I Am the Silly One For Buying Them
July 30, 2010
Want to know why my daughter has a huge attitude in this photo? Because I am a mean mother who refused to buy her more SillyBandz, or their generic knock-off, while we were out shopping. She has 75 of them that cover her wee, little arm from wrist to elbow, like a cast. If she doesn’t take them off soon her arm is going to atrophy and she will need physical therapy.
And honestly, I’m not entirely sure that isn’t a real possibility.
Posted by Chris @ 9:13 pm
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My stepdaughter has over 200 of them and my daughter is trying to catch up. She has about 40. I use them as leverage to get her to do what I want.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:05 pmI will be more than happy to send her the ones my daughter (8 yrs old) just had to have but have never seen the light of day. I spent money for these little rubber bands to sit in a drawer and wait to be a choking hazard for her baby sister. I would rather she wear the damn things, so I don’t feel so stupid for buying shaped rubber bands that decorate the inside of a drawer.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:11 pmI love the “Drama Queen” bracelets! I have one of those here–and she readily admits it and refers to herself as such.
July 30th, 2010 at 10:12 pmMy 6 yo son has about 100 of those things he has bought himself and STILL begs me to buy him more. Can’t wait until they are no longer the “it” thing so I can listen to him barter for some other thing.
Ug, I am dreading school this year for that very reason. I know I’m going to have to deal with those stupid SillyBandz all the time. They will go really well with my Pokemon card collection. What is the appeal of those things, anyway? Can you even tell what the shape is when you are wearing them?
At least it’s better than those stupid bracelets we had to ban because the kids were using them to indicate how far they’d go, you know, um, with their significant other. In ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Sigh.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:09 pmAll I can say is thank goodness my girl hasn’t reached this stage yet…. I dread the coming of it!!
July 30th, 2010 at 11:10 pmWhen those silly things took off here I purchased a bunch. I haven’t had to pay allowence for months! My kids work for shaped rubber bands.
My youngest (6yrs old) has the most. Apparently I bought the coolest ones because they were both MULTICOLOR(!) and GLOW IN THE DARK(!). He has been able to trade to increase his total to well over 150.
Some are really tiny, so we have banned them being worn on arms. The kids have them on string necklaces. It also keeps the bands from breaking from the on and off that happens when the kids get together to compare their stashes.
July 31st, 2010 at 12:07 amLike SoMo, mine wats to GET the things badly, but forgets to ever wear them. I figure they’ll go out of fashion on December 24th, just when every parent has happily put some in the Christmas stockings.
July 31st, 2010 at 7:14 amMy oldest daughter is 7 and has about 250. When she went with me to take by 2 year old to the pediatrician recently (wearing about 150 of them), the pediatrician told her it was not good to wear them halfway up her arm. I didn’t even set this up:)
July 31st, 2010 at 9:34 amI have a friend who makes her kids earn the Silly Bandz, through doing their chores and good works. They’re boys, though, and don’t wear them as much as collect them and gloat over them. Like boys do.
July 31st, 2010 at 2:53 pmShe is adorable when she has attitude. She’ll enjoy looking back on this picture when she has children of her own, and is being a mean mother.
July 31st, 2010 at 4:32 pmMy 6 year old tries to do the same thing - I have drawn the line though and she has to limit them to 5 at a time because I really am afraid she will cut off her circulation if she wears all the ones she wants to. Also - she is NOT allowed to wear them to bed…this after the indentations were there for HOURS the last time she did. I am however reminded that my generation had “jelly bracelets” and snap bracelets…and so I find I can’t really be too harsh on this silly craze.
July 31st, 2010 at 6:28 pmI saw one of my son’s friends while running errands this summer and he had on a few silly bands. We chatted for a bit about them and then he told me he used to wear them “all the way up to my elbow, but my mama made me take them off because I couldn’t feel my hand anymore.” ( :
July 31st, 2010 at 7:38 pmI have heard of these for a while… but they have yet to make them to our town.
July 31st, 2010 at 8:07 pmlol, I refuse to buy them for my 10 and 11 yr olds. They get over it pretty quickly when they ask and I say no. Thank God!!
July 31st, 2010 at 8:12 pmOh, you ARE mean. Of course, I’m meaner. I’ve only bought 2 packets for all 3 to share. Hahahahahaha!
July 31st, 2010 at 9:56 pmi know, i know…story of our summer..
August 1st, 2010 at 1:01 amI am SO glad that my kids school outlawed them very early on! And once they did the kids lost interest in them very fast
August 1st, 2010 at 9:36 amSo glad my 4yo isn’t into these. I am praying the trend passes us by. Maybe I’ll get lucky??
August 1st, 2010 at 6:05 pmwhy cant i come up with such a stupid idea to sell to everyone in the world we have 150 plus here we do not wear them all at once. I am hopefull that she is getting over the craze as she has not asked to buy a pack in about 2 weeks
August 1st, 2010 at 7:18 pmMy 12yo daughter has many of these also. She’s learned the hard way NOT to sleep with them on… can you say ‘no feeling’? Scared the crap outta her!!
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:44 amWe got sucked in, too. I thought we were exempt since they’re young and boys. I was wrong. EVERYWHERE.
August 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 amI bought my 6 year old son his first pack this weekend after he had been asking for them for MONTHS. All he does is take them out of the plastic container, sort them by color, and then put them back in the container. Why? “because they don’t feel good on my wrists or arms”. Excellent purchase!
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:06 pmMy daughter got one from a friend. The cat ate it. Ergo, no more silly bandz for here on out. So, I guess, get yourself a rubber-chewing cat and you’ve got a built-in excuse!
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:35 pmI cannot believe how much she looks like her older brother! I actually had to take a double-take to recognize her.
You raise beautiful children, Chris!
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:02 ami have a crap-load i’ll send to you for free because my kids rather ask for slurpees instead.
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:39 amOh, I take it she hasn’t seen the Silly Ringz yet?
August 3rd, 2010 at 12:07 pm