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I suspect those born after the 2000's didn't experience this, I technically shouldn't have experience it but I had a friend that was like 3 years older than me growing up. Long story short she gave me a black jelly bracelet and told me I couldn't break it or take it off or else the sexual meaning associated with the color would come true. I was literally A CHILD so I was TERRIFIED. I don't remember what happened after that but I wanted to talk about jelly bracelets and how unique to the 90's they were.
A little back story:
Jelly bracelets (also known as jellies, gummies, shag-bands, or f*ck-bands) were popularized in the 1980's by Madonna due to her style of wearing jelly accessories and shoes. This trend continued along the 90's and even became revived in the 2000's. The bracelets were used almost like friendship bracelets as many would swap the jelly bracelets with each other. All while these bracelets waned in and out of popularity, the teens of these times decided to attach sexual meanings to the different colors of the bracelets. Many of the popular meanings include Yellow = hugging/kissing; Purple = French kissing; Pink = love-bite/flashing; Red = lap dance; Blue = oral; Brown = oral-anal; Black = "all the way"; Gold = "everything symbolised by all the other colours.
It was even reported that in October of 2003 Alachua Elementary School, Florida banned "sex bracelets" due to rumours of their sexual meanings and the use of sexual language among young children.
Anyway, long story short this little trend continued until around the early 2010's due to the medias obsession with blowing this story and fear mongering, keeping parents scared and horrified that their children were engaging in such games. Its important to note, however, that the meaning behind these braceletes were more myth than anything official and actually a lot of children and teens knew absolutely nothing about the meanings.
It sounds dumb but I love being able to have a personal connection to this dumb fad even though I was so young. I feel like stupid trends like these will never happen again due to the new generations dee connection with the internet and social media. Ofc, maybe its better that shit like this doesn't exist anymore but one can argue the younger generation are being subjected to much worse with unsupervised internet access.
anyway THANK U FOR READING IF U GOT THIS FAR, BRING BACK JELLY BANDS FOR NOSTALGIA!
Reference is linked :P
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so hear this shit out
two years ago I came to visit my family in Colombia but decided to stay with my moms childhood bestfriend. Always knew she had a son but we were young when we met and we never talked so i didn’t think much about it. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN THE MOST FINE ASS MAN IN THE WORLD GREETS ME AT THE DOOR. Anyway his mom has him take me to the mall and buy me lunch and also take me out to a club that same weeken. Everything was friend vibes up until I was dancing with him some reggaeton (donde se baila bien pegadito) and dancehall or wtv AND THEN AND THEN he whispers in my ear “te puedo dar la vuelta?” BASICALLY ASKING TO TURN ME AROUND AHHHHH AND LIKE DANCE WITH MY BACK (and ass) ALL UP ON HIM
anyway nothing happened that night (even though we were home alone) cause like idk maybe im dense. After i left colombia we were chatting a bit on whatsapp BUT THEN HE LEFT ME ON DELIVERED.
Whatever i didn’t think much of it cause who am i to expect someone in a whole other country to continue speaking to me. A whole year goes by and I come back to the city spring of 2024 for a wedding for my moms bestfriend so surprise surprise he was there with his mom who was also bestfriends with the groom and bride. We ended up dancing again (more modestly this time) still thought it was friends vibes cause idk man I WAS CRUSHING HARD THO.
After the wedding he comes up to me and asks if i want to go clubbing. I say yes cause like WHY NOT. We get to his place (which i was again staying at cause his mom is my mothers LITERALLY CHILDHOOD BESTIE) i get ready, throw in whatever raggedy clothes i managed to bring on the trip. AND POP OUT. he ends up taking me to a club called DAKITI. We pull up, get drinks (i offer to pay cause like i have an american job and colombian pesos translated to dollars is lowkey cheap n i felt bad n I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST FRIEND VIBES) anyway i end up getting lit. I’m honestly not sure if he’s lit too but fuck it. Anyway we ended up dancing and he was fucking BREATHING DOWN MY NECK AND ALL UP IN MY FACE and jesus christ i kept hiding my face cause I was so nervous. I end up giving in and looking up at him (im 5’1 he’s gotta be like 6’0 or 6’1) and BITCH WE KISSED NOT ONLY KISS WE MADE OUT THE WHOLE NIGHT AND DANCING HOT AND HEAVY FR. bueno. We stay at the club dancing and making out until like 5am, we get a car home and he asks the driver if he could sit in the back with me (in colombia ubers are illegal so someone has to sit in the front seat so it looks like it’s a normal car ride) and the driver says no </3 but i end up putting my hand on the center console and si did he so we were holding hands the whole way. I won’t talk about what happened once we got home 👀 pero safe to say we was feeling each other. Once i left his place/colombia to go back home we were back to talking in whatsapp for a couple of months and it was super fun but it honestly came to a stop cause i noticed he was taking a while to answer and idk i felt like maybe he was just not that interested.
ALL THIS BACK STORY JUST TO SAY
i’m back in colombia. Not only have i stayed at his house BUT AT HIS GRANDMAS HOUSE (again his family loves me and my mom cause they grew up with my mom and also used to take care of me when i was younger) his aunts, cousins, grandma, and MOTHER, love me to death but my friends this isn’t a love story :(
WELP, as the test of time would prove, my colombia bae now has a gf <\3
I found out about it last october cause i saw him post her and i IMMEDIATELY unfollowed him. Half cause i didn’t want to see him and other half cause i didn’t want his girl to have ANYTHING to worry about.
Spent christmas with him and his family, we only said hi and bye and merry christmas.
He’s currently out of town with friends and his gf and i’ve been spending time with his mom at their place. and ALSO hes trying to move to MY HOME TOWN to get his pilots license. so as he’s spending time with his boo thang out of the city me, my mom, and his mother are setting him up with usa pilir connects and what not. ITS SO WEIRD.
Anyway, such is life im excited to leave
colombia so i can stop existing in his four walls and move on with my life
(plot twist: i might be moving to colombia after I graduate in may so i’ll be nearby)
Hope yall enjoyed my story time <3
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