texaskj
Brilliant_Rock
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I gave up guilt in high school. One of my best friends had a mom who could turn anything into the biggest guilt trip and we decided to just go cold turkey. And I've done really well until.....
Saturday night SO and I are watching TV and he tells me he wants to buy me something. I tell him I'd really like to replace the side fence that's coming apart. No, he says, jewelry. There's nothing I'm lusting after at my favorite store right now, but I've had a two-year hankering for a pair of Whiteflash diamond hoops. He doesn't blink at the price (the $1500 ones). Tells me to show him on the computer. And out of the blue, I start feeling guilty.
We're not rich, but both cars are paid for and either one of us could cover all the bills if the other got laid off. He makes slightly more.
Why can't I just sit down and order those earrings? Where is this guilt coming from?
Saturday night SO and I are watching TV and he tells me he wants to buy me something. I tell him I'd really like to replace the side fence that's coming apart. No, he says, jewelry. There's nothing I'm lusting after at my favorite store right now, but I've had a two-year hankering for a pair of Whiteflash diamond hoops. He doesn't blink at the price (the $1500 ones). Tells me to show him on the computer. And out of the blue, I start feeling guilty.
We're not rich, but both cars are paid for and either one of us could cover all the bills if the other got laid off. He makes slightly more.
Why can't I just sit down and order those earrings? Where is this guilt coming from?