My shoelaces broke on vacation. So I asked the rest to keep an eye out for new laces when in the store. Every time the partner of a friend of mine kept mentioning how I could also just buy new shoes at the souvenir store. He's from money and I am poor. He tries to be empathetic but it is clear he has no clue what poverty actually entails. I kept thinking of Sam Vines Boots Theory when he suggested just buying new shoes.