jewleyp Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 1999.... Started with a line at Kmart on Thanksgiving Day (back when they were the only ones open for a limited # of hours)... only missed one year- before shopping online and I was a couple weeks due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrd90 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 24 years for me. I do most of my shopping online but I will go out just for the fun of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelamarc Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I have been BF shopping for about 16 years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieJul Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 About 11 years, since being with my then-bf now DH, who used to coordinate for his mom for BF. I never did BF before that, but he showed me how fun it could be to be done with Xmas shopping by 9am. Now wondering how we're going to do it with DS and DD both under 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hack2222 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'd guess about 14 years or so, once I could drive on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbeck96 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I've been going Black Friday shopping for about 13 years (this year will be 14). I started when my boys 3 and they are now 16. I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana03 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 off and on..over 20 years. Money was tight and Black Friday sales allowed us to get those great sales!! It was hectic but fun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamorac Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 this is my 10th anniversary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momlori Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 About 20 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerchick Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thirty years for me, back when Bradleys would open at 6AM and I was expecting my now 30 year old son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smohusted Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I remember going with my Mom when I was a kid but the sales by us were more the night before Thanksgiving than Black Friday... I remember going with lists of record albums (yes, vinyl) to help her but as gifts. This would be the 70's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcartjockey Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 1994 was my first time getting up early to go shopping. Ft Polk, LA. 1997 was the first time I went to the mall and hit numerous stores in a short amount of time for "power shopping." 2003, was the first time I brought my new wife (then girlfriend) and she has been hooked since. I have to admit though, the fun has really worn off. I enjoyed the days of being out at 3 am for the great deals. Going out at 6pm or 8pm doesn't carry the same "fun" and the deals aren't as good anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhlkel Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 18 yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I have been shopping on black Friday for 22 years. I have been "Black Friday Shopping" for about about 16-17 yeras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanShotFirst Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 About 20 years or so. Mostly done at my small hometown Walmart while visiting family for Thanksgiving. Walmart used to be the only game in town (now there's Fred's and Dollar General) and I can't imagine not going really, whether I need anything or not. I always run into old friends and classmates so it can actually be quite fun, even though the deals don't seem to be as good as they used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof3luvs1 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I started working at KB toys at 15 when my brother was store manager. I LOVED it right away! Back then it was all about fun, nowhere near the crazy it is now....so if I start counting from there this will be my 18th year shopping black friday....wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delphernina Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 This is my 13th year. My first time I took my 3 month old baby with me. I had no idea what a bad plan that was until I was stuck in a cart jam with hundreds of coughing/touchy/gross people around my newborn. I learned quick and now consider myself a pro. I would also never in a million years bring a child to black Friday again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfanamo Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 On my own about 15 years. We went a couple of times when I still lived at home. Last couole of years I've been looking at more of the online sales. I still gi out but it's more for the experience rather than "gotta get that" deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat77 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Since 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 10 plus years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellis4321 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 My mom and I started BF shopping when DD was a baby. She's 21 now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansieDZ Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 This will be my 22nd year.Oh,the times I stood out in the dark,cold,snowy wee hours waiting for KMart/Target/ToyRUs to open!Everyone else thought I was nuts but I wouldn't trade those memories for money.It's not the same anymore (for better or worse) but it's kind of like my own personal "war stories". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dogg Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 For me it was in the 1980's... Big Lots was giving away stuffed dogs and we were waiting in line... I was just a kid so I did not understand why they would give me a toy for free... but I sure was happy to have it. It seemed like every year I had to get there earlier and earlier. When my son and I went on out first boy scout campout and I woke him up the next morning he asked me if it was time to go shopping, because Black Friday was the only time we went camping with just the 2 of us. Now he is getting older and we are counting down the days together. I think he likes Black Friday better than Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msyves Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I started 15 years ago. I went with my boyfriend (who is now my husband). He no longer goes BF shopping but I still do. I've been hooked from the first time I went. It was so much fun back then. Great doorbusters, free gifts and not as many people as it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbi0125 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 My best friend, her mom, and her aunt went every year and I never thought anything about it. Then one year she asked if I wanted to go and I said sure. Was early 2000's, probably 2002-2003. Now I can't imagine not going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevierocks Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 i remember when i was to young to go out.. and my family was all excited about it.. that was before it was as popular as it is now.. over 20 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I have been going for about 14 years. It started out as my day out alone. Then one by one my kids started going with me and then my mom. Occasionally we take a friend or other relative. But, they usually don't last for a second year. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firegirl719 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 10 years strong for me! I was 7 months pregnant with my son the first time I went, and I've been hooked ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1angelnhvn Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 26 years for me (minus two for times we were on vacation cruising) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catholicbride11 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 7 years but really hardcore the last 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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