tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post1103400256990470982..comments2024-03-21T12:20:09.085+01:00Comments on Totally Frenched Out: Surreal moment # 131Ksamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-45335019999596526502008-06-19T22:15:00.000+02:002008-06-19T22:15:00.000+02:00"only 5k", it must be nice..."only 5k", it must be nice...A (Parisian) Seattleite back in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587275909709928764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-19919849069774759442008-06-19T09:40:00.000+02:002008-06-19T09:40:00.000+02:00The rich are just so open to having the piss taken...The rich are just so open to having the piss taken out of them. Run up a bag for a couple of hundred euros, spread a rumour, flatter - which will get you everywhere... and flog it for 20 times the price.<BR/><BR/>Suckers...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-58937470235412800832008-06-19T09:39:00.000+02:002008-06-19T09:39:00.000+02:00do people like that even exist? lol...I thought th...do people like that even exist? lol...I thought they were just in the movies! <BR/><BR/>P.S. How did you like SATC? I saw it in VO in Lille and loved it...made me nostalgic and kinda homesick though considering I spent the better part of my university years on my couch with roommates watching SATC episodes..<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your stress free summer and I envy that you are finally done "waiting"...I hope to be at that point really soon :)Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136483568967161966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-80836996497821484872008-06-19T08:01:00.000+02:002008-06-19T08:01:00.000+02:00'chiante' is a lovely French word which means anno...'chiante' is a lovely French word which means annoying. for a guy you'd say 'chiant'. It comes from the verb Chier: to sh*tJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588490279012729338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-60322842027952680712008-06-19T03:54:00.000+02:002008-06-19T03:54:00.000+02:00What lovely insider info!What lovely insider info!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455800980666388178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-22031638826623128782008-06-18T18:05:00.000+02:002008-06-18T18:05:00.000+02:00Alas....as someone who works in the luxury womensw...Alas....as someone who works in the luxury womenswear market, I must say that there are quite a lot of women like that (and we target them all, haha - evil laugh).<BR/><BR/>At one of the places I worked at in Paris, a young socialite came into the boutique and apparently dropped 11,000 euros on clothes and shoes. The news spread around the studio like wildfire (the salesladies actually CALLED us to tell us)....I'm pretty sure the socialite totally guaranteed that year's earnings or whatever. At the other place I worked at, at certain times of the year there would be huge limos lined up in front of the boutique (a lot of them with Arab licence plates, go figure). I assume that the women would spend quite a bit of money as well....In general, the rich Arab women would spend a ton of money on shoes and bags, but wouldn't buy any clothes.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I'm not sure, but I believe a Birkin bag goes for way more than 5000 euros.parisiannewyorkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433754181307222345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-49250876366253736182008-06-18T17:30:00.000+02:002008-06-18T17:30:00.000+02:00what does chiante mean?here in d.c. all the nannie...what does chiante mean?<BR/><BR/>here in d.c. all the nannies are brown.<BR/><BR/>i have a friend who is puerto rican, olive skinned, whose own baby was blonde and hazel eyed. everybody asked her if she was the nanny. it happens all the time to mothers of even slightly paler babies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-33718474387843487852008-06-18T15:43:00.000+02:002008-06-18T15:43:00.000+02:00Haha, Sam, those aren't even the richest moms beca...Haha, Sam, those aren't even the richest moms because what are they doing with their kids at the park? Don't they have help that could do that for them? (Maybe they're only there for their weekly one-upping each other.) <BR/><BR/>I always feel like a weirdo at the parks in Paris, though usually it's because I'm actually playing with the children (gasp!). This truly gets me the strangest looks from Parisian parents.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923009121849351449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-23165654311207113022008-06-18T11:57:00.000+02:002008-06-18T11:57:00.000+02:00@ The Late Blommer: If you haven't heard things li...@ The Late Blommer: If you haven't heard things like this before then you haven't met my French MIL.<BR/><BR/>Just to get things straight I really do like my MIL but she is obviously living on another planet from me. Full-time housekeeper, huge house, designer clothes, shoes and handbags, she never even washes her own hair she goes to the hairdresser for this, personal trainer, Cellule M6 treaments (for your cellulite dear !) . . . the list could go on. She has no idea how husband and I and can live in so little and we both have good ‘Parisian Cadre’ salaries ! We call her the handbag queen as she just has to have the latest designs by Chloé or whoever. Lots of keeping up with the Jones in these circles, it’s all very superficial<BR/><BR/>Lots of people live like this. . .I say lucky for them that money is no question (it does make life simpler) but I can guarantee you that it doesn’t make them happier people.<BR/><BR/>The advantage of a MIL like this is that she buys me, husband and our son fantastic presents and I get to borrow her clothes (she has excellent taste) for weddings etc. .and even better she lives 800kms away.<BR/><BR/>So Sam welcome to how the other half live !<BR/>!leon's lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851053695219671895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-88844812455886685912008-06-18T10:26:00.000+02:002008-06-18T10:26:00.000+02:00at least the school year's almost over! :)at least the school year's almost over! :)A Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081358741196043358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-85018614744312261802008-06-18T10:24:00.000+02:002008-06-18T10:24:00.000+02:00I just did a quick calculation- an average Burkina...I just did a quick calculation- an average Burkinabé person would have to work for nearly 30 years to pay for one of those bags. That's a lifetime of work here in a country where the average life expectancy is 51 years. <BR/>It's really quite sickening. <BR/>And as a French/American citizen, I am pretty sick of stupid people trash-talking other nationalities. All it does is show what idiots they are.<BR/>Just ignore them Sam. You DO belong! THEY are the ones living in a sick fantasy land where a lifetime of work can barely buy a nice enough handbag to suit them.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141877537334176841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-52034223649180373502008-06-18T09:01:00.000+02:002008-06-18T09:01:00.000+02:00Late Bloomer- According to the Sex and the City mo...Late Bloomer- According to the Sex and the City movie that's how women do talk. Um...not in my world! The conversation goes more like 'who the hell would ever pay 5 grand for a bag?!'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-35323667377670936032008-06-17T23:28:00.000+02:002008-06-17T23:28:00.000+02:00OMG, 5,000€ ?? Seriously, that IS surreal... And...OMG, 5,000€ ?? Seriously, that IS surreal... And it boggles my mind to think that there really are women out there talking like that...The Late Bloomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08337578942279132688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-70554447679717252262008-06-17T21:15:00.000+02:002008-06-17T21:15:00.000+02:00You HAVE to write a story about this.You HAVE to write a story about this.deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278468497564430383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394835278337306813.post-18651583538337679722008-06-17T20:30:00.000+02:002008-06-17T20:30:00.000+02:00Oh, God. That is surreal at its worst.Oh, God. That is surreal at its worst.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551616905971658989noreply@blogger.com