afford it. Even if we have enough money to buy it, we have to admit that we still can't afford it. We are not willing to treat a bag bought for tens of thousands of dollars like American aunts carrying Coach on their backs to buy groceries.

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For these unaffordable things, for these luxury accessories belonging to the noble class, in order to become the Chanel woman mentioned in the advertisement, I have devoted my precious time and youthful true love. Is it worth it?

My friend skipped a lot of classes because she had a part-time job, and almost failed the class at the end of the semester. In fact, she didn't buy the bag with the money she earned, but with the most precious time of her short youth to pay for it.

I have heard many stories before about parents working hard and tiring work outside from early in the morning to late at night because their children have to buy expensive shoes and bags. They use the simplest things and eat the cheapest meals to save money. Money is used to satisfy the child's vanity outside.

There are also those college students who use installment payment apps to buy a lot of expensive things in a flash, but they have accumulated a large amount of debt before they even found a job. They dare not tell their families but can't help but continue. As a result, I owed an astonishing amount of money. In the end, my parents had to sell cars and houses to pay back the money.

If buying this bag can make a qualitative leap in your life and get higher value, then no one has any reason to stop you. But the truth is that buying things we can’t afford consumes more energy and youth, and may even hurt the people who love us.

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My cousin is a rich second generation. She only goes shopping in places like China World Trade Center and SKP. I once accompanied her to buy shoes. After shopping for an afternoon, she and I were still empty-handed. He said, "Sister, let me give you a pair of shoes. Let's wear sister-style shoes." I looked at the pair of shoes that cost nearly 10,000 yuan, and thought for a while that I wouldn't dare to walk fast if I wore them. I'm not sure yet. If others say that you bought fake shoes, or even if you are rumored by villains that you are being kept by a rich second generation, you may not be sure. Don’t try to be brave enough to own something that you can’t afford now.

Later I asked her why she wanted to buy a bag worth tens of thousands of yuan? She sighed and said because she couldn't afford a bag worth hundreds of thousands. Sometimes the words said by the rich second generation are really enviable and annoying, but if you think about it carefully, what she said is correct. Since I can't afford a bag worth tens of thousands, then I will buy it for a few hundred or a few thousand. A piece of bag.

Let’s wait until I don’t feel bad carrying a bag worth tens of thousands of yuan to buy groceries, then I can splurge and buy ten of them. At that time, I didn’t believe that anyone would suspect that the bag I bought was fake.

Moreover, it is not the luxury accessories that really make us good, and putting on a dazzling logo does not mean that we become white, rich and beautiful. The gap between us and outstanding people needs to be changed from within. So don’t buy things you can’t afford. Use the time you spend thinking about how to save money to improve your abilities. Sooner or later, you can swipe your credit card without blinking an eye.

I hope all girls in the world can afford to buy the things they like one day.