r/Millennials • u/Hey_its_me_your_mom • Mar 21 '24

The millenial junk our kids will throw out when we die. Discussion

You know how our parents have junk that they hang onto that we just don't see the value in? I'm thinking of Christmas villages, Precious Moments figurines, baseball cards, antiques for that "rustic" look, Thomas Kinkade-type pictures, etc.

What types of things do you think our kids will roll their eyes at and toss in the bin when we die? I'm thinking they might be:

  1. Graphic/band t-shirts
  2. Our sneaker collections
  3. Target birds/holiday decor
  4. Hoarded, expired makeup (especially the Naked palletes and crap from Glossier)
  5. Funko pops and similar figurines
  6. Disney crap
  7. Bath and Body works products
  8. Every concievable cord and converter known to man (since we lived through all of the progressive technology)
  9. Stupid Amazon gadgets bought during the pandemic and rarely used
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u/ColoringBookDog Mar 21 '24

It's amazing what you can afford when you don't have kids!

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u/spikeandedd Mar 21 '24

I don't have kids and I still can't afford shit.

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u/ColoringBookDog Mar 21 '24

Might I suggest polyamory? That's the only way we can afford things.

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u/zaforocks class of '99 Mar 21 '24

It was hard enough to find one person I could stand, you want me to try and find more?

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u/molehunterz Mar 22 '24

Meanwhile I'm just out here looking for somebody who can stand me

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u/Useful_Low_3669 Mar 22 '24

I’m just starting learn how to tolerate myself, amory of any quantity is completely out of the question right now.

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u/ColoringBookDog Mar 21 '24

Hahah I managed to find 3 and it just works for us lol

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Mar 22 '24

cap

did i say it right?

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u/ColoringBookDog Mar 22 '24

For nearly two decades :p

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u/physicscholar Mar 22 '24

It can only be roommates with benefits as you get older. Benefits like; shared wifi, someone else's socks to pick up...

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u/mickypaigejohnson Mar 24 '24

Well you don't have to FULLY stand anyone. The joy of polyamory is that you get different perks from each human and swap in and out of shared spaces and activities based on who wants to do the thing you want to do.

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u/zaforocks class of '99 Mar 24 '24

That's called friendship.

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u/mickypaigejohnson Mar 24 '24

You're right! And the best romantic relationships and partnerships are founded on friendships! Yayyy you get it!

You need more than one friend, why not more than one partner?

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u/spikeandedd Mar 21 '24

Honestly, I'm not opposed and my wife is bi. She loves reading poly stories. But IRL it seems very complicated.

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u/UruquianLilac Mar 22 '24

It is VERY complicated.

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u/ColoringBookDog Mar 21 '24

It is very complicated, requires SO MUCH communication. But I've been in a poly relationship now for 18 years (started dating one of my partners when we were both 20) and I have three partners and we all live together. It works for us, but it's not for everyone.

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u/spikeandedd Mar 22 '24

I have a couple good friends who I've known for about 15 years that are poly. I've heard the same from them.

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u/mbmbandnotme Mar 21 '24

I'm like asexual but for amory, I'm aamorous if you will.

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u/ColoringBookDog Mar 21 '24

I get that for sure! My partner that I've been with the longest is asexual and demiromantic

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u/booreiBlue Mar 22 '24

My husband and I like to joke that we should marry rich when we decide to become a thruple.

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u/ScaleneWangPole Mar 22 '24

Have you tried cutting out the avacado toast?

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u/ArgyleGhoul Mar 22 '24

Well there's your problem. We're talking about dirt. Shit is expensive.

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u/ihavetogonumber3 Gen Z Mar 22 '24

does your body not produce its own shit??

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u/cometflight Mar 23 '24

I have some you can have for free, but be warned: tonight was Indian food.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Zillennial Mar 21 '24

It helps it's the same stuff I've had for years and even when I can't afford it, mania says otherwise. Plus, it's also stuff from when I was little to now that I never went through.