90s kids were never meant to have adult money
I saw a Bulbasaur garlic holder online today and for a solid 5 minutes my brain COMPLETELY STOPPED functioning!!
Not because I needed a garlic holder.
Not because it was practical.
But because 9-year-old me would’ve LOST HER MIND seeing that thing in the kitchen.
And I think that’s what “adult money” actually is for most of us 90s kids.
We grew up hearing:
“Put it back.”
“We already have this at home.”
“That’s unnecessary.”
So now we buy:
weirdly aesthetic kitchen gadgets
mechanical keyboards that sound like typewriters
random collectibles
Lego set vases
tiny versions of real things
and random nonsense that heals something inside us
The funniest part is… these purchases genuinely make me happier than most “serious adult” purchases.
Please tell me I’m not the only person buying completely unnecessary things just because younger me would’ve thought they were the coolest thing ever.