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abercrombie and hollister
i REALLY want to shop at a&f and hollister and stores like that. it's not because everyone else does, it's because personally i like there clothes. my parents make me shop at wal mart and it's messing up my social life. i hate wal mart's clothes and shit and my friends ask me why i don't wear the good brands. and it's not like my family can't afford good clothes, because my dad's a multi millionaire. they just don't understand WHY i want to spend so much on clothes. i've made up my mind and don't tell me it doesn't matter what i wear because i'll give you a 1. i need to prove to my parents that shopping at the expensive stores is worth it. and i can't make any money on my own because if i do, my parents say I CANT spend it on a&f and hollister clothes. it's messing up my social life. i wont have friends ever again because i cant wear nice clothes. im done with wal mart so what can i say to my parents so they'll let me shop where i want ?!? i'm old enough to choose where i want to purchase my clothes, especially when my dad was over 1 million dollars.
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haha. youre a trip. what makes me believ that your dad is a multi-millionaaiire if he shops at walmart. that is the lamest thnig ive ever heard ,and you need to get a tight grip on reality- no one cares what you wear!- trust me- they have better things to worry about. and- i dont think ive ever been mean to someone on here, but youre honestly a loser for even thinknig youre going to lose friends because your poor dad shops at walmart. did you ever think they might not want to be friends because of how dumb you are. c'mon. lets think.
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IF YOUR SOCIAL LIFE WOULD BE RUINED BECAUSE YOU DONT WEAR "GOOD BRAND CLOTHES" THEN YOUR FRIENDS SUCK AND ARE REALLLLLLY BAD FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!
i understand that you like those stores-- i lovee them and i shop there all the time. but you should just ask your parents if you can buy half of your clothes at wal mart and half at abercrombie.
p.s GET NEW FRIENDS
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I don't care if you give me a 1. But, you are being incredibly inconsiderate. Your parents are trying to teach you a lesson incase you haven't noticed. My parents have money too, but I actually prefer getting stuff at Gordmans because they have the exact same things that JCPenney's has and all of those other stores, but for half the price. I want to save money for my parents because I know that we need it for something other than high priced clothes. If that's going to ruin your social life, then do you even HAVE one if it revolves around clothing?
edit - get over yourself.
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I know a lot of people are going to be angry with this answer, but what kind of clothes you're wearing can raly affect your self-confidence. Also, Hollister and a&f ARENT really expensive stores (compared to Chanel and Marc Jacob's, it LIKE Walmart almost). Explain to your parents that you'd like to get clothes at some different stores for a change. Maybe offer to take them along to realize that the clothes aren't as expensive as they probably think they are.
If all else fails, you can always have your friends get you giftcards to thsoe stores =]
♥ Laura Michelle
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I love Hollister and Abercrombie, my parents have money but they believe shopping there is way too expensive. I can go there a lot though, spend a hundred dollars here and there. But I would never be able to shop there everyday. I thought wearing these clothes would make me more, socially accepted but it didn't. I like the clothes and all, their awesome...but thinking I would get more friends was an added bonus. But nothing happened.
Walmart sucks, let me tell you that. But there are stores that hold the same kinds of clothes. Try Forever 21. Their shirts range anywhere from $10-$20 and their in style. www.forever21.com. Beg your mom to stop making you shop there. There are cute places for cheap, you just have to look around.
Ask if, for your birthday or christmas...or the week before school starts up again. Ask for a hundred dollars so you can shop at Hollister or $200 if you want to shop at both stores. You have to shop smart when going to those stores. Sure you can pick like 3 shirts and theres your $100 but if you RAID the clearence section for cute stuff...you can buy more. Clearence sections dont sound fun, but there has to be at least one thing thats cute. First go to clearence and if you have left over money..buy a cute shirt thats a little more expensive.
I hope I helped!
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If I were you i wouldn't listen to dangerwrench, mayonnaise and kakeline. I understand where they are coming from, but they havn't really answered your question.
What clothes you wear shouldn't ruin your social life, so when you go out in your walmart clothes just telll yourself you look great and get on with it.
I'm not exactly sure why your parents arent letting you get these clothes. If its because they think its too much money then tell them you'd just like to get some of your clothes from abercrombie and hollister, and that you'll still get some stuff from walmart. You can mix and match your a+f and hollister clothes with walmart clothes. Hopefully, after a while your parents will realise how much better the hollister clothes suit you, and will stop making you get walmart clothes.
Whatever you do, DONT say the whole 'its ruining my social life' thing. They will just say your being a drama queen and will go on about the type of stuff that dangerwrench said.
So, make a compromise, say you'll get clothes from BOTH stores (that means walmart and other stores) and it should work out.
Hope i heped,
*+*TropicalBabe*+* &hearts
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just go to the mall and take them into abercrombie or hollitser and like go to the sales table so they don't think its as expensive and when they see there kind of clothes they have they might think about paying just a little bit extra for them.
good luck with that =]
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If the kind of clothes you wear can mess up your social life, you have a crappy social life.
Sorry to be so blunt, but it's true. How can your clothes mess up your social life? Unless you never wash them or something and you stink, then I can understand. :-
Friends who only like you for your clothes aren't your friends. If you could put Abercrombie on a mannequin and the mannequin could then join their clique, is that really a group you want to be associated with? Seriously?
Maybe you go to a school where there are a lot of rich kids whose parents are dumb enough to buy into that whole "expensive label" thing just so their kids can show off how much money they have to waste. Well you can give me 1's all you want, but that won't change the fact that people who would shun you because you didn't waste enough money on your clothes, AREN'T YOUR FRIENDS! If you can open your mind and realize that now, you will save yourself a ton of hurt and hearache in the future.
The reason your parents have money is probably because they aren't stupid with it. If a $20 shirt will serve the purpose as well as a $200 shirt, why waste money just to show off? They're smart. And they have the money to show for it. Good for them.
I agree with YG, though. Ask them if you can spend the money you earn at a job. You can say that if you earn it, you should be able to spend it how you want. But be warned, if you go that route, your parents could come back at you and say that if you want to have the responsibility of spending your own money, then you are ready to also pay them rent, or buy your own car (or pay your own insurance on it if you already have one), etc. Just a thought.
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I live in chino hills and at our school is filled with income from families its all about how you play it off i mean your personality is what matters. Maybe you should make a compermise with your parents like maybe mix up your wardrobe a little from here a little from there i know this girl and her parents are wealthy she chooses to shop at walmart because she wants to be differnt okay you like there clothes and i understand thats where i shop too but sometimes you cant get what you want or you at least have to be patient Pair your clothes differnt brands.Or theres even stores like TJMAXX and Marshalls or Nordstroms Rack ((not ross)) they sell clothes that came from hollister , express , nordstrom and a&f just at a lower cost. As i said TALK to your parents dont argue if they say no leave the converstation at that then ask later at a better time
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my advice... make the best of it. your social life is being ruined by the clothes you wear? do you think your clothes are the only interesting thing about you?! hopefully you have a personality.. because that's what makes a person... not their clothes. who should be judged by what they wear? give me a 1 if you want... i think you are in denial about being shallow. be a leader not a follower...
your parents shouldn't be able to control the money you make. it's your money to waste.
good luck with however this turns out.
i still think you are shallow, by what you wrote.
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I would like to start off by saying, I highly doubt your dad is a multi millionaire. Second, if your friends were real friends, then they wouldn't care what the fuck you wear!
ITS NOT ABOUT CLOTHES, ITS WHATS ON THE INSIDE. THE ACTUAL PERSON!
Its stupid. End of story.
You should be ashamed to be complaining about wearing Wal-Mart clothes, when some people don't even have clothes to wear!
How is shopping at expensive stores "worth it"? I mean really, what are you, some 13 year old with absolutly no self-confidence. Wait, you are. Otherwhise you wouldn't have said that your dad is a millionaire. Cause we know you're lieing. And you are so worried about your clothes.
MY ADVICE:
Clothes are everything. And if you want to spend your whole life worrying about what other people think about the clothes you wear, then you will spend your life, with no life.
-oh, and i know your gonna give me a low rating, but i don't care. what i said is the truth.
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Ok, so I spotted a contradiction.
"i REALLY want to shop at a&f and hollister and stores like that. it's not because everyone else does, it's because personally i like there clothes". Hence meaning you like those places as a preferance, and not under peer pressure.
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"my parents make me shop at wal mart and it's messing up my social life. i hate wal mart's clothes and shit and my friends ask me why i don't wear the good brands"
Now you've made it a peer issue.
Personally, does it really matter what you wear? No, it doesn't because in the end your going to outgrow everything and the clothes you wear will only be good so long as they fit, so why bother buying expensive clothes when they are just going to be ruined in the end?
Just because your parents have money doesn't mean they have to shell the money out for your wants. They don't want to spoil you and are trying to teach you a lesson in humbleness and contentment. You would do well to learn from it, just because you have money does NOT mean you have to waste it.
Also, if your "friends" are won't be your friends simply because you can't have the fancy and "good" brands of clothes, then they aren't really your friends. In fact if they will do that to you, then you need to find better friends. Friends aren't measured by how good clothes are or how much money you have. Find friends that will appreciate you, for you, and not the money or the clothes you have.
Social life isn't everything, especially when you are only in high school or close to it (I am assuming you are, since you still live under your parents roof). Learn to be content with what you have, even if you have alot more than everyone else. Your family has been blessed with wealth, don't take it for granted because it can be taken away in an instant.
I'm being very honest with you, and I hope your understanding what I am trying to say.
-Ryan
P.S. I don't care about my ratings, otherwise I would have given you a suck up answer.
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Im guessin u like to flaunt you're rich haha me 2. We basically have something in common (just kidding).
Anyway yeah back to the question. I think you should ask for an allowance...like say $100 a week and save how much you can to buy the clothes...I mean it doesn't make sense begging and begging and they're not giving in and then you get in truble...it's not worth it trust me.
secondly you can at least slowly ask to shop somewhere else if not a&f or hollister...at least forever 21 or something just ask not to go walmart again.
And hopefully you'll get ur allowance and stuff. Hope i helped
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sit them down, talk to them. tell them everything you just said. that because you don't wear name brand clothing, people don't appreciate you the way the should. now, they may fight back and say, "if people like you for material possesions, they are not worth it." & knowing how parents think, they'd argue something like that back. explain how much it hurts that you can't make new friends because of it. if all else fails, break down. when your so upset you can break down on command, i'd know. when your so emotional you tell them the things you normally wouldn't. they will probably get it. if they have the money to spend, why not spend it? tell them that you don't need to take home the whole store if maybe they think you'll go crazy. instead, reason with them. set a dollar limit.
skip steps, add steps, whatever you choose. parents tend to see the light, just hand them the bulb.
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hey. the best thing that i would suggest would be to tell your parents that as long as you earn the money and use it to buy your own clothes then you should be able to shop where you want. i understand how you feel when your parents want you to shop at different stores then where you want too. it is so annoying! you can even tell them that not all the stuff at those stores is expensive. i have gone there and gotten some really good deals! hope this helps! :] ♥-X-♥
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So long as you are under 18 and using their money
you are pretty much stuck shopping where they tell you to shop.
People telling you the truth such as it doesn't matter what you wear don't deserve a 1 rating either. Giving them a 1 for being honest with you
will probably get you a ban for ratings abuse. I don't advise you do that. :)
Listen to what they say with an open mind. You don't have to agree with them. Or me, who wouldn't want to be friends with anyone who wouldn't be my friend just because I didn't wear the latest fashions. As you get older you will realize that the last thing you want or need are superficial friends.
Now, as for your problem. I think you need to talk to mom and dad. Tell them you won't raise a fuss about walmart if you were allowed to spend money that you earn yourself, in the shops of your choice. I really don't think that is asking to much of them. I am not talking allowance money, I am talking about money you have worked for.
Good luck, I hope you can work something out with them. :)
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