We have all been there

Deciding if that couch is too old

Those shoes have seen better days

The pan that just looks like it has had it last day

However what stops us from upgrading?

Economy?

It is just too much right now, unable to buy a new one.

Sentiment?

This pan has cooked every meal I ever made, ain’t giving it up now.

My gave me that, I can’t get another one.

Denial?

What is wrong with that pan looks fine to me, just cooked with it last night.

If it is sentiment or denial this isn’t designed for you.

However if it is economic well listen up I may support what you are already thinking.

The economy is getting tighter and as we make sure we have enough money for this and that we are stretching the bell curve so much it is a line.

Think about it, the middle class where most of us could afford a home on a single or dual salary now needs second jobs for both parents.

Heck, more generations are living together not because of emotional needs but because of social economic problems.

Since gas has gone up there has been something else we should have bought but say sorry not right now.

If you are that positive person you make do, improvise.

Maybe you shop at Ross rather than Macys, if you shopped at Ross maybe now the Goodwill.

Does that mean you wanted to stop shopping at Macys?

Really you just do what you have to do to get by.

You say it is what it is but yet you didn’t get this year like you normally have.

But you can’t complain so you just deal with it.

Hence you slid down the curve and fell into the lower class extremity.

Whereas there were just a few of you who could keep up with the Jones’s. Buying something new every season.

The bell curve is gone or at least more of a small bump than a full on mountain.

So why oh why does media say well that is just what they like, they live that way.

However for most of society they would recognize when the pan needs replacing, or the couch is just too worn.

We are a very make do society but for most US citizens we didn’t buy the lesser quality product or replace it because we thought it was better we bought it because we couldn’t.

Seriously, most Americans want nice things, we just can’t afford it anymore.

-Jennie Nawrocki