My best friend in high school had $500 to spend at her favorite clothing store each month. Her father had given her a department store credit card, and she was not allowed to go over this limit.

Every month her father paid off the credit card, and every month she would load it up with new clothing charges.

Needless to say, she had a very full wardrobe. Many of her clothes were never even worn, and those that did get worn were usually not seen more than once.

It is hard to understand the logic behind buying clothes that don’t get worn month after month. I wondered if she would ever marry and if so, how she would adapt when her father stopped paying the credit card.

I wonder if she appreciated all of those clothes. It is often hard to teach children to value things without placing some limits on their spending behavior.

Our family did not have quite as much money growing up, but we got by. My parents provided me with $100 to spend on clothes at any store I wished. This is when I first began to appreciate choices.

I remember spending $42 dollars on my favorite jeans, which were Guess. This left me with just enough for a few shirts, but I was okay with this. I really valued those Guess jeans. Knowing how much I had spent on them, I was very careful to take care of them so that I would have them for a long time.

I suppose, in retrospect, that it may have been wise to buy two pairs of jeans of a lower price elsewhere, but I really did love those jeans. I learned about making choices, and I learned the consequences of spending almost half of your money on one item!

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