What do you own that you swore, in your younger days, you never would?
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February 14th, 2009
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I have in my possession a gravy boat, numerous credit cards (I just rent these), and a mini van.
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Expensive clothing. I was raised on believing what was the point of it.
It’s now a part of me.
Things that are pink. I don’t know what happened, but at some point, I went from hating pink to it being my favorite color.
I also “swore” I’d never own a brand new car because I’d never in my life be able to afford it, and I bought one in 2005.
And I swore I’d never play Warcraft, and now I “own” two characters. Does that count?
Kids.
Sensible winter boots.
I still haven’t gotten a mini van. I just can’t do it.
@Megan64…I know :(
I used to give anyone with a cell so much grief. Now mine is always close by…
A German-manufactured automobile.
SRM
@Megan64 cell phones used to be considered a luxury item. now, landlines are considered (seriously) a luxury item. and really, landlines aren’t as useful. when cell phones first started to become somewhat more popular (let’s say, like ‘95, ‘96 – i think that’s when Radio Shack had those little trapezoid phones with the orange calculator screen), i thought ”never in a million years…these things are crazy expensive.”
i’m on my fifth cell phone now.
A stupid, soccer mom, minivan. Dang it. A minivan just shouts “middle aged woman inside who has absolutely no life and is totally un-sexy!” Ever have teenage boys hanging out their car windows wolf calling you when you’re in a minivan? My point exactly.
A Buick. It’s a long and sad story. It was a second car. I was temporarily working for a car dealership. They told me it was a bulletproof car, (which in its seven years it has proven to be) . . .but when I drive it I feel like my grandmother.
@Marina…I’m wiping tears of laughter from my eyes. You are so right. My grandmother drove Buicks up until they took her driver’s license away.
they took it after she drove that bullet proof tank thru the back if her garage. The third time!!!
a myspace and Breaking Dawn. I resisted for a while but resistance is futile.
Cats (the animals, not the musical).
A cell phone, a large American-made vehicle (got rid of the mini-van, yes!), a color television with cable, a dog, a recliner, a house too big to clean in one morning, a laptop computer, and a microwave.
Also a husband and teenagers.
Condoms:)
—I came to my senses—
@poof Me too. I used to HATE pink. Now I love it.
Expensive clothes. Not too expensive though. If the 16 year old me knew I payed more than $100 for a pair of jeans, I’d have some serious explaining to do.
another thing: a purse. When I was 15, I wore combat boots and black lipstick. I wouldn’t be seen dead with a purse. Granted, my purse has a skull and crossbones on it, LOL… but still. I had a wallet with a chain and I swore that’s all I’d ever use.
An iPod and the ability to text. At least I don’t have a purse or >$100 jeans yet…
A spouse. And a dog. (I’m ugly and I like cats.) (Not that I own the spouse, but you know what I mean.)
Carpets. A vacuum cleaner. A microwave oven. A pedigreed cat for god’s sake (he’s fabulous, but I don’t talk about him because, you know, Milo would be upset).
@eponymoushipster I echo that sentiment. I used to be able to eat anything until I hit about 33. Now, as I look at 40, not so much.
Top-Siders. But I quit worrying about stylin shoes long ago. It’s all about comfort now.
Jeans that cost three figures. And more furniture than my wife and I know what to do with.
@laureth: I never thought you were ugly. :’(
@laureth – What the? I wont stand to hear you talk that way!
You have a spouse!?
Now what do I do.
The dreaded mini-van. Purchased the first one 12 years ago while pregnant with the third child. Hung my head in shame. I long for the day I can ditch the mini-van for a JEEP (several more years, at least). Ah, well. At least the one I have is loaded!
@augustlan Me to. But right now I am LOVING the minivan. Way to much stuff when we travel not to have one.
@laureth You are in no way ugly. I know, because your spirit shines through in your answers. And, if that is your image in your avatar, you are not ugly on the less important outside either.
A credit card. Amex at that. I had one when I was 21, hated it and they kept charging me for 3 years after I’d paid it all off and had it cancelled. Swore never to get another one, ended up with 3 ten years later. But now I at least stopped the other 2 and just kept this one.
A mobile phone. When they first came out I thought they were a stupid, useless invention. Soon after I did this radio show and had vodafone as my sponsor. They gave me a free phone and I’ve never been without it since. Even kept the same number for 13 years.
A pair of normal, “grown-up” shoes. I always swore I’d die in sports shoes, then had this thing for cowboy boots. But my legs ache and so I go for comfort more than anything else these days.
I think everything else is the same. I wear the same clothes I did as a teenager, have the type of car I’d always dreamt of, live as I feel I should, and stick to my ideals.
A Snuggie.
just kidding. I would DIE if I had one, ABSOLUTELY DIE.
I think my only answer for this one is far too many sexual partners.
An electric pencil sharpener. And a microwave. Both were major moral hurdles. Still use a manual toothbrush and remove leaves from the lawn with a rake.
And I still want things to have just two knobs: station and on-off/volume. Radio, TV, car dashboard, washing machine, camera, stove, you name it: give me two mechanical knobs. No touch panels, no LEDs, no digital readouts, no special settings, no automatickalness. Two knobs should do it.
What do we think we’re going to do when the power goes? I mean when it really GOES. The more dependent we are on things that plug in, the more helpless we’ll be. Cashiers can’t even ring up groceries all by themselves any more. Computers won’t save us. Rant that goes here was suppressed as an act of mercy.
The Monkey Suit——————-Coat and Tie.
Responsibilities.
Hahaha.
No, but really, the pleasure of doing dishes, laundry, cleaning up around the house, everything except the trash, which is the only chore the boyfriend does. Ugh.
a tailored suit (thanks Thailand)
I remembered something else: Guns in my house.
I am as anti-gun as you could be, but fell in love with a man who collects them. They are locked up, he is not a hunter, in fact he’s never even fired any of the guns he owns…but still.
I’ve come to realize that if I say I’m never going to do something, that means I’ll usually end up doing it at some point. Same goes for criticism. A good lesson for me.
@uberbatman usually that’s something you have in your younger days that you swear off later in life. usually.
When our dog was alive, my husband would say that was the one thing he swore he’d never have.
Also, I swore I’d never have wrinkles and freckles….
Reading glasses.
Shortly after having kids I started wearing those ugly girdle panties. When I was a teen I swore I would never wear them. Now I have a tummy tuck and can wear pretty ones again.
@uberbatman well, there you go. to repurpose a catchphrase from an 80s/90s PSA series, “no 8 year old ever says ‘I want a bong when i grow up.’”
@asmonet yeah, well, i currently reside therein, so i can only imagine…
@ronski – Me too! Ooops, overshare.
A computer, a cell phone, and boxer shorts.
Fleece-lined house shoes. I just equated them with my dad. Now I know how smart he was….
@VzzBzz – What color is a flesh-colored bra?
A coffee maker. Coffee was gross when I was young. It smelled so bad!
Dog
Cigarettes
Sedan
Earthtone clothes
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