Easter 1990
Posted by Gluten-Free-Jesus@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 13 comments
A holiday I will never forget that was also a uniquely Xennial/elder Millennial experience: I came down with chickenpox on Easter Sunday, along with my youngest sister. My middle sister was patient zero, having had it two weeks previously.
We had a week off school for Easter (Catholic school), and I was sick the whole week. I was perfectly fine when Easter break was over and we went back to school. So I didn’t miss any school, and my Easter break was miserable. I still hold a grudge against my middle sister for this!
DustedGorilla82@reddit
I got chickenpox Christmas 89! Spread it to my brother and sisters
Boring_Blood4603@reddit
I don't know you but I blame my mom for giving us chicken pox. She took us to a playdate and got us chicken pox that way. Then told us our brother (who had leukemia during this fiasco) almost died because we gave it to him. WTF?!
Worst spring break of '86 ever!
Neither-Mycologist77@reddit
I had chicken pox for Easter, too!
Gluten-Free-Jesus@reddit (OP)
Pox pals!
notoriousrdc@reddit
Me three! I got it really late, too, so it was bad. It's great that there's a widely available vaccine now.
What_Up_82@reddit
That sucks. I barfed all over my parents’ orange shag carpet in front of our whole family during Easter dinner when I was 6 (1988). The 10 commandments was on. It was a stomach bug and my mom blamed my nausea on too much candy. Was sick for a few days. Fun times!!!
Gluten-Free-Jesus@reddit (OP)
I barfed on our blue shag carpet on Christmas Eve, 1988.
Blackbird136@reddit
I legit got sick from too purging many jelly beans on Easter in the early 90s. I’ve barely touched any since then. 🤢
she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit
"Purging" and "getting sick" mean the same thing.
Blackbird136@reddit
Thanks for pointing out that I’m human and make mistakes. One of my favorite things about Reddit. (Said nobody ever.)
she-dont-use-jellyyy@reddit
Girl I was just letting you know that those things are synonyms. It's not that serious.
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
She owes you a vacation!
SpaceCadetEdelman@reddit
*in a few years, owes a shingles vaccine!