slo’s WEDNESDAY 5/3 poll - Rubber Bracelets

[slo]

Do you wear a rubber bracelet(s)?
If yes….please post what it’s for.



For Me…..I love wearing bracelets, but not rubber bracelets.
I do have a few for my DD’s past travel softball program, and a breast cancer awareness one that my friend’s DH gave out when she was getting treatment for breast cancer, but I never wore either of them.
My DD19 wears a few of them all the time - one is a Chicago Blackhawks one - she’s been wearing it for about 10 years now. They’ve broke over the years, but she’s had others to replace them with. She’s wearing her last one now, and when that breaks, I’ll be interested to see if she try’s to replaces it.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

One years ago but not any more - not sure what happened to it

 

[Dan Murphy]

None here. But always a watch. For about the past 10 years, a Fitbit watch. Before that, a 'regular' watch.

 

[MamaMermaid]

This is a throwback to the Livestrong yellow bracelet era!

No, I don't wear any and probably wouldn't unless it was something my kid was participating in.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I don't wear it often, but I have a blue one for Colorectal Cancer Awareness that I wear in March for that cause's month.

Hahaha... @slo at first I thought you meant those thin black rubber bangles that we'd wear a bunch of them at once like Madonna.

I used to wear at least ten at once.

 

[Kitty 34]

I have in the past in support of something but not recently.


Sidenote.....flying off to Charleston, SC for a week. Will miss everyone.

 

[CGB]

I buy them if a group sells them at school for a fundraiser, but I usually end up giving it to a student. They are popular with the kids, though. Last week, the girls were trying to figure out who was wearing the "orange bracelet" because one of the boys had given it to his "girlfirend" and he wasn't saying who .... and they're all super nosy.

 

[mumto3girls]

I don’t wear any.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sidenote.....flying off to Charleston, SC for a week. Will miss everyone.

What, no Internet in SC?

PS: Have a great time, Kitty!!

 

[1420Elexismc]

Used to wear them all the time in the late 80’s but haven’t in a while

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I do, but it's an ID bracelet. Red rubber band with a small metal plate in the middle.
I'm an avid walker and years ago I found a website for runners and saw the ID bracelets they sold. I ordered one since I never carried anything with me when I walked. Now I also have a few health issues that make me want to be identifiable where ever I may be in case I fall or pass out.

 

[Meriweather]

I have one. It was I got it from a fundraiser for a disaster in the area I used to live.

I'm at Disneyland.... And I'm here

 

[fly girl]

I wore the thin 80's ones when I was a teen like @BlueStarryHat posted.

As for the current ones, no I don't own or wear any of them.

 

[ronandannette]

If I'm given one at an event or for a special cause I'll wear it for the duration, but then take it off and chuck it immediately. A very well-meaning person once had a bunch custom-made to support a dear mutual friend when she started chemo. It had the friend's name and a vulgar saying on it "bleep cancer" in glow-in-the-dark letters. Our friend was like "thanks but there is no way in a million years I'm wearing that".

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I don’t have any and would not wear one if I did.

When I first saw your poll @slo , I thought you were referring to those loop bracelets that my daughter and her friends all made years ago. Dozens and dozens of them. I’m pretty sure my now 21 year old daughter still has one of these kits in her bedroom. This is what I’m referring to:

 

[Stratman50th]

I used to wear one for pancreatic cancer awareness. Lost both my mom and dad to that bastard disease just a year and a half from each other. Don't know what happened to the bracelet.

 

[RUDisney]

I wore a "Team Jill" one for my sister when she had cancer. Her DH continues to wear them and she passed away 9 years ago this August. Last weekend would have been their 21st wedding anniversary.

I wore an orange one for my DS when he had leukemia. I bought them for the entire family. He is 7 years past his diagnosis and doing great except for the after-affects of chemo that no one mentions during the treatments because the focus is on curing you.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sidenote.....flying off to Charleston, SC for a week. Will miss everyone.

I'm at Disneyland.... And I'm here

See, Kitty, the Internet is everywhere.

 

[nw6675]

@slo I'm blaming you for Material Girl already being stuck in my head!

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I don’t wear them. They’re tacky looking and make your wrist sweat. I don’t even like magic bands or wearing my Apple Watch.