Originally Posted by
jcrow
It's awful that I have to be afraid to say what kind of machine I own because of the flack I receive for owning it. People brag about owning a $99 Brother and everyone pats them on the back, but if you scrimp and save for a good machine, people don't like you very much. What's wrong with this picture? Why can't they be happy for you?
My sis had something similar happen to her. when first out of college, she was a teacher making a pittance (a Christian school which paid very little) but she SPENT even less. So, she was able to take the summer off and not work because her needs were few and she was very, very careful. People called her a "lady of leisure". She felt really frustrated because she wasn't a lady of leisure--just very, very frugal. She had two roommates who weren't so frugal and thus needed to work (also teachers) and somehow she was belittled because of her commitment to save so she could take time off.
I am happy for you--no matter what your machine is. I think sometimes people are jealous and thus don't want to hear about your (or anyone's) good fortune, but I understand totally about saving and then not having people rejoice with them.
One other time my sister was listening to someone bemoan that she couldn't afford such a nice vacation as my sister had (she had gone to Egypt) and my sis replied, "Well, you are driving your vacation" (brand new truck)...my sis drove used cars that were considerably less expensive than what the complainer was driving.
So, here's to frugality which enables us to be able to achieve our goals, whether it is buying that fabric we want, a new machine or a quilter's cruise (I would love that!) Do you know of any starting in Europe? ???