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Omg. My shoe game would be totally different if I didn’t walk most places.
Ha. Totally forgot about that. Yes we did!! I still stand by my decision to use one.
I absolutely bought mine for convenience! At the beginning of the pandemic, the husband I were still going to the grocery store. I was always in work out clothes. I didn’t want to carry a real purse, but I still needed keys, my card, my mask and hand sanitizer. Since we don’t own a car and walk to the store and carry groceries home, this was the best option. I did do the waist thing for the first few walks. Didn’t love it. Switched to crossbody.
If I got around in a car in lieu of walking everywhere, I’d probably still have a full size purse, honestly.
I wear mine cross body. I like how small they are and it’s weeded out unnecessary items.
Yeah, I figured it was Lo&Sons OG. I wanted it for the longest time. I like the totes from Cuyana too.
I also bought the Lululemon fanny pack early. I think I bought mine a couple months into the pandemic. I think they became super popular in 2021. I remember a friend texting saying she was finally going to purchase a fanny pack and I’m like, dude, I’ve had mine for a year and I love it.
Driving, I’d absolutely use a tote. I actually wanted the one @copa probably bought from Lo & Sons but needed to go the backpack root.
I like the little belt purses (or Fanny packs) to keep my sunglasses, cards, chapstick and phone accessible. I can easily throw in a tote or backpack and then take out if I were going to lunch or something.
I have a lululemon Fanny pack and a Lo&Sons belt purse. I use both as small cross body purses.
I def get a sweaty back if it’s hot out, unfortunately. And I def take my backpack off on a crowded bus/train! I also get annoyed at those who don’t. Even the female exec vp in our office sports a backpack. There are a lot more business appropriate, sleek ones to choose from these days. The husband uses the Away backpack and it’s not bulky at all.
I use a backpack. But I’m usually walking or taking public transportation. I’m too old and my lower back is too bad to walk three miles with my laptop in anything other than a backpack. I’d prefer a tote though.
I think my backpack is either from Everlane or Lo and Sons.
One of my best girlfriends is 40+, single and thriving. She was supposed to host a big blowout for her 40th. Well, that would have been June 2020, so she did it last June and had a 40+2 party. It was basically a wedding reception without the wedding. She rented out a venue. Food truck. Drinks. Photographer. Cake. Music. Flowers. It was a blast!!
And as @kate said, I LOVE when the husband goes on work trips or a weekend trip with friends. I love the freedom it affords me to just be. I lived on my own from 2004 – 2017 (minus the one year I was engaged), so more than half of my post-college life.
And like @copa said, if anything were to happen to the husband (knock on wood nothing does), I wouldn’t be in a rush to find someone new. I like the idea of a long term partner, mostly someone to travel with, but I’d be fine without one.
Nearly all my friends here were around 35 when they got married. Give or take a couple years. I think most were 35+.
All of my college and high school friends, except me, were before 25.
I love reading about wedding drama. It cracks me up.
And LOL @Copa. I used to say that I was going to do the “Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russel thing” and have a life partner. Marriage didn’t interest me much.
Another edit: In my mid to late 20s, I did fall into the “I want to get married” trap. I think I was more interested in a wedding than the partner. After I called off that engagement, I quickly reverted to the life partner mentality and stopped thinking as much about marriage. I also stopped thinking about more traditional wedding shit. I didn’t want any future decision to be made based on one potential party. Or diamonds. Or whatever other trappings that weddings entail.
Obviously, I know everyone is different. This is just where my headspace was/is at and what I needed in my life so I could make better decisions.
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I wrote what I did before I read all of purplestars reply. So I’m with you in everything @purplestar.
EDT: In high school, I was with a friend hanging out with some new people. A third cousin or something thought I was cute and asked about me at a later time. He heard my last name, asked who my parents were and noped out of that quickly. His dad and my mom are cousins on my grandma’s side. I don’t think it’s weird. I think it’s funny. Fun fact, he and his dad farm my family’s land that was passed down on my grandpa’s side.
I call my nephew and nieces sweetie. I dated a guy once that called every female darlin. I see no problem with calling relatives pet names. It’s not weird in a lot of cultures.
The kiss was kind of messed up. Why did you even tell your boyfriend? That’s something you should keep to yourself going forward. You don’t need to tell every person you date your past intimate experiences.
You do sound young. I’d cut your losses with the boyfriend and MOA.
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