Bloody jellycat teabag

We were ok financially but my mum said every gift had to be ‘educational’. I still remember the Carebear and Little Pony I would have loved. I am in my fifties and still wonder why she didn’t want to see us happy. It’s of course part of a bigger picture but I love giving my kids presents that make their faces light up. Even though they are now in their 20s!

Yah but I feel like in those days your ma would just go "you're not having it" 😂

I had one friend who had dream phone and she was a local celebrity

That will be fake unfortunately

I think poor old Salem actually wants a jellycat for herself but has missed out. That would explain her rather OTT bitterness and anger about others getting them. Maybe we need to start a campaign #steepyforsalem

@Teasforfears i dont understsnd the fuss either, they are cute, but are over priced even at normal retail price.

I am in 40s and I love Jellycat, though I don’t have any. But they are so cute, so I would say you are unreasonable 😅

Are we reading the same thread 😲

Never heard of them.

Some people love to use MN as some kind of online Fight Club.

So you think the poster’s mum should have just handed it over to some other woman trying to snatch it. Just passively handed it over pathetically like a good little woman and not caused a scene?

I don’t like conflict either, but I won’t be walked over and good for this poster’s mum that she wasn’t a pushover either. She didn’t start a fight over the toy, she just finished it. Bloody good for her.

It's really disheartening that even a thread about a toy teabag can bring out such nastiness.

Your dislike of conflict really shines through in your responses here

Actually they have said both

No-one on this post has said people can’t enjoy things. Or that it’s bad to collect things.

The bigger issue being discussed (and raised initially by the op) is manipulation by companies which encourages scarcity, reselling and anxiety. And people willingly buying into that ethos.

People need to stop posting ‘well I’m 43 and I have a Jellycat I don’t care what people think’ because no-one thinks anything!

Apologise for what? I don’t think being in a fight over a toy past the age of 5 is acceptable and it’s not something I’d be stating I was proud of years down the line. It’s no different to the people fighting over tvs in Black Friday sales. It is gross. No apology

I love Care Bears too and I have 3 who live on my bed , I also have Care Bears candles and Care Bears jewellery , I'm 43 and not remotely arsed what people think

Why do people have to come on a thread to be nasty .
Life is difficult,.. people find joy in different things ..much better a jelly cat than drugs or alcohol
why piss on someones chips .if people are happy ,let them be .
I had Theo Turkey for Christmas last year ..I'm 52 and I don't care what anyone thinks

What my "fucking gross" mum taught "gormless" me to do when I'd got something wrong was to own it and apologise. So I would have gone with something like "Sorry, Carter, I do see that I completely misread that". Is that just not within your reach emotionally? Again, if that was where I was I think my mum would have advised me to just let it go.

You might say ‘taken for fools’ but it clear from this post that many many people are gladly proffering themselves as fool fodder for these major companies.

Their CEOs are laughing all the way to the bank whilst Susan from Derby rings around shops desperately trying to find a teddy tea bag to spend the money she’s saved on…but hey, it’s life affirming, it gives joy!!

If they were clapping gormlessly I might, sure

I don’t know where you are based, but Bentalls Kingston has a large Jellycat area on its very top floor. If you’re in the area I’d pop there.

I agree, people that buy these toy items purely to sell on and make money, I get it for large logistical / commercial reasons, but to buy a couple of toys to make a fiver or ten pounds off a child is a bit low imo.

How lovely of you @AngeloMysterioso

there will always be crazes - cabbage patch kids - beanies - jellycats - laboboo

@Teasforfears I hope dd will be happy. Lovely when they get something they really want

I don’t think anyone answered but why is the tea bag not furry soft like a jellycat usually is

looks rough and not the softness

What’s wrong with you? Somebody offered to do a kind favour. Sorry you are so unhappy in life I guess.

I bloody love Jellycat (and I'm a tad over 14!!).
I have various JC food items adorning my chunky bedhead. I'm gifted them every birthday and Christmas.
I can't abide tea - although that little teabag is super cute!!
Do keep checking JC official website. X

I'm 47, and my mom is pretty much housebound caring for my dad (before I come across as a complete cunt, I did relocate down the road to be able to help her) but STILL I am glad she considers it "her problem" to go on Amazon and search for stuff I would like for Xmas, rather than just bank transfering me the money.

Same with my own kid - I could give her a load of cash for Xmas and no doubt she wouldn't complain. But OF COURSE I see it as "my problem" to source things that will make her eyes light up at Christmas, hopefully.

It's normal, I think, to go to some effort to find your loved ones, especially your kids of any age, gifts they would like. It's not a problem really, it's a joy! But still ok to moan lightheartedly about it, as the much-maligned OP has done here.