I’ve had this old blanket since I was 11. I don’t wanna say my exact age but let’s say it’s been over a decade. When I moved homes, I just had to have my blanket and old pillowcase. When I moved homes my mom threw away my old blanket and I was really upset and my mom just about got it back before it got disposed of for good and I was so happy that my blanket was “saved”.
The blanket’s so old it has holes in it and a few years ago I found out the exact same blanket is still being sold and I bought a new one which looks nothing like my old one because it’s…well, new, but I’m still using the old one and the new one is still in its packaging. I almost feel like it’s a friend? Almost? And by sleeping with another blanket I’m betraying it or something. I just feel immediately comforted by the blanket even though there’s nothing objectively comforting about it (it’s not a weighted blanket and is so worn down it’s not very insulating).
I don’t know. I feel some weird emotional connection to that blanket? Does anyone else feel something similar or can relate?
I have USB cables twice as old as your blanket, probably even some I’ve never used.
It’s unusual.
It is absolutely NOT weird. If anything, it makes you more human.
I’m in my 40s and daily a spoon I was given around my birth.
My wife is in her 30’s, and she sleeps with a pillow and stuffed animal that she has had since she was 3 or 4.
Not weird.
Perhaps atypical, maybe unusual, but neither of those things are inherently bad.
I have a blanket I’ve slept with every day since I was barely a month old (am 23 now), wouldn’t trade it for anything. I can definitely relate :)
People make connections with objects, same reason why people start hating certain art pieces when they’re told they were made by hitler. It’s perfectly normal— also good for the environment.
Hi, no, do what you want.
Does it matter if it is weird? Everyone is weird in some way.
There’s no weirdness warden who will whack you into gaol for being weird.
“Gowl”
Nah, totally normal, my dog came with one too when he was a puppy. Was supposed to smell like his Mom to help him settle in a new home.
If it helps you not pee in your crate I say you keep it.
I can’t tell if this was supposed to be mean or comforting… all I know is it’s fucking hilarious
I have a 25 year old cereal bowl and spoon. I’ve lived in maybe 15 houses across 4 countries in this time.
They used to have twins, but they were lost to the horrors of flatmates.
I don’t eat cereal any more, and haven’t for maybe 10 years. But I’ve got it. I have no idea why I keep it. But I do.
My mug is turning 20. I got it as a “tip” when I worked my first job. I didn’t drink coffee or tea back then. I love my mug.
You made me almost remember the bowl and spoon I ate out of when I was too young to fully form memories
It’s gone again
I had just a faint taste of how it felt in my hand
Does it hurt you or anyone? No? Carry on.
I have a stuffed dog that Ive kept since i was a baby. Im middle aged now and that dog is still with me. Its not in bed with me anymore because i want to keep it preserved but it still brings me comfort when I need it.
That’s not weird in the sense that it’s unusual, because that’s so usual we have a term for it. And it’s really only weird if you consider it weird. There’s nothing wrong with finding comfort in a familiar object.
I personally have a Game Boy Color my dad gave to me when I was recovering from surgery when I was 11. I keep it on my TV stand. I was incredibly distraught when I pulled it out of storage and the batteries in it had leaked all over the circuit board, damaging the board beyond repair. My dad actually got me another one on eBay that I harvested the circuit board from to replace mine. I don’t play it, but knowing that it now works and I could play it if I wanted to gives me comfort. I even put the old board in the other Game Boy just so I know that I still have all of the original parts.
I think it’s probably something most of us do, and I don’t think you should feel any shame in it.
No.
