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What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:25:42 GMT
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Well, I'm in my teen years. Voice has gone down, growth spurts, acne (luckily
I have been spared from that), the usual change. But then there is one thing
that has REALLY changed. Buying Lego.
I now find it very embarrassing to go to TRU and shop with my mom. It is as if
everybody is staring at me, and a couple of times I have heard and seen the
cashiers make rude, sarcastic comments and giving me weird looks. This has
turned me off, and now I need some help. What should I do? I have tried to
just ignore it, but the humiliation feeling keeps nagging me. Has anyone else
had this problem?
Erin
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| (...) Walk in with a bank card, and walk out with a cart _full_ of lego!, this tends to swing there attitudes. Here in St John's, I have several "tame" TRU employees, including the one who when TRU had a sale (4 weeks ago or so) reentered all the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm in my teen years too. I'm only 13 though, and nobody cares if I still buy the ages 7-12. I do not shop for Technic, but I believe that these sets have a minimum suggested age and a plus sign, 8+ instead on 8-12 for example. They should be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That's why I went into my dark ages... buying toys became too embarassing. Luckily it doesn't matter so much when you're older... :) I'm 22 and spend more time in toy stores now than I did when I was 8... <G> The other good thing is if I do (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| (...) Ahhh, you are at That Awkward Age when it comes to toys. It only truly goes away when you either have children old enough for Lego, or you at least appear old enough to have children old enough for Lego. I'm a big auto racing fan and I used to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I went through that when I was in my later teens. I look back now and don't understand why. I vaguely recall that image seemed real important back then, and the last thing I wanted was for some cute girl to see me walking out of the toy store with a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I only got that look once - I was still in Hong Kong at about 14 years old. From a Nestea promotion I "scratched" a 6825 and went to a store to trade it. That lady gave me a funny look, may be because I was sweating... Would have been easier (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <<Picture this>> -teenage boy walks into TRU -torn black levis -large studded leather belt -large studded leather band on left wrist -spiked leather band on right wrist -ball chain on neck -clash shirt -jean jacket with punk buttons, covered (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| Make a stupid computer game, sell it for extremely high prices & become the next Bill Gates so everyone loves you. That's my plan to keep people from bothering me about it, but for now I use VERY long words no one understands so everyone at school (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| <snip> Huh, well. I haven't had *much* of a problem with this, maybe because I'm short and people never know how old I am (estimates range from 12-13 to college years!!). But I do get the occasional weird look. I try to ignore those - jerks. OTOH, I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) It gets less embarrasing as the years go on. I am 47 and not embarrased at all. In fact, I am quite proud to point it out to people. Though they are usually surprised that someone my age 'plays with toys'. Obviously shopping isnt a problem, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| Part of growing up is learning how to march to the beat of your own drum. If you realize that there is actually noting at all wrong with you purchasing LEGO (with or without your mom), you should have no problem. If you find yourself worrying about (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| (...) Thinking about this ... I bet it's the fact that you go there with your mother that sets the context for them to make the comments. Having mom there casts you in the role of "kid" ... and some people always feel a little dismissive of "kids." (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| My biggest problem as a teen is buying my friend's sets. They think they're getting a good deal, when I would pay twice as much on ebay. I usually just tell them the truth, and though I see these people every day, I get suprisingly little flak from (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| (...) I did. I can clearly remember buying a pair of Lego sets (it was two Castle minifig packs, with three Black Falcons and three Crusaders [?]) when I was in Junior High and telling the cashier they were a present for a nephew. I don't have a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| (...) There's some excellent truths in the responses here and I'd like to throw in my two bits. I'm 28, for reference, and have only started buying Lego's en masse recently (curses and blessings to Steve Jackson). However, before Legos it was my (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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