Darn, I was hoping I’d be the only one. I own but have never bought a television set. I won mine in a drawing and have had it about 15 years.
Slaves. Never bought one, but damn, I’ve owned a lot of 'em!
Wow, you own your dog? My dog was bought, but we don’t own her- she owns us.
Yes. I didn’t know what clothes pins were until I googled for that image (we say “pegs” here), but they are one and the same, apparently ( I think I remember hearing “clothespins” here to refer specifically to the old-fashioned non-sprung type, but I might be misremembering).
Naah, that’s cats. Dogs are people you just hang out with.
Knick-knacks. You know - those extranneous pieces of crap that serve no function except to take up valuable shelf space while simultaneously collecting dust? I don’t know where they came from, but I know where they’re going to go.
Diamond jewellery. I’ve got a fair amount of it, but I’ve never purchased it.
Couch
Television
Chair
Table
Chest of drawers
Upright Ceiling Lamps
Yeah, I pretty much have furnished my house from overflows from my Mom and from near the trash bin. To my credit I did buy all my bookshelves and my bed ($100 at MALL*WART, baby!)
Hey, I had to buy more clothes pegs a few weeks ago. I never could figure out where the damned things kept disappearing to, but now I know: they’re shipping themselves to Colophon’s house.
Things I’ve always owned but have never bought for myself include candlesticks, mousepads, laundry hampers, and houseplants. Oh, and cats. Cats just seem to turn up on the doorstep whenever a home needs one.
Videocassettes of the movies Fried Green Tomatoes and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Lord knows I didn’t buy them for myself. :rolleyes:
Underpants. Well, almost.
I was actually going to start a thread about this a while ago.
My mom, dad and girlfriends have always bought me underpants for Christmas/birthdays, so I’ve never needed to buy any.
But about a week before Christmas, I was going out with a young lady to a Christmas party, and decided to buy a nice pair of boxer-briefs-- just in case the evening headed in “that direction.”
So I bought my first pair of underpants at the age of 29-3/4. Amazing, but true.
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I have a whole drawer full of ball-point pens. I don’t there has ever been a time in my life when I have actually gone to the store to buy pens for myself. Many of them are promotional pens (bearing some company’s logo or store’s name), pens I have found left behind by other people, and a few I’ll admit to swiping from work over the years.
So that’s where all my pens went! I keep buying ball-point pens but I can never find any in my office or apartment.
As for things I never bought - I never bought a car until last year, at age 30. In high school I used my parents’, and in college I didn’t need one. After that I got a '79 Volvo handed down from my parents and used it for about 8 years.
At first glance, I read this as “guys.”
Upon reflection, I realize that I have also never bought my own pajamas. Or gloves. My mom bought me the three pairs I have right now.
Pocket knives. I have several, all of which were presents.
Ooh, good one. I have two, and also never bought one.
Lesse, what else? I’m a guy. Don’t if that’s really relevant, but I own probably four or five necklaces. Actually, I don’t think they’re called necklaces when guys where them, but anyway, whatever they’re called. I’ve never bought myself one.
Hmm, what else, what else. Bolo ties. I have a couple, also gifts.
My clan tartan. Never bought anything with my clan tartan, but when people find out what my clan tartan is, I eventually end up with a gift made from my tartan, or clan crest, or something. My best friend e-mailed me asking for my measurements, because she wants to someday get me a proper kilt, because she knows my mom always wanted me to have one, and I’d never get around to getting one made for myself.
My house.
My body.
Surely I’m not the only lady who’s been gifted with the kind of lingerie that men like to see but women don’t care to wear?
That, and bath salts and bath smelly stuff; easy gift for women when you don’t know them well!
Pyjamas. I’ve always been more of a T-shirt-and-boxers kinda guy. All the pyjamas I own have been gifts from girlfriends, and since Mrs. Sub and I have been together for close to eight years now, those jammies have aged wuite a bit.
Teapots and kettles. My first one was part of the company apartment I was living in at the time. After I moved to my own place, one girlfriend gave me a kettle after she wanted to make tea one day and saw I didn’t have one, while another girlfriend gave me a teapot as a Christmas gift. More recently, my MIL has given us a teapot with a buit-in press. I still have all of them.
Another vote for jammies. (Well, 'cept lingerie!) My mama has bought all of my jammies my entire life - even after I moved 2500 miles away from her, she sent me jammies as a gift.