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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 321437" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>thank you! DDD- I took him to Burlington here- he didn't like it. (???) He did like JC Penney- and I'm fine with their clothes. Marg- I am like you in why pay good money for jeans that look like rags. LOL! I'm ok with some stone-washed jeans, but those that look like something I would throw away- well- difficult child can spend his own money on those if he wants them.</p><p></p><p>We both do coordinates- it works well for me for daily work and I have nicer clothes for the special meetings and so forth. </p><p></p><p>We never could afford the biggest and best in name brand clothes- he actually brought up one day at visitation that he didn't get why some of these boys came from poverty stricken neighborhoods, yet always had been used to several pairs of named brand tennis shoes at once and stuff like that. I made two points- 1) it's a matter of priorities- I had him in a neighborhood where it cost more to live, but the school was better and we got to take a few vacations- did they- NO; and 2) "difficult child, why are those boys in Department of Juvenile Justice?" difficult child replies- "dealing drugs". Well, ok. </p><p></p><p>I want him to learn to budget money- but I also want him to learn to choose things that mean a lot to him- he simply cannot have everything be "special" or else none of it is special, Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>I do understand though that he wants to fit in and not look like an odd-ball- especially with already having an issue in that area. And, MY BABY will be dating soon after his release. So, I wanr him to look a little stylish for those occassions. But he'll never look rich. LOL!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 321437, member: 3699"] thank you! DDD- I took him to Burlington here- he didn't like it. (???) He did like JC Penney- and I'm fine with their clothes. Marg- I am like you in why pay good money for jeans that look like rags. LOL! I'm ok with some stone-washed jeans, but those that look like something I would throw away- well- difficult child can spend his own money on those if he wants them. We both do coordinates- it works well for me for daily work and I have nicer clothes for the special meetings and so forth. We never could afford the biggest and best in name brand clothes- he actually brought up one day at visitation that he didn't get why some of these boys came from poverty stricken neighborhoods, yet always had been used to several pairs of named brand tennis shoes at once and stuff like that. I made two points- 1) it's a matter of priorities- I had him in a neighborhood where it cost more to live, but the school was better and we got to take a few vacations- did they- NO; and 2) "difficult child, why are those boys in Department of Juvenile Justice?" difficult child replies- "dealing drugs". Well, ok. I want him to learn to budget money- but I also want him to learn to choose things that mean a lot to him- he simply cannot have everything be "special" or else none of it is special, Know what I mean?? I do understand though that he wants to fit in and not look like an odd-ball- especially with already having an issue in that area. And, MY BABY will be dating soon after his release. So, I wanr him to look a little stylish for those occassions. But he'll never look rich. LOL!! [/QUOTE]
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