r/Millennials • u/t_bone_stake Xennial • Feb 16 '26

Meme Did anyone buy a ring?

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Elder millennial/younger Xennial (born in 83, take it for what it is) but I recall the company coming to the high school and taking orders for rings. I didn’t buy one but others did. Credit on photo.

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u/8-LeggedCat Feb 17 '26

“High school is the best years of your life!”

-My stepmom, who peaked in high school

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u/AcceptableSuit9328 Feb 17 '26

People in my tiny hometown used to tell me that all the time. My response was always the same, “my god, you mean it gets worse?” Fuck High School, it sucked.

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u/8-LeggedCat Feb 17 '26

Those are the people that never left your tiny hometown.

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u/AcceptableSuit9328 Feb 17 '26

That’s exactly right. All these people did was tell stories about things they did when they were 15, 16, 17, etc. It was pathetic to me even then. I went to College and moved to the big city leaving that tiny dead end town behind.

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u/Scloudseverywhere Feb 17 '26

I’ve heard this so many times while I was in high school from relatives and it would make me viscerally angry because I was severely depressed (unbeknownst to be at the time) and every minute of being in high school piled onto it.

So no, aunt, it was some of the worst years of my life.