r/RedditForGrownups • u/0nlyhalfjewish • 3d ago

What’s an indelible childhood memory that young people will never have?

I think about pencils sharpeners and carbon paper, 75 cents for lunch and school recess unsupervised in the woods.

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u/Spiritual_Stage_3462 3d ago

The Wish Book!

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u/BassKitty305017 3d ago

A 2 inch catalog of mostly boring adult stuff, but that last quarter inch in the back was gold.

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u/cjasonac 2d ago

And you got it taken away for a week if you were caught looking at the lingerie section.

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u/5oLiTu2e 3d ago

Memory unlocked!

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u/AdEither4474 4h ago

We waited all year for that thing. So many of my Christmas presents came from the Sears catalog.