It was easy (relatively) for your parents to say "no" because they just couldn't afford it. It's much harder when you can afford it, but you don't think it's go

It was easy (relatively) for your parents to say "no" because they just couldn't afford it. It's much harder when you can afford it, but you don't think it's good for them to buy your kid YetAnotherPieceOfCrapTheyveBeenAdvertisedIntoWanting(tm).