35 Struggles From The Late '90s That Women Now Between The Ages Of 33-45 Used To Have

    Pretty sure zig-zag headbands were medieval torture devices!

    1. Wearing one of these zig-zag headbands that not only got caught in your hair, but also constantly poked your scalp:

    2. Taping a TV show or movie and not realizing that the VHS tape was bad and having it look like this:

    3. Putting on roll-on body glitter and then having it get on EVERYTHING (and also having a hard time washing it off in the shower):

    4. Having these glow-in-the-dark stars fall on you in the middle of the night — which was also the most terrifying thing:

    5. Trying to have a private conversation with your family's home phone (when it wasn't portable phone):

    6. Having a weird, long gap at the end of a mixtape 'cause you couldn't find a song short enough to fit in the remaining time space:

    7. Accidentally leaving a Lip Smacker in your pants pocket and having it destroyed in the wash:

    8. Being scared that people around you might be able to smell the mixed scent of faux leather and sweat while wearing these:

    9. Giving yourself a nice Wite-Out manicure, only to have it completely chip within the first hour (to be fair, it wasn't nail polish):

    10. Having tacky lips from wearing L'Oréal Rouge Pulp:

    11. Having this happen to your inflatable chair after owning it for a few weeks:

    12. Burning the inside of your mouth 'cause you accidentally sprayed too much Binaca into it:

    13. Having your friend steal your signature Gap "day scent":

    14. Sponge painting your bedroom and having it turn out...well...interesting:

    15. Having to plan your week around the schedule of your favorite TV shows (if you didn't know how to program the VCR):

    16. Not being able to find a phone to callback your friends after they paged you:

    17. Having to cut off a piece of your hair 'cause the hair wrap you made or got wouldn't come off:

    18. Constantly having to have your finger on the remote whenever you were watching something racy on TV in case your parents came into the living room:

    19. Ruining the bottom of your JanSport (with the suede bottom) 'cause you put in a somewhere wet ⁠— which would also 'cause it to have a mildewy smell:

    20. Having your inky jeans leave blue marks on light-colored furniture you were sitting on:

    21. Having your portable CD player run out of batteries in the middle of a road trip:

    22. Having to buy expensive CD single imports because you wanted a non-U.S. B-side or a particular remix of a song:

    23. Not realizing you dropped a butterfly clip and stepping on it barefoot:

    24. Burning the inside of your mouth with a Bagel Bites, even though you thought you had let them cool off long enough:

    25. Sweating a lot at school dances 'cause you were wearing a faux-silk, polyester dress:

    26. Or being scared that your overlay dress was going to get caught on something and snag:

    27. Fighting with your sibling(s) over who got the last of what flavor (usually Rain) Snapple Elements:

    28. Sticking one of these stickers on your wall and then peeling off the paint when you tried to remove it:

    29. Trying to keep your hair mascara highlights from turning into a chalky, goopy mess for as long as possible:

    30. Trying to sound graceful when wearing Candies (or any clog in general), which made you sound like a Clydesdale:

    31. Having to get into a LONG line hours before Ticketmaster opened in order to make sure you got seats to a popular concert:

    32. Spending $18 on a new CD 'cause you like ONE song on it:

    33. Having the VCR ruin your favorite movie:

    34. Leaving your body spray somewhere where the sun would hit it and having it ruin the scent within a few weeks:

    35. And finally, ordering something through the Delia's catalog only to get a letter back telling you it was sold out or out stock in your size: