Speaking of the 80's

mckayleesmom wrote: Those Silly band things made me remember not only the jelly bracelets of our time, but does anybody else remember those keychain charms that were all the rage in the 80's? They had fruit, rollerskates, animals...and you collected as many as you could and attached those suckers everywhere....People attached them to their backpacks, shoe laces, fashioned them into necklaces or braclets. ...Those suckers were everywhere. I had tons of them.

Then they came out with the plastic earings to match the charms.

Garbage pale kids and shirt clips to wear with your long shirts.


Some of the ugliest trends we thought were so cool back then. Now listen to us as mothers complaining about the stupid things our kids want... Now we know how our parents felt.

MommyToAshley replied: I can deal with all that stuff, I can't stand the hair style for boys right now... long bangs combed forward in their eyes and face.... UGHHHH!

mckayleesmom replied:
I hear ya...I can't stand it either...

mckayleesmom replied: http://www.etsy.com/listing/46481413/total...celet-by-chains


These are those charms I was talking about....

coasterqueen replied: OMG, I was like "what the heck is she talking about" until I saw the picture. I totally forgot about those. I think those were more popular for my sister than they were for me, but I do remember having them.

coasterqueen replied:
And the pants that hang off their butt! Seriously. My cousin is about 26/27 and her son is Kylie's age. I haven't seen then in a long time and recently saw them. Her son at age 7.5 wears boxers and his pants hanging off his butt. I was FLOORED! No child of mine would be looking like that. Sorry if this offends anyone.

"Pants on the ground, pants on the ground".............

Calimama replied: Those are more ugly than the silly band things. Blech!

CantWait replied: Ohhhhhhhhhh I totally was not remembering those charms until you linked them. I can't believe someone is selling them on Etsy...lol

I totally hear you on this topic though. Thankfully being here we miss those fads, I suppose in another year Anthony will be all over them.

~Roo'sMama~ replied:
Me too! It's all coming back to me now though! Lol I loved those things! My favorite one was a lipstick one... I remember pretending it was real lipstick.

A&A'smommy replied:
lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground" LOVE LOVE LOVE it... everytime I see someone with their pants hanging to low I start singing

coasterqueen replied:
Me, too!

my2monkeyboys replied: I LOVED LOVED LOVED those charms!!! And I had a ton of those t-shirt things, too!!!
Ah, the good ol' days!!

I am also against that whole hair-in-the-face look that's going on... hate it. And as far as the saggy pants, I'd pull my son's pants up so fast it might cause a fertility problem. Can't stand that.