Shamed for my Rolex I Think???

[DCGuy1965]

Earlier this week I did my usual stint of waiting out the traffic on my off day from the gym. Anyone who knows DC traffic can relate and ranks driving in it right behind root canal. So I did the fail safe activity of heading over to a Starbucks to sip on an iced coffee and play stupid mindless games on my phone.

Well in the near vicinity there's a gentleman talking to 2 millenials about planning for their financial future, how important it is and the like. Overall pretty sound advice these days given student loan debt, sluggish wages, etc. But, and this is where it gets good, I happen to make quick eye contact with him and even smile with an approval nod when he proceeds to point at my wrist and tell these young people a purchase like that os totally against sound financial planning and can wreck your future. Folks, I was wearing my SeaDweller, nothing over the top. Now my first reaction was to tell this guy to well I'll keep it clean but instead I decided to have him elaborate.

We went back and forth about frugality versus living a little and I explained yes a Rolex is not a necessity but neither is Starbucks and chances are over a lifetime you'll spend a hell of a lot more for daily caffeine fixes. All the while these young people were closely following the conversation. I was just pretty amazed this guy had the stones to lecture ME about my finances like I was a kid. Look at my user name. I'm not that young anymore. Oh well, could have been worse. Imagine if I had a DayDate on.