To wonder why any grown woman would want to wear a Pandora bracelet?

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I loved that kind of thing when I was 5. The little beads, different colours and styles.

But they still look like childs jewellery when on an adult woman.

They cost a lot of money (in my world they cost a lot of money) but they look so cheap. Really tacky.

They're on par with the dingle dangle clowns. The only difference is its silver (or white gold?) and on the wrist.

They seem to appeal to a certain type of woman. Anyone that I know that has one seems a bit sheltered of that makes sense. Nice but a bit dim kind of thing.

scarletts

ooooooof! more petrol on the flames!!!

I know your last post was directed at Mechanical - but given that you said 'as well', it seemed like you were leveraging the accusation to me, too.

My post that you quoted was responding to SconeInSixtySecond's post directly above it, so maybe you needed to read it in that context.

I really don't want to have another pop at the bracelets because it seems like some people are getting quite upset at this thread.

I was basically agreeing with Sixty about sentimental attachment to pieces of jewellery (or whatever) which have meaning and history and attachment to loved ones, etc. And, um

and people that don't read threads before posting are pretty dim too...

Yanbu. Totally agree. I am always the last to catch onto these sorts if things and its no great loss IMO.

Scarlettsmummy. You seem a bit dim.

That's such a massive generalisation, what do you base it on?

I would say that my mother is the furthest removed from dim you could get, yet she bought one for me.

Oops, yes didn't read all the posts before posting. Don't get me wrong, the women I know that have them (all in NI incidentally), are all really lovely, they just are all very girly and a bit out of touch with anything beyond their own little family centred bubble.

Crikey, just in case, my last post was directed at Scarlett, not you Midnight.

OK, well it's an agree to disagree issue then. FWIW the 'thing' that holds the most emotional attachment for me is a single dried out red rose from the first bunch that DH ever bought me, over 12 years ago. It reminds me of a time when we were in the first rush of love and everything was fantastic.

Even in my deepest darkest "I hate you and wish you would jump off a cliff" moments I can look at it and remember much happier times.

It's a red rose from a bunch of a dozen red roses bought on valentines day - you couldn't get much more contrived, mass produced or tacky than that - but I'd be distraught if I lost it...

I'm trying not to get annoyed over a bracelet, but saying that its mass produced and therefore not good is ridiculous.

How many people in the world are wearing the same watch, necklace, wedding band?
I have some Tiffany diamond earrings, how many other people will have the same pair?

Ah, Eve - that's lovely!

I like the idea of people collecting and adding to their bracelet from their loved ones, so the idea that each charm has a meaning is lovely.

Nevertheless personally I'd prefer something more unique.
I think you could probably get some amazing things in an antique shop for example for the same expenditure.

I don't have a Pandora bracelet but really REALLY don't care what other people wear round their wrists, necks, whatever.

But I absolutely loathe when people write snitty posts which are quite clearly trying to upset another for their choice of jewellery. Words like tat, unsophisticated, tacky etc are used purely to be unpleasant. They attempt to justify it by pleading its just their opinion but it's just being bitchy. Pure and simple. And it's a bit shite.

I have blue lights on my twigs and a pic on FB to prove it.
I don't do proper jewellery so can't comment on pandora stuff but my mum has a gold charm bracelet and it means a lot to her and will treasure it when she leaves it to me (sob)
And my love of Kensington Uggs is well known on here, my feet are warm and cosseted during the worst that Scotland's weather can bring.
Each to their own and if you get a little buzz from owning your precious then good, life is miserable enough

Loved your beautiful post MrsDeV - as always.

Will look at charm bracelets a little differently now, but as I said I could always see the charm for some

When I can afford it I will buy a Pandora bracelet. I don't care about what anyone else thinks. I like them...that is all

We gave our little niece a charm bracelet when she was bridesmaid at our wedding, many years ago (before Pandora went global ) - so I do see the attraction

Hmm, interesting thread. When I posted second I had no idea that these bracelet things existed having only ever seen a Pandora from the outside which has just opened near to us. The shop front imo is a bit tacky and I didn't like the jewellery - looks cheap to me.

It interests me that a few posters have been very keen to point out that their 'unique' bracelets are very expensive and that people who don't like them are probably jealous (presumably the assumption is that they can't afford one) - not sure that this attitude quite fits with the old 'emotional attachment to every charm thing'. More status symbol (of sorts) in the same way that designer labels are flashed around by certain groups in society. I am pretty sure that I could afford one but suspect I will not be buying one any time soon as I wear very little jewellery and am uber fussy plus I have never even seen one in the flesh as no one I know owns one. I am not keen on charm bracelets either - just not my thing.

And people are so very defensive on here! Surely you would have to be very insecure to take anonymous website criticism seriously? It's interesting to hear other opinions and see how things are perceived by other people - isn't that the bread and butter of AIBU? So all the hand wringers getting stuck in to the 'no' camp - for goodness sake be realistic. How boring would threads be if people only ever gave sanitised and polite 'opinions' on here? 'No I don't like your lovely charm bracelet and I wouldn't wear one myself but I do defend to the death your right to wear one and I am sure that it looks very pretty on you!' DULL.

I have a pair of boots which could be described as Ugg style although they are from Cornwall as I would never support the disgusting cruelty involved in the hideous Australian wool industry and for this reason would never buy Uggsand they are pretty much hated on MN. So what - I still wear then when the fancy takes me! Don't take it all so much to heart Pandora lovers.

Well I tried with the crossing out thing - you get my gist!

KatieScarlett what do you mean by 'blue lights on my twigs'?

boring silver jewllwery yawn cliche

I do get you countrykitten and like your post, but have to say all posts are equally valid ..... those of us who are more moderate and nice and can see both sides of an argument to me are no more dull than those who are just rude !

I have a cheapie large vase and long twigs bought yonks ago from Ikea. Wrapped around said twigs I have a set of blue fairy lights. Originally a Christmas decoration, but left on all year as it pleases me. I still smile when I switch them on of an evening.

Somethingonce, I am not offended but I don't like the implication that those who do like these beads are somehow more easily conned or lesser people simply because they own these bracelets,

For someone to read MrsDeVere's post and then mock buying them as a useless emotional attachment because they are mass produced is weird, cruel self-important.

Scone, that is completely unfounded. Nobody did that. And it is weird and unkind to suggest that anybody did.

IMO it is completely legitimate to question how our culture encourages self-expression by means of consumerism, tells us how we may express our individuality by paying again and again for overpriced, mass-produced objects and manipulates us with business models that seek to link emotions with actions that line the pockets of others.

People are easily conned and manipulated by advertising and marketing - these disciplines ruthlessly and cynically tap into our psychology for profit. Look at Coke - it's a shit drink that is incredibly bad for you but they make millions, not by talking about the qualities of the drink itself, but by attaching ideas about fun, friendship, popularity, tradition (check their ludicrous Christmas bullshit).

To preempt any accusation of overthinking, I would suggest that an epidemic of underthinking is what allows advertisers and marketers to 'con' us left, right and centre; perhaps the hostility people feel towards those who question their consumer choices, and the processes that inform those choices, would be better directed elsewhere.

Well countrykitten some people do take things personally about things that mean something to them, and that's fine really. I just don't get the need for the bitchiness or attempts to put down someone's choice. Like I said, its a bit shite.

I'm no Pandora lover btw but quite frankly I'd rather be dull than unpleasant. (not saying you are but you know what I mean).

And all these people floating around on their unique bespoke jewellery are probably not as unique as they like to think they are.

Read most if the thread now.....and I still like them . Is this wrong?

One day I will own one I tell ya