Female director Doan Thu Thuy teaches her daughter: Don't buy a $300 bag that has nothing in it.
“There was a time when I was also disappointed when buying expensive branded bags and suitcases… then I realized that it had no meaning,” shared female director and culinary artist Doan Thu Thuy.
At the age of 30, Doan Thu Thuy made a life-changing decision: Divorce her husband and take her young daughter to Saigon to find a new life. Leaving her hometown with only 10 million VND and a barge, Doan Thu Thuy realized that she had to try very hard to change her life.
Sending her child to study at Nam Sai Gon School - one of the schools for children from wealthy families, the 30-year-old woman strives to give her child a good and fulfilling life. At 47 years old, she is the director of a company specializing in dredging and leveling the ground, and the owner of the restaurant Co Ba Xu Quang...
Behind the cold exterior of a female director of an infrastructure construction company is a mother with a gentle, affectionate beauty and deep thoughts about life. Having caused a storm on social networks with her advice on how to choose a husband, the businesswoman recently attracted the attention of the online community with a lesson to teach her children: Don't buy a $300 bag that has nothing in it.
During a trip to Thailand with her daughter, the female director saw a beautiful Burberry backpack at the airport and wanted to buy it for her daughter. However, after learning that the backpack cost 50 million VND, her daughter refused because "I don't need branded goods yet".
The refusal of that gift made her happy because she saw that her child knew how to save money and realized that his self-worth did not lie in his appearance or expensive fashion items.
The female director quoted billionaire Warren Buffett to gently teach her daughter: “Don’t buy a $300 bag that has nothing in it. Buy a $10 bag that has $290 in it. Don’t go bankrupt trying to look rich.”
She commented that nowadays, “many young girls spend more money than they earn, buy expensive bags to show off but the bags contain scraps of paper, not money. Many girls blindly accept valuable gifts, clothes or jewelry to show off to their friends that they are stylish, not knowing that every gift has its price.”
The female director admitted that she herself had made the “mistake” of buying expensive branded bags and suitcases to prove that she was not inferior to others. But then, she realized that expensive branded goods and fancy clothes do not reflect a person’s worth.
Many people dream of driving luxury cars, wearing expensive clothes, using luxury branded bags, but few people know that when they have everything in hand, what they want is to be leisurely, carefree, and comfortable in elastic-waisted pants, simple slippers...
“After all, the simpler life is, the better. Living truly is the most peaceful way to live, my child,” the female director also confided.
Director Doan Thu Thuy's post received more than 8,000 likes after more than a day of being posted. Many people agreed and expressed their support for Ms. Doan Thu Thuy's way of raising children.
Facebooker Thien Thach commented: "Her story is a valuable lesson for our youth."
Nguyen Hong Nhung - a Facebook follower of the businesswoman - also shares the director's point of view: "In the end, peace is on the inside, not on the outside. In the end, happiness is me being happy, not me being happy. And in the end, the value of a person is in the way they choose to live, not in an item of clothing on the outside."
Facebooker Minh Minh expressed his appreciation: “I feel every sentence, when people have nothing, everyone wishes for a fancy car, an expensive outfit, designer bags. But over time, I see that being carefree is really necessary. In life, the simpler the better.”
Many people also agree with the teachings of female director Doan Thu Thuy and said they will use this lesson to teach their children in the future.
