What was the first big purchase you made as an adult?
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (57)
United States
December 14, 2025 2:44pm CST
That's a tricky question for me because I never really had a childhood. I was taking care of myself, working 2 jobs during high school, and making car and insurance payments at 16 years old.
So at 16 I bought my first car. It was a 1974 Audi Fox in 1981. I think it might have been $1500 and I had $50/month car payments.
My second big purchase as an adult was at age 21 when I bought my first house along with my husband who was 23.
What was the first big purchase you made as an adult?
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@LeaPea2417 (39240)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
Shortly after getting married, my husband and I bought a new Ford Truck. It was both of ours first big purchase.
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@LindaOHio (208256)
• United States
16h
I bought a Plymouth Valiant in 1969. I had moved away from home and needed some transportation to buy groceries, etc.
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@DaddyEvil (163650)
• United States
18h
I started working at 13 and helping mom pay for groceries and bills. I bought my first car at 17 and my first house at 23. Some people start earlier than others.
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@RasmaSandra (91854)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Dec
Good question I really don't remember because once I became a teen and into my young adulthood mom and I did a lot of shopping together,
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@2ndchances24 (11303)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
14 Dec
I never had the chance to buy anything as a big purchase,
cause I never got the chance to get a job to have my own $
Glad that most people got that chance in their lives.
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