We own a cursed spoon…

[BeGoneSpoon]

DH thinks I’m insane, obviously. But 12 years ago we moved into our first flat and there was one item, ONE ITEM, remaining in it when we moved in: a child’s metal spoon with a picture of a staring teddy bear on it and the name ‘Michael’. At first we found it quite charming, calling it The Michael Spoon, and we brought it with us each time we moved house after that.

It took us a stupidly long time to realise that that had been when we started to experience tragedy after tragedy. We’ve had several deaths in the family, some really horrible, and such a lot of bad luck that people freely comment on it.

I don’t think I really believe in cursed things but this spoon now gives me the creeps to such an extent that I’m desperate for it to be gone. The trouble is, if we just chuck it in the sea or something, might the curse stay with us as the last people who had it, and then we couldn’t find it to change that? I’ve Googled curse removal but there are too many different options and apparently it can make the curse worse! Any suggestions? Please help!

Could you give some examples of what the spoon has been linked to? What has happened?

Why are these tragedies linked to the spoon and not just normal life events?

Are you religious? I’d take it to a church, ask for some holy water and bury the bugger 😬

Yes you can throw it in the sea preferably a river then cleanse your house (give it an indepth clean) use essential oils plant some nice scented flowers around move on

The very rational part of my brain says the life events have nothing to do with the spoon. But it all seems very real for you. I think you need to de-link the spoon and your life events. So how to do this?

Do you have any religious beliefs? There may be help there - could you speak to your religious leader

Bury the spoon - loses its effect?

In the nicest possible way, OP, I’d be asking myself what was it about my psychology which was attempting to find a quite mad, arbitrary concrete ‘cause’ for what sounds a run of difficult losses. Feel free to chuck the spoon. It is definitely not linked in any way to these deaths.

How do you know that you're not cursed and the spoon is the only thing stopping much worse things happening? For one thing your household seem to be the only ones still alive.... Give the spoon away to someone who'll appreciate its powers.

Everyone's 12 years older now than you were then - are they not just getting older and therefore dying?

Maybe take the spoon to a medium.

I had a similar experience with a ring that was left to me. Two mediums (no I didn't pay them, friends of friends) took the ring and both independently told me the same. They were right, because what they told me could be verified. I buried the ring under a tree in the cemetery because I couldn't find the persons grave.

I'm going to take a leap and assume that these tragedies have left you struggling, have you had counselling at all?

Runs of awfulness do happen.

We had an 18 month run of this before I turned 40

my sister in law died of cancer aged 42
my mother in law died suddenly 6 months later
my superfit university housemate died of a sudden cardiac event in his sleep
my best friend was knocked off his bike by a cement lorry and killed
another university friend took their own life.

my sister in law was expected but all the rest was so unexpected.

It felt like 40 was cursed as my friends all seemed to be dropping like flies. And then it stopped. It was just a random cluster.

Throw the spoon away.

Live your life.

Simples.

@BeGoneSpoon it's not the spoon. You've had a run of awful occurrences which you've attributed to the spoon because of the coincidence of its timing into your life.

Those events would have happened anyway.

Feel free to throw the spoon away, it really is just a spoon. Please look after your emotional and mental health and seek help if you're feeling anxiety.

It doesn't matter if it is the spoon or not, if op has attributed certain powers to the artefact, then just telling her to get over herself is ridiculous, religious beliefs are full of such things

That's awful sorry to read what went on and how you lost many people in your life.

If I believed the spoon was the cause then I think burying it is the best idea!

Place the spoon in an envelope, and mail it back to the house you got it from, so it can go home. After all someone left it in a drawer, and you claim you then became the person with the bad luck. So it seems the spoon can be abandoned.

Buying it is a great idea, if not, why do people bother about burials of people, or where ashes are scattered, it's just matter

It doesn't matter whether it's actually "real" or if anyone else believes in curses or thinks you're daft. You've made a connection in your own mind between the spoon and your bad luck, so you need to find a way to break that which you feel comfortable with. Some kind of ritual or cleansing that aligns with whatever your own religious or spiritual beliefs might be.

I'm a witch. Cursed items cannot work if they are put into running water. Find a fast flowing river and throw it in. Job done.

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sorry but a cursed spoon?

Seriously? 😂😂😂😂

Are you actually equating the burial or cremation of the bodies of dead loved ones with the delusion that a random baby spoon is cursed and requires ritual decommissioning?

It doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks. The spoon represents the focus of the events for you.
I'd take the suggestion of putting it in a river, get it out of your life and concentrate on healing yourself and coming to terms with what you've been through.

Thank the spoon for being part of your journey. Tell it that it's not its fault. Ask it if it would like to rest now, or have a different role in the world maybe. Whatever comes into your mind, that's the answer.

Not one that respects nature or the environment though?

Can people not just put their magically imbued shit through the transformative purge of fire/water by putting them into the recycling to be dealt with through proper waste disposal procedures?