Yeah, I get what you're saying, but there were a couple of things that wigged me out about the article. First of all, there was the amount of money these parents were spending. Some of them clearly could afford it, but for the mom living in the two-bedroom coop, spending hundreds of dollars on an image consultant for her daughter is probably a huge expense - and I think it's really sad that she felt like she had to spend, I don't know, what was probably going to be the vacation or the college money on that. And I'm not sure whether she should have, as a parenting decision. The approach my parents took was the opposite extreme - I didn't get new clothes, no matter how much I begged, unless it was Christmas or back to school or some other occasion, and all my clothes had to be bought on sale. To be sure, I probably would have had a better time in middle school if I had clothes as nice as everyone else's. But I think it was a good lesson that I got not what I wanted but rather what my family could afford. It's a tough decision for a
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Also, are there seriously such things as dhoti pants? Seriously? Dhotis are what my grandfather wore. How on earth did they become fashionable for Manhattan women?
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Also, I agree on the Dhoti pants. I hated the style of pant in India and bet I would still hate it here. :P
I like some air/free-flowing fabric to move round my ankle regions, thank you.
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