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AIBU?

to 'feel sorry' for inanimate objects

191 replies

ollieplimsoles · 25/06/2015 12:48

Maybe its the pg hormones making me all unreasonable!

But we have an old.sofa in our living room, its very old, dh had it in his bedroom when we first met, and it belonged to a family friend before that.its also quite tatty.

We have ordered a lovely new sofa and this old one is going to the tip. But I suddenly started feeling sad for it, thinking about how it wont be around when our baby arrives and other nonsense!

I used to feel sorry for toys that were sent to charity when I was little too.

Its just me isn't it...

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zombiemeow · 25/06/2015 12:50

YANBU!!!!!

I do this too Grin

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haveabreakhaveakitkat · 25/06/2015 12:52

YANBU. At lunch, l felt so sorry for the last baked bean that I couldn't get out of the tin.

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Gatekeeper · 25/06/2015 12:53

I do it too; I get very attached to things and feel rather bereft when I have to part with favourites

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Cherryblossomsinspring · 25/06/2015 12:54

Slippery slope OP! Gotta nip that weird thinking in the bud! (I may have occasionally had a similar feeling but it snowballs so you gotta control the weirdness).

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nyprincess · 25/06/2015 12:54

Me too. I also can't tidy away toys without making sure they have a friend in case they get lonely.. Blush

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Agrestic · 25/06/2015 12:54

When I used to stay at dps I used to feel sorry for my bed as it wasn't being used. I hated the idea of being cold...

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KittensOnAPlane · 25/06/2015 12:55

i used to feel sad for the 'non player characters' (system ones, not other players) - for a being bored/lonely, and b) being killed as part of a quest

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MyGastIsFlabbered · 25/06/2015 12:55

YANBU I can't skip just one song on a CD because it will feel left out.

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Mindexplode · 25/06/2015 12:57

I have recently downloaded sims

I feel sorry for some of the characters as they have joined later in the game and therefore are behind in skills, and I only have one couple so far.

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Sirzy · 25/06/2015 12:58

Honesty I didn't cry when selling a car when I was younger. Blush

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 25/06/2015 12:58

YANBU. I become attached to cars etc. The one thing I still have to do with the remaining cuddly toys the dc (teens) have is make sure their eyes arent covered so they have a view. I would never admit this in RL.

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yongnian · 25/06/2015 13:02

YANBU. Dont get me started on this topic.....

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ollieplimsoles · 25/06/2015 13:03

oh my god its not just me!

I felt like a total idiot with this sofa because my mum was on the phone to me listing everything that is wrong with it (tatty, unhygienic when baby arrives, too small, all sunken in the middle) and I felt SO sorry for the sofa!

Its been through so much, can't it retire with a bit of DIGNITY!?! D:

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retrocutie · 25/06/2015 13:03

Yep. I have always been the same, ever since I was little. I broke a new glass the other day and cried, because it has had no life.

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parallax80 · 25/06/2015 13:04

When my essays were over the word limit I used to feel sorry for the words that had to be cut. They weren't bad words, there were just too many. So I used to run a separate word document alongside each of them just to put them in.

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haveabreakhaveakitkat · 25/06/2015 13:05

I can't go looking in the charity shop after I've taken our stuff there or I'll feel too guilty and buy it back Blush

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haveabreakhaveakitkat · 25/06/2015 13:06

Ollieplimsoles - could you cut a bit of the fabric off to keep as a memory?

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MummyPidge · 25/06/2015 13:06

I can only eat tic tacs/mints in even numbers as I wouldn't want one to be lonely in my belly Blush

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BarbarianMum · 25/06/2015 13:07

Not just you Blush. I used to feel bad about throwing out worn out socks as a child. As an adult I find donating to charity shops, reselling or recycling eases the guilt.

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LetThereBeCupcakes · 25/06/2015 13:10

I usually walk to work but last week I had an appoinment and needed my car. Before leaving it in the car park I explained what was happening, that I would be back soon, and that the red car right here would look after it.

Blush

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ollieplimsoles · 25/06/2015 13:11

Thats a great idea Haveabreak Thanks! I'll do that.

I would get it re done but its filthy, its an old ikea one and would cost more than the new sofa to be re covered!

We are getting new everything and soo much old furniture is going... I feel so sorry for it all, it was here when we moved in/ got married, now it won't see our child grow up..

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FeralBeryl · 25/06/2015 13:11

I bloody love this thread! Not the only weirdo quirky one anymore.
I can't throw toys around tidying up in case I 'hurt' them, feel sorry for veg in boiling water in a pan (although I eat meat) felt really guilty about throwing our old toilet seat away. Probably loads more. I think I probably need help to be fair.

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shovetheholly · 25/06/2015 13:13

Whaaaaaaaat?

You are all weird Grin.

Seriously, as long as it doesn't lead to crazy hoarding behaviour (which can happen), I think it's kinda cute. Though not something I feel myself.

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MitzyLeFrouf · 25/06/2015 13:14

My mother is like this. Their kettle of ten years has become very temperamental. They bought a new kettle but it stays in its box as my mother feels pangs of guilt about turning her back on the old kettle that has been such a loyal and steady kitchen companion.

Bonkers.

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haveabreakhaveakitkat · 25/06/2015 13:15

Love love love this thread. I find putting stuff in the shed for a while helps me to 'unbond' (is there a proper word for that?) before getting rid of it properly. Our old lounge rug was in there for over a year before I'd let dh take it to the dump.

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