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On Bone Music
@redheaded&crazy Headphones are too plebeian for a design student. Also, Laurie Partridge was doing this before it was trendy.
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On Our Parents, Our Money, Ourselves
@Faintly Macabre It actually sounds like I am your mother. My mom will buy things for fun, which I have a very hard time with (@Katzen-party: I completely understand buying fruit or a coffee as a big treat). She'll buy new clothes or materials to try a hobby or some fancy seven-dollar box of crackers, which are all things that would make me feel way anxious.
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On Our Parents, Our Money, Ourselves
@Quinn A@twitter I am exactly the same way with my mom. She talks about downsizing for retirement, but then she starts listing what she "needs" in a house. It always includes a full-out guest bedroom for me (even though I don't come for extensive overnight visits and would be more than happy on a couch), a big living room for guests (even though she's never thrown big parties), and a kitchen big enough to do serious cooking (she hates to cook). It's like she wants the house for who she wishes she was, rather than for who she actually is.
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On Our Parents, Our Money, Ourselves
My mother is good with money (sits down to pay her bills twice a month, has a system of which bills come from which paycheck, keeps old statements well-organized, knows what she will retire on, etc.) and talks about it. As a kid, I knew that I couldn't have X toy because it was too expensive, I knew what things cost, and I knew that we had some things (private school tuition, for example) because we were frugal with other things. I am way more tightfisted than she is. I hate spending money on anything, and I will always buy the cheapest possible item (although in recent years, I have started thinking about long-term quality as well as the immediate cost). I think some of my childhood monetary awareness has contributed to my adult anxiety about money. Like, because I grew up hearing about which bills needed to be paid and being told that we couldn't have the yogurt with the sprinkles because it was too expensive, I am more thrifty than I necessarily need to be.
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On Street Smarts at an Early Age
@bgprincipessa Cash registers can keep track of how fast the cashier is and will give the average per-transaction speed. Usually there is some sort of goal, and it can be tied to bonuses, salary, etc. So a customer who is slow can negatively affect the cashier's rating, which is one reason a cashier will give you the stank-eye if you write a check or pay in pennies.
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On Wear What You Want
@elizabeast I was on a one-woman mission to fight the school dress code. I once wore a bra instead of a belt because I didn't wear a belt and, during the SURPRISE BELT-INSPECTION ASSEMBLY, borrowed a bra from a friend to avoid the detention. Also, I got in trouble for carrying around a small stuffed animal because it was "offensive, too individual, and against the uniform code."