I need to give my dd up for adoption (lighthearted)

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I gave her all my old books from my childhood.

She was so pleased with them. Smug mummy alert.

However....she dog ears them!!

All my books which had never had a bent page in their life suddenly have dog ears every other page

Oh OP! Are you sure she’s yours??

I donated a load of beautifully illustrated books from my childhood (ladybird classics I think) to my old primary school and the kids drew all over them!!

Oh dear, console yourself at least she's read them!

I did similar with my nephew gave him my books, which where read to death. Then when I eventually had a baby he offered me them back.

This thread needs a trigger warning. I'm traumatised reading about her behaviour. It's a slippery slope. First dog ears, next she'll be book folding.

Ah now, it's not fair to inflict that on another unsuspecting family. You're going to have to abandon her in the woods and leave her to her fate.

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Ah now, it's not fair to inflict that on another unsuspecting family. You're going to have to abandon her in the woods and leave her to her fate.

..making sure that you take away and hide your copy of Hansel and Gretel beforehand.

She’d be gone tonight.

She’s definitely mine. Looks too much like me

And yeah she adores reading but doesn’t treat her books with any respect

Into the woods she goes

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She’s definitely mine. Looks too much like me

And yeah she adores reading but doesn’t treat her books with any respect

Into the woods she goes

Give her a basket of goodies and a nice, red coat for her trip. She won't suspect a thing.

I better make sure there’s no books in that basket that could used as paper crumbs

Ime it won't get better. Dd and I share magazines.
She gets hers wet in the bath!!
I get crispy crusty ones returned!

Dog ears show a book’s been loved! They’re not supposed to look pristine (and I can never keep a bookmark to hand)

My sister deliberately breaks the spine of every book she reads. I refuse to lend her books.

I don't trust people who have pristine books, on principle.

Dog ears are fine. Spine breaking is a crime punishable by abandonment!

I kept my Mr Men books. Neither DD is interested now they are off to Uni this month

Snobs, the pair of em.

my mother in law lives with us, she reads a book or two a week. i recently found one....IN THE BIN! I thought my toddler had put it in there because who in their right mind would throw a book in the bin?! so i fished it out and gave it to her and dhe said oh no it was me, ive finished it!

Im sorry what?! she buys a new book every week, reads them once and then throws them away! she hasn't done it since

The joy of cracking the spine, ahh.

Ah I think my ds might be yours op. He will return any book he buys if he finds someone has cracked the spine in the shop or been rough with a page.

I'll drop him off in the woods and we can do a swopsies.

Swapsies will work

Ds always wanted a brother

I love a well-read book with dog ears, and I am afraid I also love a cracked spine although I would never do this to a book I had borrowed.

The thought of breaking the spine makes me feel dizzy. I spent my youth carefully reading to the edge so as to keep the spine perfect.

Ugh cracked spines

Harry Potter books were terrible for this if you got the hardback

If you opened it too far to read the entire spine would fall off. I remember having to tape mine up.

I’ve replaced it now

See I love a well read library book. The smell of books, crinkly pages.

We can't be young and unwrinkled forever and nor can our books