It sounds like your families reasonings are ethical rather than just I'm never going to have so lets smash it up idiocy, which is fine and has probably set your thinking on many things you probably can't do much about that, and it's not worth getting hung up over, just be aware other peoples views aren't necessarily wrong. A BMW can be a sensible purchase not just a statement, I'm a car dealer and at an auction this week was impressed to see a Kia sportage that was 4 years old and sold originally for £20,100 make £14000 when the hammer fell, the day after I gave £5,500 for an 5 year old astra that was same cost new. Kia Sportage sensible purchase (4 years ago).
Same can be said for higher end watches, see pic of the Omega Seamaster I bought ten years ago £1,200. It's been worn everyday virtually, never missed a beat, keeps perfect time, and because of the quality of materials used looks as good today as then sapphire glass is unmarked as is the bezel and body, and I love it, because of the way high end watches are marketed, never discounted catalogue price increased 5-10% a year, my watch is worth today pretty much what i gave for it. A seamaster today £2200.
I didn't mean to reduce this thread to pounds / shillings and pence just trying to help make sense of the apparent madness of some choices people make so you can justify stuff to yourself having said all that you'd blow your bollocks in if you bought that horrible Movado.
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