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Christmas is coming along indeed and my daughter (16) asked for a designer handbag. The price tag range is somewhere between $5000 to $10000. Says her best friend got one last year.

 

What should I do, and why do I feel bad and want to buy her one.

 

Household TC: $540000

 

Update 1 on 12/22: I told my wife this and she wasn’t having it. We got into a small argument about what the best solution is and I agree now that buying a brand new bag is out of the question even though it’s affordable (thanks to Blinders who gave me advice). My wife has a friend who collects designer bags and will see if she can get one secondhand for our daughter’s Christmas present (around the $1K range). It solves the fitting in concern that I have (we send her to a private school where many families make more than us), and I will tell my daughter that if she wants to brand new one, she will have to propose ways to earn it such as through community service hours or a part time job (she still needs to keep stellar grades). Thank you everyone for the advice on how to make this a lesson; I will share how it goes on Christmas once she gets it

 

Update 2 on 12/23: The package has been secured! My wife picked up a Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Handbag for our daughter. This is a secondhand item from our friend. I know people have commented that this is setting a bad example but I think it’s okay because it’s a step or two below from what my daughter wanted and is meant to encourage her to work towards the ones she really wants. At the end of the day, she is still my little girl and I want to take care of this for her. 

 

Update 3 on 12/25: This was a DISASTER. My wife and I stayed up late to wrap presents and got up early to wake our daughter this morning to open them. The first one she grabbed had the LV bag and after she opened it, her eyes started to tear up. Then she said “I appreciate the gift but this isn’t what I asked for. Is this also used?” and starts crying. I felt like an arrow pierced my heart. My wife tried to console her saying it was from our friend and our daughter accused us of not loving her then they got into a screaming match. My wife is resting after crying in our bedroom and my daughter is locked up in her room. And here I am eating lunch by myself at our dining table feeling like crap. I’m probably just going go to the store tomorrow to get the damn bag.

 

Update 4 on 12/25: She came out and apologized to both of us and we made up. I’m not sure what made her come around but she seems very happy with the gift now and we had a talk about her doing some community service work next semester. I suppose she was just frustrated about something else and took it out on us. In any case we’re going to work on it as a family :)

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2 minutes ago, Sputnik said:

No kids also should learn that they can’t have everything that they desire 

Then why sending them to private schools where everyone else is richer than her. 

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