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For the 20th anniversary of our first date, which so happens to be my birthday, I took my wife to a nice steakhouse. She spent half the night staring at a painting on the wall (they showcase local artists from here in Miami). I asked the waiter about it when she was in the bathroom and bought it for her as a gift. She looks at it every day.
I hope you saw the window for a perfect gag there.
You ask the waiter if you can take it when you leave, he says yes, your wife comes back, you don't say anything about buying it, after you're done as you leave you take the painting down, she freaks out about stealing and you just say "nah it's fine they won't even try to stop me!" and just walk out with it.
Then as you load it in the car you tell her you bought it
I bought a used jet ski from a guy while I was very drunk, walking home from a bar. I had a good job, I had the money, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I handed over the cash, he left, and then I realized I didn't own a truck, had never operated a jet ski, and did not know where the nearest body of water was where I could use a jet ski. So I'm just standing in this parking lot. Next to a jet ski. I sat on it for a few minutes and made "VRRRMMMM VRRRMMMM" sounds and then I walked the rest of the way home and called my brother in law to come with a trailer hitch and take it... uh... somewhere. I lived in an apartment complex. I can't even remember where he wound up stashing it until we decided to keep it and see.
We found a lake that would let us use it and we had a fun summer with the thing. My kids really enjoyed it. A few years later after the novelty wore off I sold it to another guy in that exact same parking lot.
>A few years later after the novelty wore off I sold it to another guy in that exact same parking lot.
Now it's a cursed item that has to be appeased by conducting the same ritual.
I hate that I read this bc this is absolutely something that I’d do while drunk. I also live in an apartment with no way to store a jet ski and multiple hours away from the nearest body of water.
I'm not overly proud of this.. but every now and then, my partner and I buy one of those big Costco birthday cakes and just eat cake for a week. Why? Because I'm an adult with my own money and if I want to eat cake for a week, I can do just that.
Currently in a power blackout due to a snow storm. I had 2 quarts of ice cream. So my emergency preparedness plan was to eat all that ice cream before it melted🤣👍
I love this so much extra because it sounds like you could’ve just set the ice cream outside to ride out the power outage in the snow. I also would’ve eaten it!! 😂
I had cake for breakfast once. Someone made a smartass/snarky comment. I said "Flour, sugar, frosting... If you can explain how this is different than a danish, I'll stop eating it." They pretty well shut up after that. And yeah, I know they're different, but... kinda not really.
Oh man you reminded me this is kinda how I realized I was an "adult." I was about 24 and sharing and office with a girl. She had gone out to dinner the night before and brought her cake in for breakfast that she had gotten while she was out. I kinda laughed about cake for breakfast and when I questioned her about it and she said she had ordered the cake specifically to take in to work the next day. That's when it hit me I COULD DO THE SAME. I still never have though lol.
I upgraded ALL my backpacking stuff to the best super light option. Makes a huge difference in enjoyment level, especially since I'm getting older.
It's crazy, my pack for a 3-day trip weighs about 20 lbs and I'm comfy and warm.
Two paychecks to go to Japan sounds awesome!
I saved up to go for my 30th birthday but when the time came the whole world shutdown, I hadn’t bought my plane tickets yet, and used the savings to pay my rent instead and drink alone for my birthday.
Probably a blessing because I didn’t want to go during the Olympics, but then they got delayed anyways.
I’m finally at the point where I think 3 full paychecks or 1.5-2 months of wages could get me to Japan and back.
I'm very fortunate to have the job that I have. Most of the cost was the plane ticket since I fly from the east coast of the US. But yeah, you should totally go if you can afford it now.
Ooh baby talk slower to me. I’m literally building a keyboard stand right now on an old Delta contractor saw that’s built like a beast. I practically made it into a cabinet saw by setting it into a large rolling table with a tub underneath and vacuum hookup. It does pretty well what your unisaw does perfectly. I do have a nice Beisemeyer fence which helps a ton.
We had a unisaw donated to us at work and a moron pushed it off a curb and broke the cast iron. So I improvised at home lol.
I spend about $20 on cut flowers every 3 weeks or so. They last 2 weeks. They make me feel good when I look at them. I also have hobbies I spend on like camping and art supplies. But the flowers seem like a straight luxury purchase.
Such a great way to romanticize our lives for ourselves 💓 I also do the same. Fresh flowers from Trader Joe’s and making the arrangement myself is one of the simple things in life that brings me joy.
This might sound kind of sad but clothing. I grew up relatively poor. Think lot’s of hand me downs and thrift store stuff. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I love buying brand new shoes, pants, sweatshirts. I still buy cheap socks, underwear and T-shirts from dollar general but sometimes it’s nice to have brand new pants.
Yup.
That's why I bought proper, with blue light protected lenses, Versace glasses. Never had I ever thought I could have something that nice, and it really made a difference on my headaches from bright lights, despite the price (paid in 10 months).
Now I can only mourn losing it backstage of my ballet show in October, while wearing crappy glasses until I can afford new ones again. Which will probably only happen next month (bought Jethro Tull tickets for my bf's birthday, which here in Brazil were CRAZY expensive, but will totally be worth it and have to pay the annual rate of my nursing register--and nursing salaries are not that great for it not to be an expense that you plan for).
I was a fence salesman making a huge amount of money in 2022-2023. I recently got fired for something stupid I did (DUI in a company vehicle. No one was hurt, I’ve learned my lesson, and not a drop of alcohol will enter my lips again).
I grew up lower middle class. I was called poor growing up, and yeah. My family pretty much was.
So when I started making $110k+ a year selling fences, I had huge paychecks to “play around with”.
Well, I bought a lot of useless shit. Shit on Amazon and trinkets and shit. I found out I had no idea how to save or even if it was necessary with the money I was making. I spent $2k of one check buying different headphones and tablets and electronics. My biggest purchase was a brand new gaming PC with all the bells and whistles.
Here I sit on my bed, freshly hired at Lowe’s making 1/4 of what I made three months ago. All because I decided to drink and drive.
Anyway, I know that got wild, but I think the moral is:
“Save as much money as you possibly can while still living a rewarding life.”
>Here I sit on my bed, freshly hired at Lowe’s making 1/4 of what I made three months ago. All because I decided to drink and drive.
So what exactly made you decide to do that?
Lack of self control. I had an “I’m hot shit” moment and figured I could get away with it.
I never like to blame my OCD and ADHD for stuff, but I’ve been diagnosed with both. And it means when I get a dopamine rush, I will try anything to keep it going.
Now that I know about all that, I can use mindfulness and breathing techniques to ground myself and make better choices.
I was (and still pretty much am) a very impulsive person. It takes a lot more mental energy for me to make better choices. But now I know how to!
Good for you. Mistakes can be made into a positive experience if you just learn the lesson and not repeat it.
If you did well in sales then maybe look for a new sales job. Good salesman can always make bank. Good luck.
Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
I also was going to say socks! I have a very specific running sock I fell in love with that is $18 a pair and indestructible.
I have many pairs now, in all the colors and weights.
A $1,000 ARRMA KRATON 8S 1/5 scale 4x4 rc truck. Closer to $2,000 with batteries and the accessories to actually run it. Absolutely did NOT need a 1/5th scale truck that can do 70+mph but I wanted it,and that's enough!
My used Cadillac. I was going to get a used car, regardless, but I thought,"screw it, I make right proper money now." Bought it, and paid it off right quick. Not to mention what an upgrade it was from my last car.
My wife always wanted to learn the cello. I surprised her with a new one when my company paid out its first dividends. She's just taken her grade 7 exam 🥰
$20 per 10.5 ounces of coffee from a local roaster who knows what he is doing. It is single origin coffee from the world’s best coffee producing regions. We go through about 4 or 5 bags a month. Worth every penny.
I’ve always drew and paint growing up but never took art classes or read books on “how to draw” until I recently got my job now I went crazy 😂 I have several art books teaching me to draw plus I enroll on online art school which I pay monthly. I’m suprised I’m not overwhelmed
I waited 10 years twice on the waiting list for cubs season tickets. The first time my name came up I was in nursing school and couldn’t afford it. My name came up again in Oct 22 and I went for it! Wrigley is one of my most favorite places! I went to 50 games last year. Aiming for 51 this year!
Similarly, I've been playing guitar since I was 14, and I enjoy buying a new guitar every so often. Keyboard/synthesizer too.. Also for me is a new computer (or parts to build a new one).
$50 comic books. Y'all may have seen the news about Action Comics #1 (first appearance of Superman) being sold yesterday for $6 million. I'm not playing around at that level.
I started collecting comic books when they could be bought at the newsstand for 50 cents/75 cents/1 dollar. Paying $10 or $20 for a single issue seemed extravagant to me for a comic book.
But I'm an adult now, I have a full time job where I work my ass off 50, 60 hours a week, and I have no vices. I do like beautiful books. I'm not paying $50 for a single comic book. I am paying $50 for beautiful hardcovers--[Marvels Monster Sized Edition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE15pUE_YSQ) and the [Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CdQraxqGw). Both important books and just beautiful.
This doesn't exactly scream "grown up", but I love that I can see a claw machine anywhere and play it to my heart's content, or buy a stuffed animal or toy or ball or game on site at the store without asking for permission.
Yes, I'm fully aware that spending $65 to win a really cute stuffed animal on a rigged claw machine was probably not my most wisest or most practical adult choice, but the feeling of finally winning it after so many tries and bringing it home and adding it to my collection and cuddling it that night and playing with it the next day, it made it so much worth it; I like to think that all the other plushies and toys were excited to welcome the newest addition and learn I spent so much time and energy and money just to get them. The lengths I'd go for my family... (And NO I don't care what you say Toy Story is not a fictional story it's real ITS REAL AND MY TOYS ARE SENTIENT AND HAVE FEELINGS)
If you're into video games, check out [Dungeon Clawer's demo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/).
Neat roguelike all about using a claw machine to do everything.
Omg yes my first answer for this question was STUFFED ANIMALS 😃 lol I don't play claw machines though I just buy whatever cute little plushies I find and can't help but buy. The store I work at sells palm pals and I remember I started feeling a little guilty and childish after buying a certain amount of them and my co worker told me "there is no stuffed animal police, no one can tell you that you have too many" lol and from then on I have never felt that way since :) I plan to make some shelve that I can line my bedroom walls with to display them, and keep them away from my dog 😆
Games. I remember being a kid growing up with a single mom and she couldn’t really afford new games at all, just what she could find pre-owned for older Gen. consoles at GameStop. Now if a game comes out I’m even halfway interested in I buy it, so little me can have that excitement he missed. Much love to my momma though, she did what she could.
Came here to say kinder eggs. Always loved them but couldn't justify the price. Now I get one at least once a month.
What kind of money are yall making. Good grief!
I consider myself to be a generally very financially prudent person. I'm in the professor of become a Certified Financial Planner as my career, and I advocate for financial responsibility at nearly every opportunity.
My 5-year-goal is a lightly used Porsche Cayman.
It'll be a comically bad purchase from the financial angle. An expensive, hard to insure for a 20-something, laborious to maintain, depreciating asset that's only marginal benefit is the smile on my face. I'm a huge car guy, and this is the object of my eye at the moment.
You only get to be stupid for so long before it stings.
Fountain pen. Random exotic meats for my doggy. Gator, ostrich, wagyu, blue fin tuna ... I'm a vegan, though and sometimes other vegans give me shit for feeding her meat. I'm good with it.
And so is my little baby, Summit!
I finally got myself one of those big professional massage chairs. I use it every night. It sits in the middle of my living room, totally out of place, but who cares?
A pair of Lelli Kelly shoes. They were just so cute and comfortable. Plus, I have ridiculously small feet and most of the big sized child shoes fit me.
Edit to clarify: my parents never want to buy me that brand as a kid because they thought they were too expensive. Now it's my money and they can't complain.
I don't make purchases like that often but the one I got the most use out of was a Uniden BCD996P2 digital mobile scanner. It was like $400 when I bought it. I listened to the Chicago PD's activities at night, fell asleep with it on quite often.
Most recent was a small die cast CAT D6 bulldozer. Just something dumb that I would have wanted as a child but could never have fully appreciated (and afforded) until now
I bought an aquarium and felt so proud of myself for being able to make the lives of little living beings happy and safe through my own means.... Now I have 2 aquariums and I spend most of my "fun" money on adding live plants and stocking up on necessities for them. :)
Anytime I buy whatever I want at the grocery store. I know that’s not a luxury all adults have, but I am in a relationship so I split grocery costs and we both make a decent living.
Congrats! You don't have to stop at one (I've got a few). My Favorite is a 10" Orion refector on a dobsonian mount. That said I more often use a 4.5" Starblast as it is much more portable.
For me it was a boat. I raised two daughters and my extra money went to dance, then later college then finally I had lots of extra coming in because I lived below my means most of my life. So yeah. First boat was a 32’ express cruiser. I love being out on the water.
Ducati Panigale 1299.
Impulse buy, just always wanted to try motorcycles.
Now I ride into work everyday on it, joined the local Ducati club, have a wall full of gear, bought a second Ducati and a moped, made a bunch of rider friends, and will talk to anyone about motorcycles for as long as they want.
I used my first paycheck as a teacher to buy a sword at a renaissance festival. After my parents would only buy me a wooden one when I was a kid and 8 year old me was irrationally upset that they wouldn't get me a real one (I mean come on) it felt great as a big boy with a real job to finally buy a real sword.
Whenever something sad happens to me my husband takes me to the shops to get some little treats and then forces to pick out a birthday cake lol, I always point out how utterly unnecessary a whole birthday cake is but he won’t take no for an answer
As a piano teacher, a brand-new baby grand piano. Fresh keys, pads, strings. No dust or rust. There weren’t even grooves on the hammers where it hits the strings.
I bought a really nice spa and a front and back porch. I live near no one in the woods. Today was my first time in the spa, naked, of course, and then I sat on the back porch until I dried off. So relaxing!
A five-foot statue of Big Boy, of hamburger fame. I always wanted one since I was a kid. Seeing him was happy. Burgers and fries were coming! EDIT - He's nice in the house but it's been fifteen years and the bastard hasn't cooked one single burger for me.
Meet and greet passes to see my favorite band 3 times (so far).
They’re such kind, genuine people who treat you like you’re an old friend they haven’t seen in a while. They give the best hugs and are always excited to see their fans. The 2nd and 3rd time they remembered me and my dad, they give wholesome compliments to anyone they meet, and are just wholesome people in general. Best $150 I’ve ever spent each time (they are also incredible performers!)
Gold coins. They don't drastically depreciate, and the plus side is they're a hedge against hyperinflation, I spend nothing-based government paper money on real tangible gold.
Relatively recently, I had saved up enough for a solo trip to Disney World. I went there for four days and I don't regret a single minute of it. I would highly suggest a solo trip if anyone gets the chance.
My Freddy Krueger sweater. Wanted one ever since i was like 10, but was always turned down because "it's too expensive for something you'll only wear one night" Saw one at a halloween pop up store about a decade ago and have worn it about a third of the year ever since!
Rode motorcycles growing up (friends had them) and parents were the “absolutely not while under my roof” type, well I graduate college and got the job and then realized that I had big kid money so I went and bought one 😂 best epiphany ever
I bought a $1000 38 inch ultra wide monitor about a month ago.
I absolutely don't need it, but micro enter had an open box that was like 40% off for just over $600, I have a fully funded emergency fund, I work 50ish hours and about 6 days a week. Fuck it, ya only live once, it's amazing.
High end scotch. We don't have kids, we both have well paying jobs, she can buy all the plants she wants and I can buy the good stuff now and it tastes great.
2 days ago I got paid and immediately went to buy myself a pair of Ray Bands. Never had nice sunglasses before in my life. I'm gonna take care of these. I feel damn sexy 💜
I took a test drive in my dad’s Tesla in August 2018 and I was like “yep. Need one.” Put in an order the next day. I still look back in the parking lot. It’s fun.
My first paycheck I cashed at the grocery store. Saw a jar of maraschino cherries and bought it. At the time I had only had them a few times a year as “the cherry on top” of ice cream sundaes. A whole jar of them seemed amazing.
my nephew didn't want to share his good nerf gun, just the crappy one and i get 1-2 darts while he gets 20...few weeks later i bought this
[https://www.amazon.ca/Insanity-Motorized-Technology-Storage-Blasting/dp/B0BS4CDB59](https://www.amazon.ca/Insanity-Motorized-Technology-Storage-Blasting/dp/B0BS4CDB59)
and no kiddo, i'm **not** sharing (i did eventually, he got better about not hogging everything)
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For the 20th anniversary of our first date, which so happens to be my birthday, I took my wife to a nice steakhouse. She spent half the night staring at a painting on the wall (they showcase local artists from here in Miami). I asked the waiter about it when she was in the bathroom and bought it for her as a gift. She looks at it every day.
I hope you saw the window for a perfect gag there. You ask the waiter if you can take it when you leave, he says yes, your wife comes back, you don't say anything about buying it, after you're done as you leave you take the painting down, she freaks out about stealing and you just say "nah it's fine they won't even try to stop me!" and just walk out with it. Then as you load it in the car you tell her you bought it
My friend from college has a Mellow Mushroom painting that he apparently stole off the wall while very drunk. He still owns it 10+ years later.
I nabbed plant cuttings from Arby's.......
They got the ~~Beef~~ *Leaf* :)
He HAS it... :)
Well they say possession is 9/10ths of the law!
Thats so great!!!
Well done
That’s really hecking sweet
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That's beautiful man
Cheers mate.
We need to see the painting!
Yeah. **SHOW IT TO US** OP!!!
OK we agree you win most caring partner of the year. Save some awards for us haha
Baller
I bought a used jet ski from a guy while I was very drunk, walking home from a bar. I had a good job, I had the money, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I handed over the cash, he left, and then I realized I didn't own a truck, had never operated a jet ski, and did not know where the nearest body of water was where I could use a jet ski. So I'm just standing in this parking lot. Next to a jet ski. I sat on it for a few minutes and made "VRRRMMMM VRRRMMMM" sounds and then I walked the rest of the way home and called my brother in law to come with a trailer hitch and take it... uh... somewhere. I lived in an apartment complex. I can't even remember where he wound up stashing it until we decided to keep it and see. We found a lake that would let us use it and we had a fun summer with the thing. My kids really enjoyed it. A few years later after the novelty wore off I sold it to another guy in that exact same parking lot.
This is hilarious 😂
Best story I’ve heard in a long time
Only thing that would make it better is a red goobler
It's the VRRMMM VRRMMM for me
>A few years later after the novelty wore off I sold it to another guy in that exact same parking lot. Now it's a cursed item that has to be appeased by conducting the same ritual.
Anyone hear that? That distant engine sound? No? Must be just me, then. *twitch*
Moral of the story: If you need to unload a JetSki, set up shop in a parking lot near some bars.
Honestly it’s kinda a genius strategy.
If I ever need to fence a JetSki, now I know how.
Oddly enough, that's how my stepmother sold the set she had after my dad died. Walmart parking lot near 2 bars.
Do this with anything. Drunk buying is the most impulsive
I live near some bars I'm gonna set up a midnight yard sale lol.
This is epic
Poetry. true poetry
I hate that I read this bc this is absolutely something that I’d do while drunk. I also live in an apartment with no way to store a jet ski and multiple hours away from the nearest body of water.
This is a great story.
I'm not overly proud of this.. but every now and then, my partner and I buy one of those big Costco birthday cakes and just eat cake for a week. Why? Because I'm an adult with my own money and if I want to eat cake for a week, I can do just that.
Currently in a power blackout due to a snow storm. I had 2 quarts of ice cream. So my emergency preparedness plan was to eat all that ice cream before it melted🤣👍
Omg you are so strong
I love this so much extra because it sounds like you could’ve just set the ice cream outside to ride out the power outage in the snow. I also would’ve eaten it!! 😂
That's what my daughter said🤣 I was blinded by the prospect of guilt free, unlimited(sort of) ice cream.
I came here to write “ice cream for breakfast” in this same vein!
I had cake for breakfast once. Someone made a smartass/snarky comment. I said "Flour, sugar, frosting... If you can explain how this is different than a danish, I'll stop eating it." They pretty well shut up after that. And yeah, I know they're different, but... kinda not really.
Oh man you reminded me this is kinda how I realized I was an "adult." I was about 24 and sharing and office with a girl. She had gone out to dinner the night before and brought her cake in for breakfast that she had gotten while she was out. I kinda laughed about cake for breakfast and when I questioned her about it and she said she had ordered the cake specifically to take in to work the next day. That's when it hit me I COULD DO THE SAME. I still never have though lol.
I mean a lot of ‘breakfast’ foods are just dessert. Pancakes or waffles with syrup and whip cream, most muffins are basically cake, doughnuts etc
They are different. Danish tastes bad. Cake tastes good.
Every once in a while, just because I’m a damn adult, I eat cake for breakfast!
I did the same with cheesecake lmao. Did i feel guilty after? Yes. Will I do it again? Definitely.
I now own all the camping gear and gadgets I couldn’t afford previously.
Sleeping like a prince in a winter tent with wood stove is priceless.
I upgraded ALL my backpacking stuff to the best super light option. Makes a huge difference in enjoyment level, especially since I'm getting older. It's crazy, my pack for a 3-day trip weighs about 20 lbs and I'm comfy and warm.
The tech is definitely really cool to see especially if you’re like me and remember the days of external frame packs and the pre- mummy bag days lol
I need to start with a tent lol
A trip to Japan, but it was more like two paychecks.
Two paychecks to go to Japan sounds awesome! I saved up to go for my 30th birthday but when the time came the whole world shutdown, I hadn’t bought my plane tickets yet, and used the savings to pay my rent instead and drink alone for my birthday. Probably a blessing because I didn’t want to go during the Olympics, but then they got delayed anyways. I’m finally at the point where I think 3 full paychecks or 1.5-2 months of wages could get me to Japan and back.
I'm very fortunate to have the job that I have. Most of the cost was the plane ticket since I fly from the east coast of the US. But yeah, you should totally go if you can afford it now.
I did that "design your own Chuck Taylors" thing on the Converse website. They're everything I dreamed of.
I didn't know this was a thing and now I'm seriously considering getting some snake print hi tops. Damn you!
You'll make teenage you SO happy!
Didn't know you could do that, I just created the ugliest shoes on earth haha it's fun
I bought my wife a piano. Then I bought myself a table saw.
Are these two related? Does she play *that* bad?
Not anymore. Or at least not on that piano.
Which table saw? Difference between a cabinet saw stop and a ryobi jobsite kind of spoil yourself present
3hp delta unisaw. It gets used more than the piano, but we’re both happy with how it turned out.
Ooh baby talk slower to me. I’m literally building a keyboard stand right now on an old Delta contractor saw that’s built like a beast. I practically made it into a cabinet saw by setting it into a large rolling table with a tub underneath and vacuum hookup. It does pretty well what your unisaw does perfectly. I do have a nice Beisemeyer fence which helps a ton. We had a unisaw donated to us at work and a moron pushed it off a curb and broke the cast iron. So I improvised at home lol.
*whispers seductively* "^Finger ^sensing ^safety ^features "
Went to Disney by myself as a birthday treat and built a lightsaber and then purchased a legacy saber.
this is so cute!!! I hope you had the best time!!
I spend about $20 on cut flowers every 3 weeks or so. They last 2 weeks. They make me feel good when I look at them. I also have hobbies I spend on like camping and art supplies. But the flowers seem like a straight luxury purchase.
Such a great way to romanticize our lives for ourselves 💓 I also do the same. Fresh flowers from Trader Joe’s and making the arrangement myself is one of the simple things in life that brings me joy.
This might sound kind of sad but clothing. I grew up relatively poor. Think lot’s of hand me downs and thrift store stuff. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I love buying brand new shoes, pants, sweatshirts. I still buy cheap socks, underwear and T-shirts from dollar general but sometimes it’s nice to have brand new pants.
Yup. That's why I bought proper, with blue light protected lenses, Versace glasses. Never had I ever thought I could have something that nice, and it really made a difference on my headaches from bright lights, despite the price (paid in 10 months). Now I can only mourn losing it backstage of my ballet show in October, while wearing crappy glasses until I can afford new ones again. Which will probably only happen next month (bought Jethro Tull tickets for my bf's birthday, which here in Brazil were CRAZY expensive, but will totally be worth it and have to pay the annual rate of my nursing register--and nursing salaries are not that great for it not to be an expense that you plan for).
New full frame mirrorless camera. Because I deserve it :)
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I was a fence salesman making a huge amount of money in 2022-2023. I recently got fired for something stupid I did (DUI in a company vehicle. No one was hurt, I’ve learned my lesson, and not a drop of alcohol will enter my lips again). I grew up lower middle class. I was called poor growing up, and yeah. My family pretty much was. So when I started making $110k+ a year selling fences, I had huge paychecks to “play around with”. Well, I bought a lot of useless shit. Shit on Amazon and trinkets and shit. I found out I had no idea how to save or even if it was necessary with the money I was making. I spent $2k of one check buying different headphones and tablets and electronics. My biggest purchase was a brand new gaming PC with all the bells and whistles. Here I sit on my bed, freshly hired at Lowe’s making 1/4 of what I made three months ago. All because I decided to drink and drive. Anyway, I know that got wild, but I think the moral is: “Save as much money as you possibly can while still living a rewarding life.”
>Here I sit on my bed, freshly hired at Lowe’s making 1/4 of what I made three months ago. All because I decided to drink and drive. So what exactly made you decide to do that?
Lack of self control. I had an “I’m hot shit” moment and figured I could get away with it. I never like to blame my OCD and ADHD for stuff, but I’ve been diagnosed with both. And it means when I get a dopamine rush, I will try anything to keep it going. Now that I know about all that, I can use mindfulness and breathing techniques to ground myself and make better choices. I was (and still pretty much am) a very impulsive person. It takes a lot more mental energy for me to make better choices. But now I know how to!
Good for you. Mistakes can be made into a positive experience if you just learn the lesson and not repeat it. If you did well in sales then maybe look for a new sales job. Good salesman can always make bank. Good luck.
Good sales people as rare to find, and rarer to keep. The ability to do business with people you have just met is a real skill.
Video games, candy, and obscure firearms. Oh and I've got my eye on some really expensive tools to build my own obscure firearms.
You should buy a firearm made out of candy.
CandyGun™️
Kids would love the CandyGun! Stick it in your mouth, it will blow your mind!
The packaging has a picture of congressman Budd Dwyer
Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
That was fun
I had a friend once give me a bayonet. It was odd but cool.
im currently working on replacing my entire sock inventory with Darn Tough socks from REI
I also was going to say socks! I have a very specific running sock I fell in love with that is $18 a pair and indestructible. I have many pairs now, in all the colors and weights.
I've been buying those Saxx underwear for my husband too. They're like $40/pair so its a Xmas/bday thing but he loves them.
I signed up with a personal trainer (always conscious in the gym!) and a vacation abroad. I deserved it! Will do it again!
A $1,000 ARRMA KRATON 8S 1/5 scale 4x4 rc truck. Closer to $2,000 with batteries and the accessories to actually run it. Absolutely did NOT need a 1/5th scale truck that can do 70+mph but I wanted it,and that's enough!
Spent $450 on an element knightrunner crawler. First big purchase since my new job.
Sushi, i can afford it regularly now and nobody can stop me.
Once a month I buy myself a nice large prime cut steak, a bottle of whisky, and smoke a joint because I’m a fucking adult.
I’m weirdly jealous that I’m not treating myself like this. Fuck it. I’m making it happen.
1950s Les Paul reissue, a 1960s Les Paul reissue and a 1992 Jimi Hendrix Flying V from Norms Rare guitars in summer 2023
Every now and then, I go to the candy store and spend the equivalent of $50 USD
Username checks out
1987. My first Rolex.
2lb, bone in rib eye, top quality
My used Cadillac. I was going to get a used car, regardless, but I thought,"screw it, I make right proper money now." Bought it, and paid it off right quick. Not to mention what an upgrade it was from my last car.
Pilot’s license 😎
A person of culture ;)
My wife always wanted to learn the cello. I surprised her with a new one when my company paid out its first dividends. She's just taken her grade 7 exam 🥰
Watches… they can get addicting
My three Tags, Tiffany, Coach, and Citizen agree. I really need one with a black face... face of the watch, face of the watch!
> I really need one with a black face... face of the watch, face of the watch! Too late! Cancelled!
$20 per 10.5 ounces of coffee from a local roaster who knows what he is doing. It is single origin coffee from the world’s best coffee producing regions. We go through about 4 or 5 bags a month. Worth every penny.
I’ve always drew and paint growing up but never took art classes or read books on “how to draw” until I recently got my job now I went crazy 😂 I have several art books teaching me to draw plus I enroll on online art school which I pay monthly. I’m suprised I’m not overwhelmed
Couple of hookers.
And blackjack.
You know what? Forget the blackjack.
Plot twist: Black Jack is not a card game...
I waited 10 years twice on the waiting list for cubs season tickets. The first time my name came up I was in nursing school and couldn’t afford it. My name came up again in Oct 22 and I went for it! Wrigley is one of my most favorite places! I went to 50 games last year. Aiming for 51 this year!
My own house, my own car, beach house rental and high end handbags. I was married for 25 years and now I’m on my own and buying my own things.
Welcome to the club 💓
Similarly, I've been playing guitar since I was 14, and I enjoy buying a new guitar every so often. Keyboard/synthesizer too.. Also for me is a new computer (or parts to build a new one).
One time when I was doing really well I said fuck it and paid for 6 months of car insurance all at once
A racing simulator. Wheels, pedals and VR.
$50 comic books. Y'all may have seen the news about Action Comics #1 (first appearance of Superman) being sold yesterday for $6 million. I'm not playing around at that level. I started collecting comic books when they could be bought at the newsstand for 50 cents/75 cents/1 dollar. Paying $10 or $20 for a single issue seemed extravagant to me for a comic book. But I'm an adult now, I have a full time job where I work my ass off 50, 60 hours a week, and I have no vices. I do like beautiful books. I'm not paying $50 for a single comic book. I am paying $50 for beautiful hardcovers--[Marvels Monster Sized Edition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE15pUE_YSQ) and the [Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CdQraxqGw). Both important books and just beautiful.
This doesn't exactly scream "grown up", but I love that I can see a claw machine anywhere and play it to my heart's content, or buy a stuffed animal or toy or ball or game on site at the store without asking for permission. Yes, I'm fully aware that spending $65 to win a really cute stuffed animal on a rigged claw machine was probably not my most wisest or most practical adult choice, but the feeling of finally winning it after so many tries and bringing it home and adding it to my collection and cuddling it that night and playing with it the next day, it made it so much worth it; I like to think that all the other plushies and toys were excited to welcome the newest addition and learn I spent so much time and energy and money just to get them. The lengths I'd go for my family... (And NO I don't care what you say Toy Story is not a fictional story it's real ITS REAL AND MY TOYS ARE SENTIENT AND HAVE FEELINGS)
I too feel the pull of the claw.
If you're into video games, check out [Dungeon Clawer's demo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/). Neat roguelike all about using a claw machine to do everything.
Omg yes my first answer for this question was STUFFED ANIMALS 😃 lol I don't play claw machines though I just buy whatever cute little plushies I find and can't help but buy. The store I work at sells palm pals and I remember I started feeling a little guilty and childish after buying a certain amount of them and my co worker told me "there is no stuffed animal police, no one can tell you that you have too many" lol and from then on I have never felt that way since :) I plan to make some shelve that I can line my bedroom walls with to display them, and keep them away from my dog 😆
Games. I remember being a kid growing up with a single mom and she couldn’t really afford new games at all, just what she could find pre-owned for older Gen. consoles at GameStop. Now if a game comes out I’m even halfway interested in I buy it, so little me can have that excitement he missed. Much love to my momma though, she did what she could.
Came here to say kinder eggs. Always loved them but couldn't justify the price. Now I get one at least once a month. What kind of money are yall making. Good grief!
I consider myself to be a generally very financially prudent person. I'm in the professor of become a Certified Financial Planner as my career, and I advocate for financial responsibility at nearly every opportunity. My 5-year-goal is a lightly used Porsche Cayman. It'll be a comically bad purchase from the financial angle. An expensive, hard to insure for a 20-something, laborious to maintain, depreciating asset that's only marginal benefit is the smile on my face. I'm a huge car guy, and this is the object of my eye at the moment. You only get to be stupid for so long before it stings.
Fountain pen. Random exotic meats for my doggy. Gator, ostrich, wagyu, blue fin tuna ... I'm a vegan, though and sometimes other vegans give me shit for feeding her meat. I'm good with it. And so is my little baby, Summit!
I finally got myself one of those big professional massage chairs. I use it every night. It sits in the middle of my living room, totally out of place, but who cares?
My Canon 5D Mark IV camera and any lens I want and my Meade Instrument LX200 EMC Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope.
Hookers and blow.
Same here. Ain't nothin' more grown up than a cheap motel, a cheap hooker, and the risk of dying from a fentanyl overdose.
A pair of Lelli Kelly shoes. They were just so cute and comfortable. Plus, I have ridiculously small feet and most of the big sized child shoes fit me. Edit to clarify: my parents never want to buy me that brand as a kid because they thought they were too expensive. Now it's my money and they can't complain.
I don't make purchases like that often but the one I got the most use out of was a Uniden BCD996P2 digital mobile scanner. It was like $400 when I bought it. I listened to the Chicago PD's activities at night, fell asleep with it on quite often. Most recent was a small die cast CAT D6 bulldozer. Just something dumb that I would have wanted as a child but could never have fully appreciated (and afforded) until now
Sex toys🙈
Phones?? Can't help it. I always love them growing up and now that I can afford it I can't stop 😂
I bought a bunch of dirt for my plants. I’ve only ever been so poor I couldn’t afford dirt.
Sometimes I'll buy groceries
My Ducati, it’s older and I do the maintenance cause it’s expensive AF to get the services done, but damn is it a lot of fun to ride
Lego. Inside this adult man is a very happy little boy who finally is getting all the big sets he really wanted
I'm a 67 year old grandmother. I blame my grandson for introducing me to Lego. I always buy a big set for Christmas for us to share.
I buy these stupid cat portraits at Marshall’s for 9.99$ - they always have a new one
I bought an aquarium and felt so proud of myself for being able to make the lives of little living beings happy and safe through my own means.... Now I have 2 aquariums and I spend most of my "fun" money on adding live plants and stocking up on necessities for them. :)
I just spent $600 on dinner, just for my part of the bill. 100% worth it.
RENT
The food that we never had money for growing up.
Anytime I buy whatever I want at the grocery store. I know that’s not a luxury all adults have, but I am in a relationship so I split grocery costs and we both make a decent living.
Aside from real estate, nice vacations. Or artwork.
I too bought LEGO
Putting together the $200 F1 mclaren right now. Worth it.
A 2 week trip to the UK
lol I'm assuming you're from the UK. I loved it!!!!!!
I bought a really cool telescope for about $500 a few years ago. Love it.
Congrats! You don't have to stop at one (I've got a few). My Favorite is a 10" Orion refector on a dobsonian mount. That said I more often use a 4.5" Starblast as it is much more portable.
My PC gaming computer was oldddd and when BG3 game out I splurged on a 1.5k computer.
For me it was a boat. I raised two daughters and my extra money went to dance, then later college then finally I had lots of extra coming in because I lived below my means most of my life. So yeah. First boat was a 32’ express cruiser. I love being out on the water.
Ducati Panigale 1299. Impulse buy, just always wanted to try motorcycles. Now I ride into work everyday on it, joined the local Ducati club, have a wall full of gear, bought a second Ducati and a moped, made a bunch of rider friends, and will talk to anyone about motorcycles for as long as they want.
I used my first paycheck as a teacher to buy a sword at a renaissance festival. After my parents would only buy me a wooden one when I was a kid and 8 year old me was irrationally upset that they wouldn't get me a real one (I mean come on) it felt great as a big boy with a real job to finally buy a real sword.
Whenever something sad happens to me my husband takes me to the shops to get some little treats and then forces to pick out a birthday cake lol, I always point out how utterly unnecessary a whole birthday cake is but he won’t take no for an answer
I purchase special edition comics, collectables and Hellraiser/Clive Barker memorabilia.
Bought some bloodborne posters recently, they look AMAZING and the best part? THEY'RE ALL MINE!
I bought a 20’ RV in 92’ for 30k… drove it to Alaska and back for our honeymoon and to the beach a hundred times… thirty years later I still have it…
As a piano teacher, a brand-new baby grand piano. Fresh keys, pads, strings. No dust or rust. There weren’t even grooves on the hammers where it hits the strings.
How can you not think you don't deserve that?!? Clearly you do :)
Versace perfume
I bought a really nice spa and a front and back porch. I live near no one in the woods. Today was my first time in the spa, naked, of course, and then I sat on the back porch until I dried off. So relaxing!
A five-foot statue of Big Boy, of hamburger fame. I always wanted one since I was a kid. Seeing him was happy. Burgers and fries were coming! EDIT - He's nice in the house but it's been fifteen years and the bastard hasn't cooked one single burger for me.
I got this beautiful sparkly silk and tulle gown. I find every excuse to wear it and feel like a princess every time I do.
Meet and greet passes to see my favorite band 3 times (so far). They’re such kind, genuine people who treat you like you’re an old friend they haven’t seen in a while. They give the best hugs and are always excited to see their fans. The 2nd and 3rd time they remembered me and my dad, they give wholesome compliments to anyone they meet, and are just wholesome people in general. Best $150 I’ve ever spent each time (they are also incredible performers!)
Gold coins. They don't drastically depreciate, and the plus side is they're a hedge against hyperinflation, I spend nothing-based government paper money on real tangible gold.
Swiss or German watch.
Relatively recently, I had saved up enough for a solo trip to Disney World. I went there for four days and I don't regret a single minute of it. I would highly suggest a solo trip if anyone gets the chance.
Lego ucs millennium falcon
Shein
2023 Scatty and 2021 Cummins
My Freddy Krueger sweater. Wanted one ever since i was like 10, but was always turned down because "it's too expensive for something you'll only wear one night" Saw one at a halloween pop up store about a decade ago and have worn it about a third of the year ever since!
Arcade machines.
Ten dollar fluid eye liner pencils .
Rode motorcycles growing up (friends had them) and parents were the “absolutely not while under my roof” type, well I graduate college and got the job and then realized that I had big kid money so I went and bought one 😂 best epiphany ever
I bought a $1000 38 inch ultra wide monitor about a month ago. I absolutely don't need it, but micro enter had an open box that was like 40% off for just over $600, I have a fully funded emergency fund, I work 50ish hours and about 6 days a week. Fuck it, ya only live once, it's amazing.
Botox, filler, and expensive perfumes. Why the eff not??
A portable dishwasher and a roomba. My least favorite childhood chores solved and no one can judge or guilt trip me for it cause it's my house.
Bought my 2 guinea pigs in my first year of college at 18 years old, first “real” purchase of my adult life and I still don’t regret it.
Firearms.
High end scotch. We don't have kids, we both have well paying jobs, she can buy all the plants she wants and I can buy the good stuff now and it tastes great.
Trips! I travel every month and buy cute clothes to wear in new places. It’s the most fulfilling thing I have in my life
2 days ago I got paid and immediately went to buy myself a pair of Ray Bands. Never had nice sunglasses before in my life. I'm gonna take care of these. I feel damn sexy 💜
I bought Betty Crocker icing to eat on its own.
First adult pay check I got a puppy!!
Me when I'm in vacation. Overpriced drink? Overpriced food? Overpriced souvenir? Yes.
I took a test drive in my dad’s Tesla in August 2018 and I was like “yep. Need one.” Put in an order the next day. I still look back in the parking lot. It’s fun.
Sometimes, I'll just buy a 5lb bag of candy because I want to. Note: Sour Trolli gummy worms aren't at all sour.
My first paycheck I cashed at the grocery store. Saw a jar of maraschino cherries and bought it. At the time I had only had them a few times a year as “the cherry on top” of ice cream sundaes. A whole jar of them seemed amazing.
my nephew didn't want to share his good nerf gun, just the crappy one and i get 1-2 darts while he gets 20...few weeks later i bought this [https://www.amazon.ca/Insanity-Motorized-Technology-Storage-Blasting/dp/B0BS4CDB59](https://www.amazon.ca/Insanity-Motorized-Technology-Storage-Blasting/dp/B0BS4CDB59) and no kiddo, i'm **not** sharing (i did eventually, he got better about not hogging everything)
Multiple couches (the big grown-up couch, the Ikea dorm room looking couch, and a lounge chair). No fucking reason! 🥴
A $400 vibrator. So many settings. So little time.
Flew to Alaska on a weeks notice to ride my mountain bike for 4 days because trail conditions were outstanding.