What’s something you’ve bought with your “adult money” that your younger self would lose their mind over? 😭💸
July 4, 2025
What’s something you’ve bought with your “adult money” that your younger self would lose their mind over? 😭💸
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My fashion doll/doll clothes collection would have my younger self flipping out lol
PS4 and Switch, for someone who was not allowed to have video games as a child, now I have 2!
Recently, some club dresses, corset and Halter tops, and mini skirts. And block heels to go with them. And a trip to Las Vegas to gamble and drink. My teenage self would be aghast. 😄
Dyson v15. I would have thought it was ridiculous to buy a vacuum that pricey
Impulsive tickets to Disney world that I just tried one day at midnight cuz I was bored, so that’s where I’ll be in September
Hello kitty everything
Tattoos, makeup, holdays, diamonds
Pokémon cards
“Oh you can’t eat that much candy at once” – HUM BET!😏
I just bought a bunch of supplies for making friendship bracelets, just because I can.
A really good mop & bucket
A drum set
Lots of colorful and cool sneakers.
Buying things for hobbies
– Roller Skating spent like £250+
– Tufting making rugs (Easily 1k+ in materials)
Zero regrets
I understand now what it means to have a life outside work
My own home where my mean family isn’t allowed to come to and I can keep it clean where nobody hurts me because they think it’s funny.
Dyson Hair Dryer.
Sushi for lunch at work.
Teenage child of a single parent would be *aghast* at the waste of money, when I could buy an entire loaf of bread and a jar of Nutella for less 😂
my robot lawnmower. I was never allowed to have a goldfish and now I don’t want to maintain a tank for one, so sometimes I look out at the yard and see my lawnmower quietly doing its thing and smile, or I go out in the yard with my dog and follow it around. Younger me probably would have hot glued sparkling pony beads onto it or wound the top in gimp, and I’m not going to do that (I did paint it’s name on there tho) but still. She would have thought it was pretty fucking rad.
Vibrator… 😂
Also pack of cigarettes that even my adult self what go WTF WERE YOU THINKING??? (Not a smoker. Was REALLY stressed out and went fuck it. Smoked a total of five (partial in my life). Two from that pack. (The last was a menthol I just shrugged and took. That was it. Not since 😂 I have enough other shit going on).
Would be happy I finally got a tattoo that had been burning in the back of my brain
Books that I don’t have enough space for 😂
The furniture I’ve thrifted, especially the antiques. I grew up fairly poor and didn’t think nicer things were “for me,” like Walmart flat pack furniture was all I could have. Once I got into thrifting it helped bridge the gap between what I could comfortably spend on things and I started collecting things that I loved. So it’s not that I’ve spent a lot of money, just spent intentionally.
A giant beanbag
She’s think it was cool that I could book trips and travel on my own dime.
Tattoos
Many plane tickets
Tickets!! Tickets to concerts and Broadway tours.
And the thing is, I really prefer *good* seats. Like, I’m already dropping a shitton of money and logistical effort to go to the show, I might as well spring for front-and-center if I can.
Eleven-year-old me also would’ve lost her mind at seeing Weird Al sing *Everything You Know Is Wrong* right there, live, in person.
Luxury bags and jewelry. Growing up as a teenager and then college student, I thought people would take me more seriously if I looked plain and professional. I always kept my hair up, never wore pink, and wore no jewelry, no makeup. Now as a 38 yr old woman, I know that’s nonsense. I do enjoy all those things now, AND people still take me seriously.
The hundreds and hundreds of books I’ve bought. Especially all the beautiful stenciled edged ones! I’ve run out of space on my shelves but I can’t help myself. I want them all. Younger me would be so happy. Sometimes I just stare at my magnificent bookshelf and smile.
Oh and all the fun vibrators, paddles, floggers, etc would definitely freak out younger me. 🤣🫣🤫
Horse
More books than I have shelf space for.
a dog and all the toys she could ever want
Bought more expensive things, but my younger self would be blown away by my anbernic arc retro handheld. 15 yr old me would lose his shit pag nalaman nyang lahat ng games sa arcade up to consoles up to PS1 is in that small device.
And the android phones
Gaming PC and sex toys
Spent around 4k on my gaming PC and around 3k on the toys LOL
Tickets to see Adele in Las Vegas. So much money, but don’t regret it
Bought a house on my own.
I grew up in a toxic house and wanted my own home since I was 11/12. I would dream about what my house would look like, dreamed about having my safe space.
At 29 we did it.
Being able to preorder my favorite anime characters figures from Japan…and buy multiples of them to keep safe in storage
My own home…insane!
A whole cake and it wasn’t even close to being my birthday nor was I celebrating anything. I also didn’t have to share it with anyone. This would have blown my younger self’s mind. Even on my birthday, I only ever got one tiny slice of cake while my cousins got to take home whatever was left, I had no say in it. On top if that, they were never hurting for money, always got to celibrate their birthdays like they were grand events yet my cake minus one tiny piece was ultimately theirs.
42 comments
My fashion doll/doll clothes collection would have my younger self flipping out lol
PS4 and Switch, for someone who was not allowed to have video games as a child, now I have 2!
Recently, some club dresses, corset and Halter tops, and mini skirts. And block heels to go with them. And a trip to Las Vegas to gamble and drink. My teenage self would be aghast. 😄
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Sex toys, alot of sex toys
Vitamins, supplements, sushi, Botox, hormones, accelerants, benzos….
The tattoos that are on my body.
Dyson v15. I would have thought it was ridiculous to buy a vacuum that pricey
Impulsive tickets to Disney world that I just tried one day at midnight cuz I was bored, so that’s where I’ll be in September
Hello kitty everything
Tattoos, makeup, holdays, diamonds
Pokémon cards
“Oh you can’t eat that much candy at once” – HUM BET!😏
I just bought a bunch of supplies for making friendship bracelets, just because I can.
A really good mop & bucket
A drum set
Lots of colorful and cool sneakers.
Buying things for hobbies
– Roller Skating spent like £250+
– Tufting making rugs (Easily 1k+ in materials)
Zero regrets
I understand now what it means to have a life outside work
My own home where my mean family isn’t allowed to come to and I can keep it clean where nobody hurts me because they think it’s funny.
Dyson Hair Dryer.
Sushi for lunch at work.
Teenage child of a single parent would be *aghast* at the waste of money, when I could buy an entire loaf of bread and a jar of Nutella for less 😂
my robot lawnmower. I was never allowed to have a goldfish and now I don’t want to maintain a tank for one, so sometimes I look out at the yard and see my lawnmower quietly doing its thing and smile, or I go out in the yard with my dog and follow it around. Younger me probably would have hot glued sparkling pony beads onto it or wound the top in gimp, and I’m not going to do that (I did paint it’s name on there tho) but still. She would have thought it was pretty fucking rad.
Vibrator… 😂
Also pack of cigarettes that even my adult self what go WTF WERE YOU THINKING??? (Not a smoker. Was REALLY stressed out and went fuck it. Smoked a total of five (partial in my life). Two from that pack. (The last was a menthol I just shrugged and took. That was it. Not since 😂 I have enough other shit going on).
Would be happy I finally got a tattoo that had been burning in the back of my brain
Books that I don’t have enough space for 😂
The furniture I’ve thrifted, especially the antiques. I grew up fairly poor and didn’t think nicer things were “for me,” like Walmart flat pack furniture was all I could have. Once I got into thrifting it helped bridge the gap between what I could comfortably spend on things and I started collecting things that I loved. So it’s not that I’ve spent a lot of money, just spent intentionally.
A giant beanbag
She’s think it was cool that I could book trips and travel on my own dime.
Tattoos
Many plane tickets
Tickets!! Tickets to concerts and Broadway tours.
And the thing is, I really prefer *good* seats. Like, I’m already dropping a shitton of money and logistical effort to go to the show, I might as well spring for front-and-center if I can.
Eleven-year-old me also would’ve lost her mind at seeing Weird Al sing *Everything You Know Is Wrong* right there, live, in person.
Luxury bags and jewelry. Growing up as a teenager and then college student, I thought people would take me more seriously if I looked plain and professional. I always kept my hair up, never wore pink, and wore no jewelry, no makeup. Now as a 38 yr old woman, I know that’s nonsense. I do enjoy all those things now, AND people still take me seriously.
The hundreds and hundreds of books I’ve bought. Especially all the beautiful stenciled edged ones! I’ve run out of space on my shelves but I can’t help myself. I want them all. Younger me would be so happy. Sometimes I just stare at my magnificent bookshelf and smile.
Oh and all the fun vibrators, paddles, floggers, etc would definitely freak out younger me. 🤣🫣🤫
Horse
More books than I have shelf space for.
a dog and all the toys she could ever want
Bought more expensive things, but my younger self would be blown away by my anbernic arc retro handheld. 15 yr old me would lose his shit pag nalaman nyang lahat ng games sa arcade up to consoles up to PS1 is in that small device.
And the android phones
Gaming PC and sex toys
Spent around 4k on my gaming PC and around 3k on the toys LOL
Tickets to see Adele in Las Vegas. So much money, but don’t regret it
Bought a house on my own.
I grew up in a toxic house and wanted my own home since I was 11/12. I would dream about what my house would look like, dreamed about having my safe space.
At 29 we did it.
Being able to preorder my favorite anime characters figures from Japan…and buy multiples of them to keep safe in storage
My own home…insane!
A whole cake and it wasn’t even close to being my birthday nor was I celebrating anything. I also didn’t have to share it with anyone. This would have blown my younger self’s mind. Even on my birthday, I only ever got one tiny slice of cake while my cousins got to take home whatever was left, I had no say in it. On top if that, they were never hurting for money, always got to celibrate their birthdays like they were grand events yet my cake minus one tiny piece was ultimately theirs.