Woman Finds And Opens Purse From Thirty Years Ago

One major difference between boys and girls/men and woman:  the purse.  My mother, being a proud native Charlotteann, always refers to it as her pocketbook.  No matter the word, from the time females are old enough to tote one, they are never without this mini suitcase that's loaded to the brim with God knows what.

There is NO EQUIVALENT for this in a man's life.  With the exception of George Costanza, I don't know of any dude running around with an overstuffed wallet.  We don't have the time or the room for that.

So, if you tell me that in the process of cleaning out my parent's house I would come across a wallet from my teen years?  I would open it up hoping to find some spare change/dollar bills.  And that's ALL that would be in there.  However, opening up a purse from a woman's teen years?  Apparently, it's a time machine.

This particular woman's purse is from 1994 when she was thirteen years old.  It has not been opened since.  Inside?  Simply put, it's a classic collection of a teenage girl's WTH!  Of course, there were old notes.  Time for a history lesson time, kids.  In 1994 communication was still done between people using pen and paper.  In our texting world of today, these might as well be hieroglyphics on a caveman's wall. <g>

Speaking of Smithsonian pieces, how about the envelope from Walmart?  Inside it? Printed photos from a disposable camera.  Just writing that made me laugh at how foreign something from thirty years ago can be.  And, how about the Jolly Rancher wrapper?  A guy would have just thrown that on the ground.

My favorites of the seemingly never-ending treasure trove of purse contents are a ball from a McDonald’s ball pit and a couple of old school movie ticket stubs from "Forrest Gump" and "Say Anything."

Yup, saw 'em both.