Prompted by the news that household debt has now reached record levels - part of which is no doubt down to people buying things that they don't really need - how much of what you buy is influenced by a desire to either show off or 'keep up' with friends and colleagues?
I'm thinking phones, cars, holidays, gadgets, etc. Do you buy the latest phone or piece of technology, make sure people know about it, and try and show off? Or do you not play into any of that? Be honest...
I have some colleagues who all seem to be in competition to have the nicest car, newest phone, etc, but it doesn't bother me at all. Curious as to whether people feel pressured to buy things they don't need, purely because of what others will think. A while ago one of my friends told me how she went to a mother and baby group and felt judged about the pram she was using.
Just baffling, but she went out and bought a bigger/'better' pram as a result.
Personally I don't give a gooseberry fool, and thankfully most of my friends are the same, but you do get the odd one (or in the case of colleagues, more than the odd one) who seem desperate to drop into conversation the car they've just bought or that they've got a new phone. Their face when nobody gives a gooseberry fool is quite amusing. What's the GRcade view?