Colored bracelets are all the rage nowadays in the wake of the Nike yellow band for Lance Armstrong's cancer fund. There are olive drab ones for supporting our troops, blue ones for tsunami relief, pink ones for breast cancer research, etc.
Just because one whacked out website might be selling them with this in mind doesn't mean that everyone with a colored bracelet has an eating disorder.
I swear that within the past three months there were posts decrying the secret sexual meanings of colored bracelets. Black meant oral, blue meant touching, etc etc.
I thought these coloured bracelets were "sex tickets" for young men who manage to snag and break one off a girl's wrist? </sarc>
>>Just because one whacked out website might be selling them with this in mind doesn't mean that everyone with a colored bracelet has an eating disorder<
Maybe not, but if teen girls are intentionally buying these bracelets for the reason given, then there's a problem.
I ve even seen some colored bracelets for sports teams fundraising (charity or scholarships usually)
Hi,
This is not an urban legend. Girls do wear these bracelets (they are usually beaded) to remind themselves not to eat. I've seen it. It's not pretty.
Rach
no bracelets are real as color coded signalers.
It started with colored o-ring type bracelets where girls would indicate which sexual acts they would perform. (blue might mean oral sex, red might mean going all the way) It may be seen as similar when you see a woman in public wearing a dog collar.
It may not be widespread but it is around.
I have a bracelet that commemorates a friend of mine who was killed in Iraq. It reminds me that some have given all they could to keep us free and safe. I miss Brandon, but he's also a true hero.