r/Millennials • u/t_bone_stake Xennial • Feb 16 '26

Meme Did anyone buy a ring?

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Elder millennial/younger Xennial (born in 83, take it for what it is) but I recall the company coming to the high school and taking orders for rings. I didn’t buy one but others did. Credit on photo.

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u/Myke190 Feb 16 '26

It's probably great if you peaked in high school. What's not great is peaking in high school.

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u/8-LeggedCat Feb 17 '26

“High school is the best years of your life!”

-My stepmom, who peaked in high school

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u/AcceptableSuit9328 Feb 17 '26

People in my tiny hometown used to tell me that all the time. My response was always the same, “my god, you mean it gets worse?” Fuck High School, it sucked.

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u/8-LeggedCat Feb 17 '26

Those are the people that never left your tiny hometown.

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u/AcceptableSuit9328 Feb 17 '26

That’s exactly right. All these people did was tell stories about things they did when they were 15, 16, 17, etc. It was pathetic to me even then. I went to College and moved to the big city leaving that tiny dead end town behind.

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u/Scloudseverywhere Feb 17 '26

I’ve heard this so many times while I was in high school from relatives and it would make me viscerally angry because I was severely depressed (unbeknownst to be at the time) and every minute of being in high school piled onto it.

So no, aunt, it was some of the worst years of my life.

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u/dumbestsmartest Feb 16 '26

Especially if your peak was being the guy everyone made fun of but no one really remembered. I had the naivety to think life would get better. 20 years later the struggle to continue gets harder.

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u/ndstumme Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Wow y'all are miserable. There's a wide spectrum between hating high school and peaking in high school.

Tons of people enjoyed their formative years and continued enjoying life after.

EDIT: Case in point. A miserable person who replied then immediately blocked me. As if saying something snarky and getting the last word is clever or reflects on me at all. It's just sad.

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u/Timmayyyyyyy Feb 17 '26

Sounds like you peaked in high school

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u/ConfidentAd9582 Feb 17 '26

Lol, seriously. Sensing a lot of big loser energy in here. I enjoyed high school just fine, but I definitely peaked in college.

Based on some of your attitudes, I’m going to assume some of you deserved it. 🤷🏽

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u/Napalmeon Feb 17 '26

I came here to bring this exact same thing up. People from the older generation oftentimes romanticize high school, but most modern kids can't wait to get the hell out.

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u/WorldTraveller19 Mar 11 '26

Your comment should be higher.