Friendly Advice Tip #4

Everyone in the world cannot afford designer jeans. Or for that matter, organic butter, hybrid cars, boutique cosmetics, and European cigarettes. And if you think about it, you probably can’t afford all those things either. Most people who refuse to buy the generic have either a significant income or someone doling out a significant allowance. At some point, it may come down to that $25 of shampoo vs. you eating for a week, and at that point, you’ll make the right choice. And incidentally, the cheap beer is trendy—don’t think your fashionable poverty act is fooling anybody.