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human
CMV: Thinking used clothes are gross while you have no problem going to restaurants is rooted classism

So, this might be a larger issue in my country, Mexico, where we don't have Ross or Marshalls equivalents, new clothes are on average more expensive than in the US, and when we take into account income, the difference is way way larger. So, it's very common for poor people to only buy used clothing.      

In the last few years, thrift shopping has been normalized among young people here, mostly because of its ecological aspect, but economically it makes sense too if you are a student. I've hopped on this, switched to mostly used clothes since entering college. My mom thinks it's gross, because you don't know where the clothes have been, if the other person washed them regularly, etcetera. But she has no issues going to restaurants, where they give you utensils that have been in hundreds of people's mouths, and where they don't even get cleaned well, a fact she acknowledges. She denies the possibility that it's internalized classism, but I just can't find any other explanation for this.
gpt
It could be classism, but it could also be that your mom just has an aversion towards wearing previously owned clothes.  It sounds to me more like the latter and she's drawn an arbitrary line for herself.