Sad but Easy to Relate to Topic (No Jordans as a kid) #FeelsBatman

[mj all day45]

I don't know about you, but I had very few Jordan's as a kid. Not because I was poor, but because I knew they were expensive and my mom would probably say NO.
I had the OG Maroon VIs as a kid and remember them fondly....but the shoes I fell in love with were the: 

OG XIs...the Concords and Black/True Red had me drooling 2 inches from the screen. Never asked my mom for them though. Kids had them on the playground...dogging them to smithereens and i would be 

 

 

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OG XIIs...the Taxi's...man...in the barbershop...my barber had them on...the Gold metal eyelets...thirst insued...never owned a pair. Settled for the Reggie Whites and Jason Kidds...almost had the Playoffs but my mom got a size 6 and i was a 7...i tried so hard to squeeze my foot in. (turned down the Atlantic Penny IIs in anger)

OG XIIIs....the first shoe I asked for...no damns were given...i wanted the black/red's 

 went to 6 stores...and my brother worked at footlocker...sold out...cried for days (settled for Griffey Swingman)

the list goes on and on 2000, 2001,2002, 2003 (got the Chromes and the Black Suede XVIIIs though) retros and sigs....jordanless.

It wasn't until I got a job that I was able to start buying what I want...my collection has grown from 8 or 9 in 2009 to 70 pairs in 2012...

But I never forget that feeling of "I....WANT....THOSE"

Everyone has stories like this...what's yours?

 

[rgrooms13]

Yea, I posted my experience a while back. Title was "My Jordan Experience".

 

[prozac4312]

What the hell does "#FeelsBatman" mean?

 

[lbcol]

when the xii's came out originally i wanted them so bad and i went to footlocker a couple weeks after they released and asked if they had them, the guy just laughed at me and told me they sold out in the first hour. my dreams were crushed

 

[mj all day45]

Originally Posted by LBCOL

when the xii's came out originally i wanted them so bad and i went to footlocker a couple weeks after they released and asked if they had them, the guy just laughed at me and told me they sold out in the first hour. my dreams were crushed

 

[sneakerfan1]

Yeah I'm on the same boat kinda. I always kept the few pairs of kicks I had in good condition growing up because I didn't want to ask for shoes that cost $100+. Always said that once I have it to spend I'll build up my collection. Towards the end of HS, through college, and now with a career for a few years I've built my collection up pretty nicely. I still have my list of stuff that I'm checking off one by one, though. Didn't really stress it that I didn't have it when I wanted them because it's just material stuff. I can get rid of my entire collection today and be fine, they're just shoes. It's more rewarding now that I can financially support the hobby with my own money without having to burden anyone.

 

[spookz312]

those black and red XIIIs were on fire back then in 98'....

my pops broke out a pair out the room i was

 %!# is that where is mine? 

 

 

 

[strongmind3]

my first pair of jordans were the retro steel Xs in the 11th grade and they weren't even purchased for me originally, the were my brother's.

the first pair i was able to purchase for my self was after i graduated high school.

 

[asianplayer]

Only Jordans I got as a kid were the Jordan Team Ones. Weren't even retros. I remember when I got the Penny 2s, my friend got the red/white Jordan XIIs and that was the first pair of Jordans I remember from my childhood. I think because I didn't get the shoes back then is why I want shoes so much now.

 

[futuredhughes]

Originally Posted by prozac4312

What the hell does "#FeelsBatman" mean?

 

[thrilla11.sneakershoebox]

^I think it's a typo or just a play on words? *Feelsbadman?

 

[maddoxkay]

 

[sneakerfan1]

^

 

[mj all day45]

Originally Posted by MaddoxKay

 

[sneakerfan1]

 

[airjaiden]

My first pair of J's was in 6th grade when one of my buddy sold me his Black XVII Lows for $5. My first DS pair of J's that I bought was the Mars IV in 06 when I was a Freshman in HS.

 

[robpzee612]

Originally Posted by MJ All Day45

Originally Posted by MaddoxKay

For does who don't know about FeelsBatman should visit the general section often.

 

[soversotowel]

Originally Posted by prozac4312

What the hell does "#FeelsBatman" mean?

 

[KMante]

Originally Posted by SoVerSoTowel

Originally Posted by prozac4312

What the hell does "#FeelsBatman" mean?

 Some folks need to visit the general section every once in a while.

 

[kpingol27]

First pair of js was the playoff xiiis.. I remember being a sz 1 nd squeezing into a sz 13 .. This was back in first grade

 

[three6mafia]

my parents were never down with me wearing expensive shoes. they still think im crazy for being a shoe fiend. luckily i had a cool ++# older sister that hooked me up when i was ages 6-11. still got my OG playoff 12s she got me. mint condition. small as hell though lol

my mom slowly came around in like 99-00. she bought me like every iverson that came out.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Originally Posted by StrongMind3

my first pair of jordans were the retro steel Xs in the 11th grade and they weren't even purchased for me originally, the were my brother's.

the first pair i was able to purchase for my self was after i graduated high school.

pretty much me right here

 

[nicelikechrist]

The first time I could really relate to this was in 2007 when I was in 8th grade and wanted the royal foams.

My parents divorced and my mom hit me with the

when I told her they were $200 

. My dad probably would have done the same though.

 

[soversotowel]

^^^

 

[rhsu888]

i've always wanted a pair of concord XI's and finally got a pair this year. After waiting 17 years finally got a pair. but my first pair was in junior year of high school XIV.