Read back - it wound up in the ski thread because some of the forum "ladies" brought it here to slap Janey upside the head with it.
Here's my take:
Janey, you can whine about not being able to afford things all you want and call others frivolous because they can afford things that you can't. But be prepared to take your lumps for it. Most of us are much older than you and we've done the "young and poor" routine. But we're not young and poor anymore - you'd #### if you knew what I just spent on skin care products. Plus I have a new car PLUS I have a daughter at NYU. So quit tring to make other people feel guilty for pissing away money - we've paid our dues and we deserve to enjoy the fruits of our labor.
The rest of you, you don't have to be so mean to Janey because she's young and still finding her way. Many of you are a lot younger than me and I think you're a bunch of smartass know-it-alls that, in truth, don't know dick. And if I can have patience with you all, you can have patience with Janey.