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Suit of the Week: Brooks Brothers

Suit of the Week

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For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional.

I'm curious, readers — does this suit look classic to you? Fresh? Or dated in that “is it 2009 again”? We're at an interesting point in fashion where everything is kind of in style right now. I love the glen plaid cashmere wool here, and the cut seems classic. The one-button blazer has two pockets and no trendy details — no crazy shoulder pads, puff sleeves, square shoulders, ruffles, bell sleeves, capes, etc. The pants — while a different cut than the popular cropped straight style — still feel kind of classic to me. I'm curious to hear your thoughts!

The suit is on sale at Brooks Brothers for 50% off — the blazer, skirt, and pants are all between $114-$249.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous

    All of it looks super, super dated to me – the cut, the print, the shoes.

    • Anon

      What is wrong with the pants? The wide leg? I think that’s trending.

      I’ve personally never liked a lot of pattern on suits (I’m ok with it for jackets) but I don’t see anything terribly dated about this as an entire look. You’re supposed to be able to hold on to a suit for several years – I would actually not want to get too trendy with something like this.

      • Anonymous

        The pant cut is bootcut, not wide leg, and does not look current to me.

    • Senior Attorney

      Eh I’m not super mad at it, give or take the Photoshop, which I now can’t unsee.

  2. Anon

    Honestly I can’t even tell anymore what’s “in” and what’s “dated”. My fashion meter is broken. Unless you’re wearing white go-go boots and a giant bouffant, I’ll assume you’re somewhat current.

    • buffybot

      Except….proving exactly your point! …. white boots were very trendy last year and seem to continue to be so? Time is a flat circle.

    • anon

      That’s about where I’m at. Although my outfit today is probably very circa 2012 and I can’t be bothered to care. Tall boots, ponte dress, cardigan.

  3. Anon

    I like this suit! If I were going to wear a suit now, it would definitely have pants (vs a pencil or other skirt). Not sure how I’d hem and I’d look to get a flatter shoe than shown.

    OTOH, BB suits have never fit me (ditto Boss, which I would also love to have).

    • Anon

      Yeah why is that with the skirt? I’m not liking any of my skirts any more, even pre-pandemic.

      • Cat

        I think pencil skirts had such a moment around 2010 (in the wake of Mad Men?) that we all got sick of them. But in any event agreed, I am reaching for dresses or pants now.

  4. Anonymous

    Reposting because I posted too late this morning. I’ve found in recent months I really cannot handle wearing anything tight around my stomach. My weight hasn’t changed dramatically but the jeans and leggings and tights I used to wear all the time drive me crazy lately. I’m pushing 40. Is this a thing that happens with age or peri-menopause? Is this something worth bringing up to my doctor?

    • Anon

      I don’t know what a doctor is going to do with “I hate uncomfortable clothes”. Casual lockdown dressing has made everyone fed up with confining clothing.

    • Trixie

      I have having waist bands, too. I think it is part of covid dressing, and I have dropped zippers and buttons because they drive me crazy. You can talk with your doctor, or adjust your clothing. Dresses are great for this, as are overalls, jumpsuits, and elastic waist, loose pants. Good luck!

    • PolyD

      I never had a problem wearing bras, and now find even the no-wire, stretchy ones unbearably uncomfortable. Pretty sure it’s just what one gets used to.

    • Cat

      I think this is just your body getting used to less confining clothes? I started wearing jeans again during the workday (rather than leggings) on the same principle that keeps me wearing my retainer periodically, lol

    • anon

      IDK, anecdotally, I do think we become less tolerant of sensory discomfort as we get older.

      • BeenThatGuy

        This is my vote. I really can’t emotionally handle being uncomfortable in clothing or shoes anymore (45 years old). Don’t even get me started about uncomfortable hair ties or headbands!

    • Coach Laura

      The only thing that would worry me is if your spleen is enlarged. It’s on the left side right below the ribs and normally right above your waistband but if it gets big – and I know from experience – it can make waistbands uncomfortable. A large spleen that grows escapes from behind the ribs, across the midline of the body and sometimes can be felt. In that case, yes mention it to your doctor as it can be a sign of leukemia or lymphoma or some other disease. It’s unlikely so hopefully not.

    • Anonymous

      You should go to your OBGYN and have them make an ultrasound. I had similar issues and it turned out I had a pretty big cyst.

    • Anonymous

      I’ve felt that way once with an ovarian cyst and recently super bloated and diagnosed with colon cancer. I wouldn’t take discomfort as normal.

    • Anonymous

      Yes, I’d view it as abdominal bloating/discomfort and discuss with my doctor on that basis. I’ve no desire to be alarmist, I’m sure in 99% of cases it’s nothing, but those can be symptoms of some of the harder to catch early cancers and I’d want it looked into from that perspective.

  5. Anon

    Any birthday gift ideas for a 14-year-old girl? She’s into sports, fashion, and reading. I’ve gotten her Athleta gifts or gift cards the past several years, but looking for something new this year.

    • Anonymous

      My 14-year-old fits this description, and I found the Strategist gift guide for teenage girls to be pretty good. Some of the suggested gifts are know-your-audience or check-with-parents-first items, though (e.g., I would say no to the bed canopy and reed diffuser because my kid has allergies). I’d also be cautious with fashion items unless you are 100% sure it’s a specific wish she has.

    • Anonymous

      Doc Martins or Uggs. Airpods. A gift certificate to a local book store. A sewing class (this is huge in my town).

      • Anonymous

        Random sewing gift tip–if you are giving a sewing machine, make it an entry-level Babylock or Janome. Do not buy a sewing machine at JoAnn or a big-box retailer from a brand like Singer or Brother. Those are garbage and will break right away.

        • Nudibranch

          Agreed. Nothing that will make a new sewer hate sewing like a machine that constantly jams or breaks down!

    • Anon

      Hydroflask water bottles are big with my teen daughter and her friends. My daughter loves subscription boxes too. She has received and liked Book of the Month, Strong Selfie, Maker Crate, Universal Yuma, and Boxycharm (Boxycharm is makeup and skincare products, so may not be of interest)

    • Anonymous

      For a smaller gift, maybe the new Anne Bogel (Modern Mrs. Darcy) reading journal?

    • Anonymous

      An opportunity to try a new sporty experience with a friend? Something like a zip-line, wind tunnel, roller derby or other less common sporty stuff?

    • Anon

      My daughter would have been absolutely delighted with a Glossier gift at that age. Just pick out a few things – skincare or lipgloss or whatever – and she will be delighted to receive the box in the mail.

    • anon

      I’m a little late to this but…

      Anything from PlayaSociety (sports-related fashion)
      Tickets to a pro women’s sporting event (college bball maybe – or promise to buy tix to NWSL/WNBA/NWHL when tix are out)
      Tickets to any of her fave teams games

  6. Anonymous

    I like this suit, but literally just this morning tried on a similar glen plaid suit with a single-button single-breasted blazer, and thought “Gosh, this looks a little dated to me.”

    My fashion meter is also broken, but one thing I’m sure of: NO MORE PEPLUMS. I was going through my closet and found a bunch of peplum shirts and a few jackets, and they all looked terrible.

  7. Anon

    This looks like 2010 all over again, but given what I’m seeing out there online, this will be “current” in a couple of years. IMHO, no one is spending huge amounts of money on trendy or unflattering attire, so basic/classic is going to make a comeback.

    • Anonymous

      This is my thought, exactly.
      As I try to think about simplifying my own wardrobe, I feel like the answer for me is anathema to those touting a 2021 attitude of “athleisure for all occasions”– more suits and dresses. Realizing that I did not actually have a wardrobe crisis yesterday, as I was deciding what to wear to a deposition, because I have four recently pressed suits and a handful of silk shells, was such a relief and got me out the door quickly. Dresses and tights with boots is going to be my fall/winter outside-of-court wardrobe. This is what worked before, so I am leaning into it.

      • anon

        Agree. At my workplace, there is zero difference in how people dressed in 2019 and how they’re dressing now.

    • Anonymous

      And why I am hesitant to get rid of any clothes if it will just be in style in a few years….

  8. Deedee

    My spouse is about to apply for a next step of schooling either at the University of Rochester or at Rutgers (New Brunswick, NJ). I’ve love thoughts if you’ve lived near either location. We’re on a tight timeframe to decide on a mostly-binding application process.

    Right off the bat, I see that Rochester is super LCOL, which is attractive while we’re on one income. But, it’s far from friends & family in NY/New England, and I understand winters are brutal. I’ve never been there and won’t be able to visit until next month, after which our decision will need to be made in short order. Rutgers – I have family in the area, which I don’t mind in the least despite all the flack ppl give Jersey. Obviously it’s a good bit more expensive than Rochester, which gives me a bit of pause. We live in a similarly suburban area now, about an hr outside of a major city and I’ve enjoy the job opportunities & proximity to major airport that’s offered us.

    I’d love to know anything about either of these areas that I might not be thinking of already! TIA.

    • Anon

      You need to keep your career moving forward. Are you permanent remote or do you need to find a job near where your spouse goes to school? Don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish; you not working for however many years is going to cost far more in the long run than a few thousand extra in living expenses. This isn’t like Omaha vs. San Francisco.

      Are there differences in cost or quality of the schools your spouse is considering?

      • Anon

        Agree on these points. Proximity to job opportunities and airport is New Brunswick. Rochester metro is like Buffalo (where I lived) – job market separated a bit too far from the Northeast is not an area of job growth. Rochester will set you back.

      • Deedee

        Point taken about the relatively small COL differential. I hope & expect to be able to do my job remotely (there is lots of precedent for this at my employer in the type of role I have). But I’d definitely would have strong job prospects in NJ/NYC and not in NYS. Difference in tuition cost is give or take 10-15%, all of which will be financed no matter what and fortunately both programs are well regarded for what my spouse will be doing.

    • Anon

      I’m not super familiar with either location, but for some reason I know multiple people who lived in Rochester because they were in school there (as grad students, so they were older and most had families). They all really liked living there and were sad to leave. I get the impression you’re making the decision about something like a postdoc or medical residency where the decision really comes down to the academic opportunity for your spouse and hopefully you can work remotely? I would imagine in person work opportunities for you might be harder in Rochester, but it seems like a fine place to live for a few years if you have a job you can continue elsewhere.

      • Deedee

        Right on about the situation (hate to be vague but this is the internet!). I’ve heard similar from 2 folks I know who were med students in Rochester–that it was a nice city–so I appreciate the anecdata.

        • Anon

          If it’s a postdoc fit with the advisor is far more important than institutional prestige. But if it’s a postdoc you wouldn’t be applying to only 2 places. You normally apply to dozens of places and are lucky to get 1-2 offers.

          • Coach Laura

            Could be a MD fellowship.

            The blogger Franishtheblog is now an MD (originally a student fashion blogger) and just moved to Rochester with her husband who’s from there. Her IG is fran.ish and she has recent posts on IG and blog on living in Rochester and why they picked it. That might be a good thing to read.

      • Anon

        In the case of residency, highly recommend choosing a place that you are excited to spend time and potentially have your own network. You will spend a lot of time on your own, including unexpectedly when SO has to work late and is in an OR and can’t text you, or doesn’t sleep while on overnight call and has to cancel dinner plans the next day, etc. Not having friends of your own or places you’d want to explore solo could breed a lot of resentment. There are usually SO groups near major hospitals, but honestly a lot of those just exacerbate the feeling of being less important than your spouse’s career. I highly recommend considering which location you feel like you will be better able to make your own friends and build your own interests / hobbies.

    • Allie

      If your professional opportunities are the same, I think both locations are great places to live for a few years, although different from each other, and you can’t really go wrong between the two.

    • Anon

      I think you received great advice so far. I went to Rutgers for undergrad in New Brunswick. I loved it but New Brunswick felt more urban. There is a convenient train station to get to NYC, nice bars/restaurants, and a theater in downtown New Brunswick. Depending on where you live, parking can be tough. It’s actually not that far from both NYC and Philly and Newark airport. If you’re more of a city person, I’d go for Rutgers. If you can work 100% remote and don’t mind living in Rochester for a few years, that could be a good way to save money but it does seem a bit too suburban for me.

    • Anonymous

      I went to grad school at Rutgers NB. Pluses are that there is a train to NYC right there so super convenient, climate is better in winter- much milder than Rochester, proximity to the beach, and job opportunities galore. There is a lot of good housing in Piscataway and in Highland Park right over the bridge I.e. walkable.

    • Anonymous

      Also should mention that train in NB goes right to Newark airport so there is good access to a major airport since you mentioned that.

    • Flower City

      I used to live in Rochester. Really liked it – took up XC skiing to get through the winters. We had young kids at the time, though. It’s a GREAT area for that, incredibly family-friendly, but I think I might have liked it a bit less if I’d still been childless.

      U of R is in a great part of the city and there are excellent schools in Brighton (the suburb that borders Rochester where U of R is), if that’s a consideration.

      I’d move back in a heartbeat.

    • Anonymous

      I went to grad school in New Brunswick in the early 2000s and thought it was a terrible town – both expensive and boring and somewhat dangerous (there was a serial rapist on the loose at the time, and the new president of the college got mugged walking out of a liquor store or something equally ignoble). Granted I was going to art school and spending a lot of time in Brooklyn on the weekends. Anyway, if you go that route you might prefer to live across the river in Highland Park, which seemed a lot nicer to me. Parts of Rutgers are over there anyway. In general New Brunswick feels more suburban than a town in its own right.

  9. AIMS

    I was just ogling this suit last weekend. I would wear it! I think the difference in dated vs. not, may come down to some details/accessories? I defintely had something similar to this in 2009-2010 but the jacket was shorter and had smaller lapels. I also think how you accessorize matters – I would make sure my jewelry etc. was more modern vs. something more classic or dated (so not those giant colorful JCrew necklaces even if they are inevitably going to make a comeback) and if i was going to do flats it might be some pointy loafers maybe.

  10. Cat

    This reminds me a lot of the suits I wore in my first years of practice, so yes, late 00’s.

    I don’t know if I’ll ever wear a full suit again. I don’t go to court, and women in my org tend to wear “blazer over non-matching sheath” or “patterned blazer with neutral pants” even for high-visibility meetings.

    • Of Counsel

      I think the “don’t go to court” is critical here. This suit looks lovely and appropriate to me (although probably too hot for Southern California 90% of the year) but I am always on the lookout for nice, not horribly boring suits that I can wear to court. This qualifies (although I would probably not wear it for a jury trial).

      As far as I can tell, the court “uniform” has not changed markedly. Women are still wearing suits (although more pants and dresses with matching jackets and not as many skirt suits) with pumps or structured flats.

      • Anonanonanon

        Ha, I picked up this exact suit for a jury trial. Ah well. It’s slated for three weeks so I figured I’d get a few more non-boring suits because that’s a lot of suit wearing for me.

    • LaurenB

      I think it’s classic, not terribly dated, and not fashion forward either. A good investment piece but hopefully people who need this kind of outfit already had it in their wardrobes pre-pandemic.

    • Anonymous

      This is me. I have a VP-level position and even when I have to be my most business formal I do not wear a full suit.

  11. Clara

    I started a new job a few weeks ago as a data engineer and we are hiring an intern. Literally 95% of the applicants are men. It’s a new job so I’ll tread slowly, but overall what are some things you’ve done at work to increase the number of women applying? I do have the position/responsibility to do this, but more for future hires than this one.

    • Agurk

      Following with interest…I am in an identical situation. My whole data science team (up down and sideways) is male, and all the job applicants are too. My last two jobs were actually 50/50 so I know it’s not impossible.

    • Anon

      1. Look at your job description. Women tend to apply when they meet 100% or almost 100% of the requirements; men apply when they meet about 70% of the requirements. Decide what is a requirement and what is a preference, and label accordingly.

      2. Reach out to SWE or other professional women’s groups. Reach out to local universities.

      3. If this is a role in which you need, e.g., math smarts but not necessarily expertise in data science, reach out to math and science departments for talented women students.

    • Anonymous

      Recommend you consider what the actual degree experience & work experience levels are truly needed for the job.

      I am in a bit of a different sector (Product Management) – so maybe there is a parallel for data science. Few in this profession are women & one of the major factors identified during the recruiting process is many jobs are identified as requiring a Computer Science degree – where you want someone technical but the degree itself isn’t really critical

      Women are apparently more likely to have “non traditional” career paths & could have great relevant experience that doesn’t meet a checklist which is strictly “degree + years of experience”

    • Anon

      Where are you posting this job? I work at a university with many many many female data science students. There are also female focused stem student groups

      • Clara

        I believe mainly on LinkedIn. I’m not sure how much proactive outreach they’ve done in the past. The data team itself has a good number of women though.

    • Stephanie

      I agree with previous posters about outreach. I will also assume that this isn’t, say, a job in sports.

      Reach out to SWE, AWIS, women-in-whatever-industry-you’re-in groups. Try Women Who Code, Women in Data Science, Women in Bio, Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology. I would also suggest Black in Data for outreach.

      If you know a potential candidate or you know someone who might know someone – specifically contact them, and directly ask/tell them that you are hiring. Don’t assume that everyone will see posts on LinkedIn or job postings. And contacting an individual might encourage them to apply.

  12. Is it Friday yet?

    Gut check: I’m half-leasing one of my horses to a woman at my barn. She gets to ride three weekdays of her choice per week (i.e. she doesn’t have set days), and I offered the flexibility since I rarely have time to ride during the week anyway. No idea when she actually rides or whether it’s always the same days or not. I’m taking a day off work to take my horses to a clinic next week, and sent her a text on Monday letting her know – so a week’s notice that I was riding him that one day next week. She texted back today sort of passive aggressively that she was able to rearrange her schedule this time, but would appreciate if I checked in beforehand in future, as she’s sure I can appreciate that she needs to keep her own schedule sorted. As I see it, he’s my horse and that day of the week isn’t delineated as “hers”, so providing a week’s notice (which is as soon as I knew I was going) asking her to pick other days that week is reasonable and perfectly respectful of her time – it’s not like I let her know the night before. I think I’m going to say that either she can keep the flexibility but that I get priority on the rare (maybe 1x every two months?) weekdays I want to ride him, or that she can pick three set days a week if she wants me to check with her first. I’m not being unreasonable, right? I’m just so irritated at the tone of the text…

    • Anon

      Scheduling juggling is like hard gymnastics for me now, so it’s probably that you caught her at a bad time or her job has some weird rules re remote days being locked I. Or it is hard to raise her hand re horse-driven schedule changes. You stepped in someone else’s mess quite innocently. Some people don’t have a lot of grace left to give.

    • Anon

      Tone is pretty hard to convey and to construe with texts, I’d try to take that feeling out of the equation. But I think what you’re proposing is reasonable. I know nothing about horse leases. Is it, like, an actual lease? Have you signed something with this woman and is there an end date? If so, I don’t think it would be great to change the arrangement in the middle of it. But if it’s not like that, then yes, propose some options.

      • Is it Friday yet?

        It is in writing, it’s month-to-month, and as far as days to ride it’s “three weekdays per week as mutually agreed upon”. I’ve let her pick whatever since it hasn’t made a difference to me what days she rides, but having her specify days wouldn’t be changing the arrangement just clarifying it.

    • Elegant Giraffe

      You’re not being unreasonable but I also don’t think you need to give any sort of substantive response. I might just ignore the text altogether. And next time, I would again give one week’s notice. If she complains again, then at that point you can say the thing about she needs to pick three days per week.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, you’re fine. A week’s notice when you weren’t taking away a “set day” is more than fine. I’d just let it go.

    • Anon

      I would start scheduling set days with her so you don’t have any confusion in the future. Or she should let you know what days she’s going to ride.

    • Anon

      It’s your horse. A week’s notice is plenty. She’s pulling the customer is always right BS but you’re not Nordstrom and you can always pull the contract. I agree it would be better if you made her have set days to avoid this in the future.

    • anon

      Knowing nothing about horse leasing I’m sitting here thinking two things. First are your leasing terms out of the ordinary (looser or tighter) than what is typical for this type of arrangement.? That may be something to revisit and adjust to mitigate future issues. Second, and very possibly more the case, from what you are saying, it seems this woman is trying to make her problems your problems. You do not have to let her do that.
      I hope she treats your horse better than how she is treating the nature of this lease.

    • Anon

      It depends. Did she have something planned for that day, like a lesson or riding with friends? If you have let her have total flexibility on the days she rides, her reaction is not totally unexpected. Better communication on both sides is needed. Maybe she does ride on the same day every week. Maybe that is what her schedule allows. It seems like you are changing the terms of the lease. You need to figure out what is going to work and clearly communicate it to her. Leasing is hard because most horse people are crazy.

      • Anon

        And what kind of clinic is it? Are you working at a level when the horse really should only be lightly worked the day before/after the clinic? That would take out 3 days.

      • Is it Friday yet?

        The total flexibility isn’t written into the contract (I’m just trying to be nice with that!), but the fact that the days she chooses are at my agreement is. I gave reasonable notice in case she did have to reschedule a lesson, but I dunno, it’s my horse and this whole deal is at my pleasure and I sort of resent the idea that I need her permission to ride him on a weekday. Side note, she’s self-employed so her schedule isn’t totally rigid (in fact, I suspect it changes a bit week to week on the basis of what she does).

        Clinic is weekend-adjacent, so one of the days is already formally “mine”. She doesn’t work him particularly strenuously, and I’m not concerned about his fitness level for this.

        • Anon

          Horse leases are hard, they are not like leasing out a piece of equipment. Yes, it is your horse, but the lease makes him effective not-your-horse 3 days a week. Even though the flexibility is not written into the agreement, it is implied because that is what you have allowed. When I rode, a week was not enough notice to change my lessons. My trainer was booked and I would have ended up paying for the lesson anyways. You really need to have a conversation with her about how exactly this will work, if she does not have set days, how much advance notice do you each need to give to definitively claim a certain day? If she has a set schedule of T, Th, F and you have a clinic/show you want to attend on a Friday, how does that work?

          • Is it Friday yet?

            A week is more than enough notice to reschedule a lesson at the barn I board him at, and they definitely wouldn’t make her pay, so I’m not causing a great hardship there. If she had set days, I’d ask to work something out rather than just let her know what I was planning, but that’s not the case here. She’s only paying for three days a week (and she’s got a good deal on it, and there’s not really another comparable horse available to her), and it feels a little entitled of her to assume that she has priority for five.

    • LaurenB

      As an aside, I’m seeing the expression “sorted” all over the place. It’s new to me. Anyone else?

    • Gail the Goldfish

      You’re not being unreasonable, but I’d also work out set days going forward. I used to half-lease my horse 2 days a week and it was just easier to have set days and then if one of us had something we wanted to do on the other’s day, switch with notice.

  13. anon

    Any gift ideas for my cousin who is a freshman in college? Budget is around $50. She’s in a standard dorm and is on the college dining plan. She doesn’t drink coffee, unless she started this semester. I bought her a Hydroflask last Christmas and a backpack for her high school graduation. She has earbuds. Gift cards go unused.

    • Cat

      I can’t think of anything I would have wanted more as a college freshman than $50 cash in a card, tbh.

    • Shelle

      Gift card to the campus bookstore to buy school branded swag or textbooks/supplies?

    • Anon

      Hi my son is a college freshman. Other than cold hard cash, maybe a DoorDash or Uber eats gift card.

      The other thought I have is wool socks because generally there’s more walking and for longer periods on college campuses than HS campuses and most kids don’t necessarily have the clothes for that. But socks may not be exciting. (They would be for me!)

    • anon@3:44

      Unfortunately, cash and gift cards aren’t great options. When not at school, my cousin lives with her grandmother (my aunt), who takes cash and gift cards. I think my aunt means well (like a “safekeeping” kind of thing, or she’ll use it more responsibly), but it’s really dysfunctional. The worst part is that my mom says there are at least 100 unused gift cards on my aunt’s dresser.

      • Anon

        Yikes that doesn’t sound well meaning to me. It’s theft. Can you add $50 onto her university account balance? She can probably at least get herself something fun or useful at the bookstore with that.

        • Anon

          Or a digital gift card to her email. I know Target has those. I assume other businesses do too.

      • Cat

        yikes, that’s awful. She has her own bank account, right? Can you just Venmo or Zelle her the cash (noting that in the card) along with a small gift like the socks suggested above?

      • anonshmanon

        there is no place in the world where it is well meaning to take away cash or a gift card from a college kid(unless we are talking about life changing sums). When is your cousin going to learn how to deal with money? This is so wrong.

      • Anon

        That’s dysfunctional. It’s also problematic because gift cards expire. Even if you get one in, say, 2016, if the company updates its software and such too many times, it will not be able to read the card in 2020. (Ask me how I know this.)

        Can you send something like Insomnia Cookies?

      • Anon

        Ok that’s terrible but I don’t think anyone was suggesting a physical gift card. Send her an electronic one, and help her get out of that situation!!

      • LaurenB

        Very dysfunctional. Can you get a digital gift card to the local college pizza place / coffee shop / ice cream parlor / etc that can be sent directly to her?

      • Anonymous

        I think this college student really needs someone to tell her this is not okay for her grandmother to take money from her and for someone to help her set up her own bank/credit union account that the grandmother doesn’t have access to. It should not be difficult to enroll in online statements and to use her campus address to set up accounts.

    • Anonymous

      Can you send cash to her at school somehow? Like a certified check or money order or something where she can turn it into cash when she’s back at school? I really don’t know how money orders work, so this may be a terrible suggestion. Or send a gift card to her at school?

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