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.

Personally i think they look cheap and childish. But i also wonder why adult women do lots of things; read Harry Potter, love Disney, baby voices, talk non stop about diets and point systems, think they are 'nawty' for eating cake etc. So i feel i am in the minority most of the time.

Sorry MechanicalTheatre you're right, that was unnecessarily harsh I agree.

Seriously,OP, have a word with yourself. Is anyone actually pinning you down and forcing a pandora bracelet on your wrist?
I don't wear any jewellery at all. Plenty of other people do, and if it makes them happy then I'm happy for them.

but this is jewellery. its like fashion, you choose what you like and yes very very often people are swayed by what is currently popular. How does anyone have a thick enough head skin to pronounce definitively that something is tacky or girly or crap?

As for waterfall cardigans don't suit "women". why bother making different styles in clothes when it seems you can just buy something generically that suits your sex?

but then I loved harry potter so my opinion can be discounted.

I wear a charm bracelet but not Pandora. Their charms are boring and have no meaning for me. Most of my charms have been given to me and often made by the person who has given it.

i hate them as they are too chunky and noisy while typing all day! there are so many cheap knock offs that they all look tacky to me at this stage.

Anyone have one they want to flog at a reasonable price? :o

they are shiny and pretty
whats not to like?

Exactly!

Let's see your jewellery collection then, we'll see if everyone likes everything in it.

Hands off Expatinscotland! Might be gaudy, common and overpriced but it's all mine! You can have an old waterfall cardy though, got loads of those.

Do people really think they are ugly, I think they are rather gorgeous!

I think they're tacky, ugly and overpriced- but then, nobody's forcing me to wear one, and I don't care if others choose to wear them either (though I can't help thinking they may as well save themselves a few quid and get something equally naff from Claire's Accessories).

What I don't get, though, is how people can claim they have a sentimental attachment to something so mass-produced. Personally, I couldn't have a shiny bead on my arm to "represent" my son, my husband, the child I lost, anything so personal.
These things, for me, are best remembered with memories, both happy and sad. Or photographs - something individual, not something that everyone else has and will be out of fashion in a year or so.

Still, each to their own. There are worse things people could be wasting their money on.

I agree they are massively over priced.

Each to their own. I adore mine :)

I think they're are a bit tacky looking and massively overpriced. And I don't think anybody will be seen wearing one in a few years when they're out of fashion. But saying that each to their own. I had a bit of spare money and wanted to buy DD a Edwardian gold bangle I saw. I thought she'd love it. But no she didn't like it very much tbh. I was really disappointed so didn't buy it.

i agree each to their own (i also agreehowever, with the poster above about not understanding how something like this can symbolise something so meaningful). I adore the Alex Monroe jewelry - but some people think it looks like insects crawling in your ears :)

My sister is covered head to toe in swarofsky (sp?) glitter balls which i think look awful.

I see waterfall cardies have also come in for judging. In a few weeks time it'll be summer, then no doubt the OP can start the annual Mumsnet 'why do so many women wear maxi dresses. Don't they realise how crap they look' thread.

I love mine, each charm was bought to mark a special occasion or event, and it's personal to me. It's also not sparkly really as it's a leather bracelet and the charms are quite muted colours.

Eh, if you think it's tacky that's fine, on sure I like lots of things others don't and you like lots of things I don't. Would be a bit dull otherwise. And waterfall cardis are comfy.

Its interesting that so many posters on this thread cannot bring themselves to just say "they are not for me". Instead they have to judge people who do have them, pour scorn on their choices, describe them as "vile and tacky" in a totally ott way ... which they will know will be deeply hurtful to some of the people who have Pandora bracelets and cherish them.

Why would you do that?? You definitely wouldn't do it to someone's face. Some of the comments on this thread prove beyond doubt that certain posters on aibu simply are not in possession of basic manners and intelligence.

Hi I have a SilveRado one,much better quality imo and not so expensive. The glass beads come in better colours too. I do think with Pandora you are paying for the name and not quality. OP we all have different tastes. I like the fact that with a charm bracelet you can change the beads and get a different effect each time.

You see, this

though I can't help thinking they may as well save themselves a few quid and get something equally naff from Claire's Accessories).

is the kind of comment that really pisses me off. You said you don't like them, fine. But is there really a need to be so bitchy other than to make yourself feel superior?

Yes, that's exactly the sort of childish comment I was referring to Gwendy.