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15 July 2014, 09:54 AM | #1 |
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Curious, any members get ridiculed by family members for their Rolexes?
I dread my wife's family get-together every summer. The trouble begins when we sit down for dinner and my two brothers-in-law begin broadcasting to all in attendance how much they thought I paid for my Rolex watch. It only goes downhill from there. (I never drive my Porsche there anymore after my brother-in-law thought it was funny to fart in my new car; he is 45 years old) anyway, I wondered if I was the only one to endure such beaver poo?
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15 July 2014, 09:58 AM | #2 |
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My brothers know Rolexes but never mention them. They are too busy trying to get at the family money.
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15 July 2014, 10:00 AM | #3 |
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Not from my wife and kids!!
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15 July 2014, 10:00 AM | #4 |
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15 July 2014, 10:20 AM | #6 |
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I just tell them its a fake
Otherwise they literally start to give me sad stories of how difficult their life is hoping I'd help them financially All my 8 uncles and aunts My cousins leave me alone |
15 July 2014, 10:24 AM | #7 |
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15 July 2014, 10:53 AM | #8 |
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F that... My response... I wear them because I can, and I enjoy them. If they give you shit and can't appreciate that, I'd do a burnout with my Porsche in the driveway
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15 July 2014, 10:59 AM | #9 |
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Great !
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15 July 2014, 11:03 AM | #10 |
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my dad also has a datejust, he's fine with it. my mom doesn't like rolexes. as far as relatives, well they all hate me anyway ;p
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15 July 2014, 11:04 AM | #11 |
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15 July 2014, 11:05 AM | #12 |
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Don't sweat the small stuff you'd be punching too far below your weight.
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15 July 2014, 11:06 AM | #13 |
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I bet your face was a picture. Waft goodbye to that new car smell.
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15 July 2014, 11:09 AM | #14 |
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He was probably a bully in school or picked on the playground. Agree. Do the burn out and ask him for a ride!
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15 July 2014, 11:11 AM | #15 |
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I'd get a bag of dog poop and out it in his car!
Had a idiot friend do that in a car I had. He never rode in it again |
15 July 2014, 11:24 AM | #16 |
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My family is just happy to see me, they couldnt care less about a watch.
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15 July 2014, 11:25 AM | #17 |
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No, never....
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15 July 2014, 11:25 AM | #18 |
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Great posts, I have not laughed this hard in a long time! You guys are great...
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15 July 2014, 11:26 AM | #19 |
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I get a lot of stick for 'wasting money' in watches but i guess some people just don't understand!
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15 July 2014, 11:27 AM | #20 |
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15 July 2014, 11:30 AM | #21 |
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I don't wear a Rolex for anyone but myself
So I really don't care, life's to short to worry about the small Stuff, and I belive this qualifies
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15 July 2014, 11:32 AM | #22 |
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My family gives me more of a hard time about being a watch geek. They are happy I'm happy though.
As for them broadcasting how much they think you paid, keep repeating " way more than that" |
15 July 2014, 11:33 AM | #23 |
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i wear it for my grandparents, who never made it far enough to see me really break out. though i'd like to think they saw it coming.
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15 July 2014, 11:35 AM | #24 |
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Happens to me all the time, it happened at my wedding reception ... I just have learned to ignore it ... for some it's a joke so I join it, but for some of my family its a "hey you are wasting money" type thing so I just ignore them. I just find it entertaining that the family members who make the largest fuss are the ones who spend just as much as I do on watches on shoes/clothes etc. They feel I should be helping them with their finances instead of buying these watches, I offer to help them as soon as they sell their Louis V. bags, 10 pair's of sneakers, and down grade their BMW/Benz to something simpler, until then, its not my problem.
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15 July 2014, 11:38 AM | #25 |
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Tell your two brothers-in-law you had a great year, and are going to buy them each a new one. That may shut them up!
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15 July 2014, 11:39 AM | #26 |
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15 July 2014, 11:39 AM | #27 |
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Mother in law gives me grief so being so "spendy" but then again she gives me grief about everything else too. I think next time she comes to visit I will have these two on display right in the middle of the dinner table...
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15 July 2014, 11:40 AM | #28 |
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What good are friends and family if you can't fart in their car?
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15 July 2014, 11:41 AM | #29 |
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i suppose if they're just out to nitpick, let the watch take the hit... better than complaining about your hair or job
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15 July 2014, 11:45 AM | #30 |
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It's jealousy, pure and simple.
My family doesn't give me a ration about anything, I'm fortunate in that way. The last Rolex I bought myself, my friends - every single one of them - said "Good for you, you haven't done anything for yourself in a while." I got good people around me.
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