Bangles - a memory
@allknowing (150251)
India
July 25, 2025 7:31am CST
Silver, gold, glass and plastic these are the types of bangles that I have worn in my life.
In my younger days they were mostly glass bangles in all colours The guy would come selling and we would be so excited when mother decided to buy them for us. Choosing took time.
Today I hardly wear them. I have given them all away except gold bangles.
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@allknowing (150251)
• India
9h
Nowadays I hardly see any one wearing glass bangles but there is demand for gold bangles.
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@LadyDuck (479901)
• Italy
5h
@allknowing Women still wear bracelets here, but not bangles. I have seen some teenagers wearing cheap bangs.
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@allknowing (150251)
• India
4h
@LadyDuck I was wearing one a gold one which my ex maid robbed along with my other jewellery
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@allknowing (150251)
• India
5h
@JudyEv Is that a bracelet you are talking about?
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@JudyEv (359470)
• Rockingham, Australia
5h
@allknowing One is a gold chain with small pieces of a black stone in the links. Perhaps they're pieces of jet. It's hard to explain but I don't have any of the 'stiff' ones. Mine are all flexible I guess.
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@Jenaisle (15781)
• Philippines
9h
@allknowing yes, and looking at their shabby clothes, you'll think they're poor, but they have enough gold in their small house to buy a mansion.
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@allknowing (150251)
• India
9h
@Jenaisle And by the way when it comes to gold bangles here in India the richest of the rich wear them too
@allknowing (150251)
• India
9h
Village women are wise. They know th worth of gold
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@id_peace (16114)
• Singapore
21h
@allknowing Yeah it was fashionable back then. Now no one wear that for some unknown reasons.
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@allknowing (150251)
• India
21h
@id_peace Fashions always come back and they too will
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@Tampa_girl7 (52977)
• United States
18h
I have some in my jewelry box. It has been awhile since I’ve worn them.
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@RasmaSandra (87297)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12h
I used to love wearing bangles on my wrists and long dangling earrings and sounded like a one woman band walking around, Now everything sits is a jewelry box and I don't know what will happen to it all,
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@Marilynda1225 (85507)
• United States
20h
I used to love bangles but as I've gotten older I don't wear them very often. I still have lots of them in my jewelry box
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@allknowing (150251)
• India
9h
I only have gold bangles. Some of them were stolen by my ex maid
I too do not wear them these days
@franxav (14214)
• India
22h
Glass bangles seem to have gone out of fashion. Now only the poorest women wear them. In earlier years we used to see bangle vendors going from village to village. They too are not seen around. However, cheap cosmetic shops appear in every mela (fair), especially in festival days or pooja days doing good business.
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