I spent $1,000 only on tights

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:34 pm

Yup 1K
I bought 7 pairs for each child for Shabbos and 9 for weekday.
And no, I don’t have 400 kids.

amother

Lightgreen

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:35 pm

Why do they need seven pairs for Shabbos???

amother

Pink

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:36 pm

amother OP wrote:

Yup 1K
I bought 7 pairs for each child for Shabbos and 9 for weekday.
And no, I don’t have 400 kids.

Do you wash only once a month?

amother

Moonstone

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:36 pm

amother OP wrote:

Yup 1K
I bought 7 pairs for each child for Shabbos and 9 for weekday.
And no, I don’t have 400 kids.

Why does each kid need 16 pairs of tights? Seriously sounds insane to me.

care4u

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:37 pm

Why do you need seven pairs of tightes per kid for shabbos?
I'm trying to figure that out

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:38 pm

Because this is for the whole season!
Shabbos tights tear and 4 is not enough for the whole season.

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:39 pm

amother Moonstone wrote:

Why does each kid need 16 pairs of tights? Seriously sounds insane to me.

Not 16! Seven for Shabbos for whole season.
Think of sukkos. Your kids wear the same tights all Yomtov?

amother

NeonOrange

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:39 pm

amother OP wrote:

Because this is for the whole season!
Shabbos tights tear and 4 is not enough for the whole season.

Why not buy as needed?. Not every child will rip their tights. You may have more than you need.

amother

Wine

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:40 pm

Trying to understand. For shabbos 3-4 is more than enough I honestly manage in two pairs unless it’s a year where there is 3 day yt. And weekday if let’s say u do laundry once a week (how?!) So 6-7 pairs. But I manage with 4-5 pairs bec I do laundry more often. But also do I need to buy all the pairs the most expensive type?

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:41 pm

amother NeonOrange wrote:

Why not buy as needed. Not every child will rip their tights. You may have more than you need

This is tried and true. This is the amount they need if we don’t want to borrow tights from the neighbors.

amother

Canary

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:42 pm

amother OP wrote:

Not 16! Seven for Shabbos for whole season.
Think of sukkos. Your kids wear the same tights all Yomtov?

4 days of yt this year. 5 pairs should be sufficient.

amother

DarkMagenta

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:43 pm

Woah
How much do you pay for each around?
And I was feeling guilty paying $45 on tights

amother

SandyBrown

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:43 pm

Wow! You must have so many DDs! What a bracha!!!

amother

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:43 pm

Ok I got my answer. It’s extravagant.
My kids should really manage with 4 pairs of tights for Shabbos from now until pesach.

amother

NeonOrange

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:44 pm

amother OP wrote:

This is tried and true. This is the amount they need if we don’t want to borrow tights from the neighbors.

They will rip them all in 1 day?. I'm not sure why you will have to borrow from a neighbor when they have other tights from earlier in a week. And how do you KNOW that is the exact number they will rip. Do your girls wear a special kind of tznius tights that rip easily? If they rip easily you will need more than 17 pairs anyway.

amother

DarkMagenta

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:45 pm

amother OP wrote:

Not 16! Seven for Shabbos for whole season.
Think of sukkos. Your kids wear the same tights all Yomtov?

9+7=16

amother

Lightgray

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:45 pm

If you didn’t stock up on replacements now your cost would be more manageable. It will be spread out over the season.

amother

Latte

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:45 pm

amother OP wrote:

Not 16! Seven for Shabbos for whole season.
Think of sukkos. Your kids wear the same tights all Yomtov?

You said 7 pairs plus 9 pairs. That's 16 per kid.

ShishKabob

Thu, Sep 28 2023, 7:45 pm

The truth is that maybe we so buy them this amount of tights over the year, but it's not all in one shot, so maybe that's why this sounds so extravagent to us.