Yahoo Lifestyle Older Adults Are Sharing Guilty Pleasures From Their Childhood They Refuse To Let Go
I feel like we all have a few quirks from childhood that we bring into our adult lives. Kids are weirdos, and their love for things is totally pure! Recently, I published an article discussing the "guilty pleasures" people have continued to enjoy since childhood, and in the comments, BuzzFeed Community members sounded off with their own "guilty pleasures." So, in the spirit of positivity, I thought I would go ahead and share those, too! Here are some of the best:
1."I am 50 and still have the teddy bear my Grandma gave me when I was six months old. His name is Light Bear and he still plays a lullaby via a wind-up key. I wind him up about twice a year."
2."Nothing better than the claymation Christmas shows each year."
"And of course the animated Peanuts Halloween and Christmas shows, and the [original 1966] animated Grinch, NOT the [live-action] movie — I saw the movie once and it left me cold, strongly disliked it."
3."I watch Pixar movies regularly, especially all the Toy Story movies and Monsters Inc. I’m 32!"
4."I have a 10-year-old and love shopping for school supplies (except the expense lol) because it just takes me back. I’m 45."
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"I still get ridiculous enjoyment out of buying boxes of crayons and love the smell of new ones! I also started coloring myself a while back and I HAD to buy the big 64-count box with the sharpener in the back because that was LUXURY back in the day, lol. I decided eventually to switch to Prismacolor pencils though, and have collected at least a dozen coloring books of my favorite things."
5."I'm 44 years old, and I have a bunny that I built at Build-a-Bear with my then-boyfriend (now hubby), and I named her after him."
"Digger Bunny has been through everything with me in the last 16 years, and I can't sleep without her. I'm cuddling her right now."
6."I buy coloring books for adults and markers by the case, it’s so relaxing for me to sit and color while watching TV at night to veg out."
"Also, chocolate milk, PB&J on white bread only, and Kraft mac and cheese are all comfort childhood foods for me."
7."Making a cup coffee and adding a spoon of vanilla ice cream with my uncle on a Saturday evening."
—Anonymous
8."I’m 63, and still love frosted blueberry pop tarts and Cap’n Crunch cereal!"
9."My childhood guilty pleasure to this day, and I’m 67, is the orange creamy push-up ice cream [that] comes in a push-up cardboard."
"The only place that I've found them [where it] tastes exactly the same is Schwan’s, and I heard they are going out of business. Not much I find in food that tastes the same as childhood anymore, which is understandable."
10."I still and will always lick my bowl to finish my ice cream."
—Anonymous
11."Being out on the beach in the sun."
—Anonymous
12."Notebooks... all sorts. I gotta be careful when grabbing one for a client meeting, as a Star Wars Rebel Alliance notebook does not scream business owner, lol."
13."I still have all my Breyer horses. Some [are] still displayed here and there on bookshelves. Still actively purchase the occasional Barbie and Blythe dolls, too. I'm almost 60."
14."I have a couple of dollhouses and enjoy remodeling them from time to time. I now make upgraded furniture and still have a lot of fun decorating."
—Anonymous
15."Webkinz is my guilty adult pleasure."
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"I still remember the excitement of getting my first Webkinz stuffy, the way the weird wiry fur felt and how floppy it was, and how cool it was to watch my digital home grow. Being able to play it every once in a while makes me feel like a kid again."
16."The original PlayStation 1 games are the best."
"I absolutely lost my mind when they remade the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games for the PS5. Yes, I’ve downloaded them, yes I’m completing them all over again, yes I’m a married woman in my 30s with a responsible job, no I am not sorry."
17."Really going way back, but every Thanksgiving it’s March of the Wooden Soldiers on the television after dinner."
18."Watermelon Bubblicious."
19."I love Nibs licorice — especially the the small packages you get on Halloween."
"My dad was addicted to those! He passed away but now every time I see them I think of him. ❤️"
20."Definitely Oregon Trail (the video game) and PB&J on cheap white bread. No seed bread on my PB&J!"
21."At the height of their popularity, gel pens were banned at my elementary school because they were causing too much distraction and conflict."
"Even if they hadn't been, my parents never would have bought them for me, anyway. They were expensive and I wasn't supposed to be using pens in school.
But when I went to grad school 20 years later, I was shopping for school supplies at Staples and found a huge pack of them on sale for dirt cheap. You bet I scooped them up!A few months later, one of my professors complimented me on my color-coded notes. They were not color-coded, I just changed colors whenever I felt like it. I was 27."
22."I am 62 years old and I still watch the Peanuts Great Pumpkin and A Charlie Brown Christmas every year."
"For some reason, my elementary school library had a LOT of the original Peanuts comic strip collections, and I read them all the time! I just found out that some of the original collections are right now available to read for free if you have Kindle Unlimited, and I’m working my way through them again. 😊"
"Just love that classic Charlie Brown!"
23."Swedish Fish, preferably the bigger ones."
24.And finally: "I still read my childhood favorite books when I'm feeling a little sad, such as Heidi, Black Beauty, Matilda, or Nancy Drew, while eating a big bowl of Cocoa Puffs or Apple Jacks."
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—Anonymous
So, what do you think? Are these totally cute, or what? Let me know down below — and share your own grown-up "guilty pleasures," if you like! Or, if you prefer, feel free to write into this anonymous Google Form. Who knows — your answer may end up in an upcoming BuzzFeed article!
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