Fuck name brand shit

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>be me
>7th grade going into 8th grade
>become obsessed with the idea of wearing "name brand" clothing
>wanted to dress like the cool kids and be noticed by girls
>my parents were poor
>we lived in a nice neighborhood, but really getting by on scraps
>especially my mom, I bugged her the most
>the things I would do to push her to the point of finally taking me to the mall and buying me a few shirts
>that was basically all I ever did around that time
>bug my mom to buy me nice name brand clothes
>fast forward to today
>now I'm 20 years old
>my mom is dead
>realize how shitty I was in that moment of time
>taking out extreme anger and frustration on her because I didn't get the clothes I always wanted to be "cool"
>now today I hardly ever give a shit what I wear walking out the house

Makes me realize how sick consumer culture is man, it can tear families apart. I can only imagine how my mom felt about me at that moment in time, I knew she loved me, but still...