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The Coach Purse

10/23/2013

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I try to be a thoughtful husband.  I always remember birthdays, holidays
and anniversaries.  This year my anniversary came up in August and I could
not think of a gift idea for the life of me.  I tried for over a month but
I had either already given it or it was not of interest to her.  So I bit
the bullet and asked her what to get.  She responded by saying, “Don’t
worry about it.  I bought myself a Coach purse you can give me.”  So I
asked what a Coach purse was and I was told it was just a purse.  Then I
asked how much “I” spent and she said, “It was on sale.”  When you aren’t
given a number, it is never good!  So I examined my “gift” and found it to
be a rather ordinary looking purse.  There was nothing special about it
that differentiated it from any other purse besides all the repeats of the
letter C on it.  That led me to ask, “You already have a bunch of
purses.  You can’t even use all the ones you have now.  Why do you
need another one?”  Her response shocked me.  She said, “Everyone else
had one and I felt left out.”  Wow!  It was like middle school all
over again.  I was looking at this from a utilitarian point of view when it
was clearly an issue of peer pressure.  In the end, the purse made her
happy and that was the goal of the gift.  So I decided to let it be. 
Then I went to the store and noticed something.   Nearly every woman
there had a Coach purse!  One even had a Coach wallet.  A family with
twins went by with their double stroller and they had a Coach Diaper bag! 
Can I buy stock in this company?  They absolutely rule the market
place.  There were more women carrying something Coach than wearing blue
jeans.  Easily 75% of the women had something Coach.  It was not an
isolated occurrence.  Every store or mall I visited was the same way. 
Finally I talked to one of the women and mentioned I had bought my wife
one.  Then I asked her what was so special about them and her answer was,
“Everyone has one.  I figured I should too.”  The practical part of me
was floored.  It was one of the most incredible examples of group-think I
had ever seen.  Remember back in school when everyone wore a certain brand
of shoes and so you wanted them too in order to fit in?  The same was true
of jeans and other apparel.  I thought those days were over but it would
seem that meeting status quo is still relevant, particularly for women. 
With men the best example I could come up with was having the right car. 
Even that, however, is varied based on the person or demographic.  The
Coach purse was a universal necessity that transgressed all social
classes.  The sad part of it all is that in a year or so there will be some
other brand that everyone has to have and there will be an expensive purse in my
closet waiting for the trip to Goodwill.  I wonder if women dislike feeling
obliged to buy the latest trend or they look forward to it?  And who starts
these trends, anyway?  Maybe I can convince them to carry around my book.
LOL
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