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>born in '96
>Pokemon was still huge despite waning overall
>mom was poor but knew I loved Pokmon, would get all my Pokemon stuff second hand
>mom comes back from a thrift store with a huge bag of used Pokemon merch, shit like a Poliwhirl tape measurer and a Bulbasaur pencil sharpener where you would put the pencil in the bulb
>I'd go absolutely ballistic over it
>she came across a Yu-gi-oh bedspread and got it because it was 'close enough'
>later got me a GBC and a used Yellow version, I was playing it while Gen 3 was just coming out
>cards were huge at my after school care, didn't have a lot but trading them was a big pastime
>remember feeling giddy about having a Dunsparce card, was showing it off when an older kid came up and flashed me his holographic Electabuzz
>mom couldn't always afford new ones but she would sit with me and we'd draw made up cards together
I missed Pokemania but my mom really made up for it, she still gets me Pokemon stuff that she comes across in thrift stores even after I moved out.
Thank you mom.
;_; I'm gonna call her now.
