Emotional purchases - what trigger yours

We've all been there at some point in our lifetime where we were minding our business going about our day and there goes that pretty dress that appear to be most ideal for the next cocktail party you haven't gotten an invite for. Yours could be buying that car you have no need for, pursuing that degree that really won't meet your financial expectations, or even having another kid you clearly can't support financially and emotionally (not that you can purchase a child, but we will allow this one exception. No offense please), whatever your purchase(s) were or decision(s) that resulted in a financial setback or impact you deeply, please share with us and the takeaways or lesson learned from your experience. Did the emotional purchase(s) or decision(s) impact your financial stability, relationship, or money management?? When did you realize the it was a big mistake and what steps did you take to prevent such from happening again?? Thanks in advance for your contribution🙏🏼! My hope is someone will learn ways to deter those trigger that leads to emotional purchases or decisons.

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Not that it was one single large purchase, but last year after I had my son and couldn’t kick the weight I gained, I bought A LOT of clothes that I felt could help flatter my new figure (or hide it) and give me the confidence I used to have. I realized it was a problem when I had a whole couch in my room covered with clothes I’d never worn and would probably never wear. Some should have been returned while others were never even taken out of their packaging.

@Laura so sorry to learn about the waste! That one will definitely hurt considering you had an expectations for the purchase and you didn't end up getting what you wanted. Perhaps you could have donated the clothes to a charity to get tax deduction. Goodwill and Salvation Army among many others are great charities you can donate gentile used or new clothes to and get something back usually based on your tax bracket. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@Laura currently doing that. It hasn’t gotten that bad to where im not opening them but I am 100% without a doubt if I had the funds in my account it would be. I’m only 4 months postpartum and I know buying ten pairs of jeans and 15 pair of underwear was ridiculous. I haven’t learned a way to manage it or how to stop. Every time I get a large sum of money I spend until it’s gone. It’s very unfair to my husband who keeps our family afloat the rest of the year. Hoping to learn something here.

@Cassie was it the postpartum effect that drove your purchases or you've noticed a pattern prior to postpartum? It might be helpful to identify what trigger the desire.

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