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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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for still having a comforter at 27 years of age?

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Lynzjam · 21/11/2010 14:43

So it started when I was a baby. My mum would line my cot with a pillowcase so that when I was sick she could just whip it out instead of changing the bed clothes in my cot. I still sleep with a few of those said pillowcases!

I'm hoping my 10 week DD will become attached to a comforter too!

Anyone else still have their comforter?

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SoMuchToBits · 29/11/2010 21:04

I'm still worried about icedandlemon's teddy....

pink4ever · 29/11/2010 21:07

Am 35 and still suck my thumb! also cant go to sleep unless I have hold of something silky(labels are my favourite). Started in childhood when I had a blanket with a silky lining. My dh thinks its v weird but so what! My dd aged 4 sometimes steals my silkies

prizeelliott · 29/11/2010 21:17

I have a 'tired' what was once a blanket but now is a bundle of rags! Have prob let out my secret identity now, as it is a source of great amusment for my family and friends! I have had it since birth and 29 years on I can't imagine putting it in the bin! 'Tired' and I shall go to the grave together!!! (I am normal I promise!!!!!) oh and (it does stay at the bottom of the bed) DH understandably and obviously hates it, and uses its existence to embarrass me!!! DD now has something similar, but even worse she sucks her!

hillbilly · 29/11/2010 21:17

I always sleep with a tissue in my hand. I've always been a bit nasal so my excuse is that I might need it in the night but maybe it's a comfort. Weird - moi?

GothAnneGeddes · 29/11/2010 21:32

I haven't got one but I don't think there's anything wrong with it, in fact I think it's quite sweet. YANBU and don't let any -miseryguts- one tell you otherwise.

BearCrimble · 29/11/2010 21:35

I'm 37 and still need to sleep with the pink bunny my dad got me the day I was born every night.

I left it at the hospital after having DS this year and when I realised after unpacking when we got home I had a proper full-on meltdown in front of my mum and both PILs - couldn't catch my breath or anything, sobbing like a loon. Obviously hormones played a major part in this, but my MIL likes to remind me about it still.

Bunny was recovered safely the next day. God, it was awful.

My dad bought DS a pink bunny too. Hopefully he can manage his relationship with his in a healthier way than me.

Mumcentreplus · 29/11/2010 21:50

hahaha...I'm loving the names

prizeelliott · 29/11/2010 21:57

Oh my god BearCrimble that must have been hell...and I am not being at all sarcastic!! I think perhaps these things are the crutch of the sensitive and sentimental, and I wouldn't be without it!!! (may end up one of those old folk who sit surrounded by a lifetimes junk!)

aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 29/11/2010 22:07

BearCrimble, I misread your first post as pink dummy and was doing this face

DancingThroughLife · 29/11/2010 22:09

Bearchrimble, I know exactly how you feel.

I still have my comforter (Flump) and I suck my thumb, aged 27.

A few years ago I was on a week-long coach trip with Uni, and discovered that Flump was missing after unpacking at one stop. I went flying back to my seat in a panic, and he it was gone! Cue me having histrionics, and having to explain to one of the organisers what was wrong. Luckily the coach driver had handed it in. I don't know what was worse, having to admit ownership of a piece of manky rag, or them saying I wasn't the first!

Just wish DD would learn to have a comforter, maybe she'd sleep better.

maighdlin · 29/11/2010 22:17

YANBU i still have my stuffed dolphin from when i was a child and i no longer sleep with it but i keep him near if im sad and need him. there is something about it. i went ballistic like a spoilt child when DH gave it to DD to play with. was actually going to start an AIBU thread about if it was U to take it off her. luckily she hasn't shown much interest in it and it has quietly made its way back to the top of my wardrobe.

BearCrimble · 29/11/2010 22:19

Yes, a dummy would be really odd. Not that I'm winning any prizes in the 'being normal' competition.

MrsCuldesac · 29/11/2010 22:28

It was the possible nightmare of what happened to BearCrimble's bunny that made me leave Ollie Empy (my elephant) in the safety of home, whenever I stayed somewhere else overnight since the age of about 14. He was given to me from birth by Lil, the woman who ran the sweetshop up the road. He started life looking quite normal but ended up with his head turned sideways, flattened by many years' nighttime cuddling - I don't remember him any other way. His trunk and feet have been repaired numerous times by Aunty Betty. He now sits in the wardrobe (door open) and I still feel queasy if anyone else handles him. My DD has her cot quilt called NouNou, who has seen quite a lot of the world, but who now prefers to stay home and keep DD's bed safe and warm. I've just turned 56. My older sister used to do the nose-tickle thing with blanket fluff.

pissovski · 29/11/2010 22:33

Big Ted (a large white teddy with velvety paws)
was always with me when i was little, came on hols with me (caravans are fab sometimes) and sat on my bed at my parent's house(along with a few others). After my mum died last summer, dad decided he would have the house decorated throughout, tidying, sorting, throwing out and charity shopping stuff left, right and centre (asking me to check first generally though). Summer just gone i realised that i hadn't seen Big Ted or Big Pooh Bear (bought by my now DH when we were living long distance and cuddled by me quite regularly, to give Big Ted a rest) for a while - ie before decorating This was after seeing Toy Story 3 so i am blaming that!

I looked around, and couldn't see them anyway. I tried to play it down, but i think my dad realised it was nearly a matter of life or death if they weren't found . I remember saying they would be in a wardrobe somewhere (hoping frantically that they were!)

A few days later i was out with a friend, and as we were travelling (friend was driving)my phone went and my dad just said
"Guess what i found?"
my reply "TEDDIES"

Think my friend thought i had flipped!! when i next went to dad's, i went upstairs to visit them and gave them such a big cuddle - and do every time now!!

Can't bring them to mine as we simply don't have room, but they are incredibly special

I am 33!

MrsCuldesac · 29/11/2010 22:46

Just read my post and realise it sounds like some creepy old Miss Havisham-type rambling! Seriously - I'm not a crabby old loony. Have embarrassed 15YO DD by this (so it's not all been to waste, then . . .)

BearCrimble · 29/11/2010 22:53

Oh the bunny's ears were darned back in the late 70s by my great auntie Jessie (with one hand) after I had sucked them so badly they sort of disintegrated at the top.

SoMuchToBits · 29/11/2010 22:54

My teddy bear Tubby is darned in lots of places..... in fact I think I can see a new hole developing on his forehead as I write....

pookamoo · 29/11/2010 23:05

DH and I still have both of ours, (DH=bear, Me=Bunny) although they "sleep" in a special drawer in our wardrobe. It's ok though because DD gets them both out from time to time and gives them to us for a cuddle.

pookamoo · 29/11/2010 23:06

Oh, I'm 31 and DH is 33...

SoMuchToBits · 29/11/2010 23:08

Um, I'm 49... and so is Tubby.

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