I had cosmetic surgery (lipo) when I was younger and obsessed about my physique. I wish I had used that five grand to go to Europe or something worthwhile.

Oh, hey, I had cosmetic surgery too. I had a "nose job" when I was 14.

What? Thats so young, your nose is still growing then lol.

I still have my "blankie" and sleep with it. :rolleyes:

I actually know a lot of people my age still with that situation (blankie, stuffed animal, etc from childhood). I honestly am claiming to it be a generational thing.

I agree! It was too young. My nose is now too narrow for my face. I can't believe my parents let me do that at 14. It really was an awful nose though. Totally Jimmy Durante.

^^^Like.

I have an amateur radio license. Got it when I did hikes and backpacks in CO and here in AZ. No cell service where we went (still isn't any). People literally stare gape-jawed when they learn those facts (I've backpacked, and I'm a ham).

I did the same thing until I was in graduate school. My first job out of undergrad was an extremely bad experience and holding on to something comfy helped me fall asleep at night.

(I think I've posted this before but it was many years ago)--I got picked up by the FBI.

when I was 16, I dated a 19 year old who had been kicked out of the military for marijuana possession, made a living by stealing cigarettes and selling them on the black market and who stole snow blowers before every big storm, use them to clear snow for money and then sell them. Turned out he had a warrant out for his arrest. Thankfully he broke up with me when his ex-girlfriend turned up and he went to live with her and THEIR two year old son (who he never managed to tell me existed). It surprises even me that I went out with that guy.

ETA: I just realized that my daughter is the age that I was when I was seeing him. OMG!!!!!!!!!!

Dee...hate to tell you, but with your dating track record, this isn't all THAT surprising to GC. Just kidding.:p:p;);)

I love the "just in case" idea. Sadly mine is one of those kind of thermal (like long johns?) sort of blankets and it is already cut in half b/c when I was younger I buried half with a dog of mine that died & it used to be yellow...now its kind of...cream colored? really faded with some holes... but I don't think they make them like that anymore. Plus I left it at a hotel once when I was little and my parents tried to buy me a different one and I noticed. I don't know if it could be replaced if lost

My siblings and I all had different items, but my youngest brother had his blanket. We always had at least 2 of them and as it was a really basic blue blanket it was replaceable the one time that we left it at home on the way to vacation. My brother would search the blanket for the corner that had come unraveled and suck his thumb. He looked like Linus :p

I still sleep with stuffed animals but not with my Teddy 1 or Teddy 2 that were my "thing" as a kid.

LOL, good point! I still date losers, they are just losers with advanced degrees and kids that I know about! (I don't think they've had records or warrants though!) Even my friends at the time were pretty shocked by this guy. I think he was my teen rebellion.

As a six year old, my picture was in National Geographic in the 1960s.

I still sleep with my Oscar the Grouch that I got as a baby!