Things your parents owned that you swore you wouldn't. And now you do.

[theinternetmakesmyeyesfeelsick]

Coasters. Oh the shame!!!!

Electric blanket, it’s wonderful!

A hot water bottle. I LOVE mine now
This thread has been a total slap in the face OP, I realise I pretty much have become my Mother now!

bunions

My dad died a few years ago very suddenly in August. I couldnt find a dress in navy anywear that would have been suitable. It was so stressful, I ended up wearing a sleeveless dress with a cardigan but it was black (dad hated black) said looked like I was dressed for a funeral haha . After that I bought a good black dress and good navy one. My mother is ninety and wants us to wear pink 😱 when she goes, hopefully she will get letter from queen

DropOFFArtiste
Bunions 😭 invest in some vintage shoe stretchers off Ebay. Bloody god send.
If it wasnt for them I'd be wearing the shoeboxs

Wishing for my periods back 🤯

Muckluks,
Hot water bottle,
Plasters in my bag,
Emergency £5 tucked away,
Heated blanket,
Sleepnet, for my afro,
Oh I need to stop I'm soooo old

@minou123

Oh yes, a good drying day... 🤯 one day I woke up and actually uttered those words.

I was 26. 😳

@Ddot

Wishing for my periods back 🤯

Seriously? I’ve never been so pleased to see the back of anything in my life. So liberating.

20 hot flushes a day

Yes, not nice I agree but it’s so worth it when that stage is over.

A port decanter.

I live in a fucking council house.

I do like this thread. Thank you @theinternetmakesmyeyesfeelsick

Funnily enough just this very morning, as I shuffled really slowly down the stairs in my dressing gown I thought "I have turned into my mother". My slippers also made a shuffling noise across the kitchen floor.

(Sorry for multiple posts, I'm awful for that ) I also meant to say I have coasters, but to redeem myself slightly, my mother didn't have these coasters...

(I'm seriously tempted to make these for her for Christmas, she would love them)

Fake wood flooring (I own a first floor flat & wasn't allowed floorboards)
Tbf fake wood has moved on a lot since the 90s though.

Huge pants

@ItRubsTheLotionOnItsSkin

A port decanter.

I live in a fucking council house.

😂😂😂

And a high body fat percentage

@ItRubsTheLotionOnItsSkin

I love those coasters. My Mum never said the words but I bet that's what she was thinking. How lovely that so many posters are contributing to a rich experience of family patterns .

VinylDetective
Got a fanny magnet 🤣 sorry LADY magnet

[quote PoppyOppy]@minou123

Oh yes, a good drying day... 🤯 one day I woke up and actually uttered those words.

I was 26. 😳[/quote]
Oh yes, I recall my mother saying during the long summer holidays What a lovely day, so I thought we'd be going off for the day but no, her next words were I'll strip all the beds!
One phrase that gladly I've never (yet) used is It'll last me a lifetime, when buying furniture etc., I recall saying to my mother Won't you get fed up with it and want something else, and she was appalled at such a profligate idea.

Big knickers
Cardiagans
Mum Jeans
Dodgy xmas winter hat
I have no shame once I hit my 40s.

It would be equally interesting to have a thread about things we own or do that our parents have taken on for themselves.

@MrsClatterbuck

I have bought one of those rain mates. Oh the shame but thought it would be handy to have in my hand bag especially when leaving the hairdressers and it's raining.

God I remember my mother having those in her bag, a length of concertinaed polythene with ribbons.

@jessstan1

Nothing wrong with coasters or a gravy boat, surely? I'd have thought they were quite normal, household items for any era.

WHat else is gravy served in if you're having a meal which isn't plated in the kitchen?