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I'm crying because of a lost toy - AIBU?

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Sycam0re · 28/04/2017 13:00

My dd lost her beloved Platypus (Jellycat make) at Disneyland after Easter. She has been extremely upset because she is so attached to him. It has been heartbreaking to see her sadness & I have been crying too - AIBU?

I don't think IABU because it has been so upsetting watching her distress. She even held a 'Goodbye Platypus Ceremony' in her bedroom, getting dressed up in her best clothes, writing an eulogy & singing a sad song before collapsing in tears. I also feel completely responsible as it was me who failed to stop her taking Platypus out to a restaurant to meet the princesses...I tried but gave in to her protest due to being in a hurry, thinking that I could monitor her platypus closely & then getting totally distracted by the princesses.

I have been desperately hunting for a replacement platypus but Jellycat stopped making him in 2009 & I have had no luck on eBay etc. It seems nigh on impossible to locate her platypus (Disneyland has not found it) or to find another one.

It's as if she has been bereaved...

OP posts:
Icantthinkofanynewnames · 09/09/2019 17:13

You’re definitely being unreasonable! She’s upset and you’re making it worse by crying too. You could have handled this much better - do the normal ‘Teddy is just on holiday’ thing that most parents do until they find a replacement. I think you need to toughen up a bit for her and help her see positives or distract her when she is sad, not cry along with her - I think even if you feel genuinely sad you need to be stronger for her.

Run4it2 · 09/09/2019 18:18

Is it like this one? www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jellycat-Platypus-Comforter-Soft-Toy-/113853035986

ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents · 09/09/2019 18:52

I think I've found one on eBay for you, I have sent you a PM.

londonrach · 09/09/2019 18:56

Yanbu....someone took george the out of my toddlers hand in poundland just before xmas. I turned around after two seconds and dd told me boy taken him. It was xmas eve so several days of no george. I worried he was having a good xmas. It was in a posh town too

LemonTreeLemon · 09/09/2019 18:59

This thread is from 2017 and the OP managed to get another one for her DC - back in 2017!!

So it's a happy ending and no further action required!

berryhead2013 · 09/09/2019 20:46

One on eBay 30 poond if you are very desperate
Poor wee soul my son lost his donkey and he was heartbroken 😔

I'm crying because of a lost toy - AIBU?
ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents · 09/09/2019 20:48

Oh goodness, I cannot believe someone revived this thread and had many of us try and help. Ugh, should have checked the date!

@Noseynails why revive a thread that's over 2 years old? Many of us assumed it was active as it features in trending topics.

ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents · 09/09/2019 20:49

@LemonTreeLemon Thank YOU for pointing out what some of us missed. I feel so silly!

Dieu · 09/09/2019 23:54

I will get flamed for this, but I will never understand why parents encourage these dependencies. Every other day on FB - and even in the local press recently! - I see appeals for missing toys Confused
And your overreaction is a bit odd, but only in my view, which won't be popular anyway Grin

Noseynails · 10/09/2019 17:38

@ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents I didn’t notice that a replacement was bought.

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