Help! Replacement broken bauble

[Baubletears]

Help! Apologies for shamelessly using AIBU for traffic.

Disaster struck our house this evening when DDs 'my first Christmas bauble' from Mamas and Papas (2007) got knocked off the tree and smashed. She's a sentimental 16 year old who is absolutely gutted about this.

Yes, there were tears. Yes, some people will think tears are over the top; but, like I say, she's a sentimental old thing who has always spoken about having these baubles on her own tree one day.

We're going to attempt a glue job, and a new one wouldn't really be the same, but I'd like to try to get hold of another one if possible in addition, in case our attempts are futile.

Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried ebay and general searches to no avail. It's a large red bauble with 'My first Christmas 2007' written on and a drawing of Father Christmas on it. It came in a largish square box. I appreciate its not the type of thing people sell, but if I can find another or there's a magic Christmas fairy out there who can help, it might just save Christmas!

@BetsyBobbins

stop being so nasty there is no need. If you don’t like what the op is saying just scroll on past instead of making yourself look angry and nasty

If you find lightheaded threads with a bit of over exaggeration so triggering, maybe I dunno, stay off them?

I’m sorry you’ve been through something so difficult personally, but OTT, nasty responses to an internet stranger are unnecessary.

@BetsyBobbins

as are you with your nasty posts. In future just scroll on padt instead of taking whatever it is that’s bothering you out on some stranger

I'm sorry you are going through difficulties. For context @BetsyBobbins my two baby twin sons died last month - one stillbirth, the other 5 days later. I'm in immense pain this Christmas. Whole world has collapsed, but AIBU is lighthearted for the most part and I think you were wrong to be this nasty towards the Op. I'm genuinely not attacking you because I get that if you have gone through something, this stuff can hurt, but I really think it wasn't fair to verbally attack a mother who is just asking for a bit of advise. I hope you are doing ok yourself.

The compassion in your comment, towards someone who was outright nasty, is truly humbling. Particularly in the face of your pain. You should be so proud of yourself.

I’m so sorry for your loss.

I am truly sorry for what you've been through recently @Ella31. Life can be so cruel. You sound a wonderful, kind, compassionate woman. There are no words to express how sorry I am to hear that.

Much love to you from a stranger on the Internet 💐 x

Aw thanks and apologies for detracting from your original post, I believe there's bigger issues going on with the poster who attacked you because it's so petty to get riled up over something so small.

I've no advise for your bauble situation as I'm useless with crafts, but I love sentimental things and it just makes me grateful for the time I got with my boys making memories before we had to put them to rest so enjoy every minute of those sentimental moments with your daughter. I think it's beautiful and I hope in time I'll do the same with any future babies i have. Happy Christmas

I'm very sorry @Ella31 how you must be suffering so much is unimaginable. For context as well I lost both my parents a week apart from each other but I do know that my pain is not comparable to yours. But silly self centred stuff like this does make me uncomfortable

@BetsyBobbins I could sense the pain in your post straight away and that's a shocking loss for you to experience. I actually think you are like myself in terrible grief and the little things like "the smashed bauble" probably wouldn't have irked so much before. I really don't think the Op is self centred to be fair and I think you know that too. It's just a lighthearted moment she was sharing and unfortunately you are still very much trying to deal with losing your dear parents so the small stuff doesn't matter as it shouldn't. I hope you are getting support this Christmas. Grief is shit isn't it.

@BetsyBobbins You were just looking for someone to spew your rage on. That’s not ok.

@Ella31

I am so sorry xxx

@OP, have you had a look on Vinted?

Not at all, you haven't detracted from anything.

You honestly sound an amazing woman. My initial post was obviously supposed to be tongue in cheek, like many posts on here, and, yes, we are a very close family and my daughter is very sentimental. But it's easy to say things are sentimental without truly thinking deeply about it. Your posts have both humbled and reminded me of the true importance of memories.

Honestly, I'm in awe of what a beautiful human being you sound, your kindness shines through your words. I wish you every bit of peace and happiness in the future xx

Good idea , thanks x

Wow you’re full of Christmas spirit. Only read the posts full of death and despair? Does that give you your fix of misery for the day?! I’m sure the op is sorry her post isnt upsetting enough for you to get your fix of drama for the day.

Would it help with the repair to glue it to a polystyrene ball? You can get them from craft shops and they come in different sizes. My son is 16 and sounds a bit like your daughter so can imagine how you feel!

I'm up feeding the baby, and have tried looking on Vinted, eBay and Marketplace for you.
No luck yet, but don't give up!

@Ella31 you are an inspiration, i may have gone down the angry, lashing out @BetsyBobbins route if i had experienced loss to your degree. Stay strong, you're doing an amazing job!

Ps I'd totally be upset over a bauble. I'd be upset if my loo roll father Christmas from when i was in nursery which comes out every year got damaged, so i feel like there's a lot of justification here to the daughter being upset and the mum trying to find an alternative to make her happy

I buried my mother this week. You can imagine what I thought of this post.

I have had a good look on ebay and vinted. On ebay, there are lots of them but currently only going back to 2015. Keep an eye on there as I'm sure one will eventually come up

What a shame OP. If it is really smashed and not transparent I think I’d stick it together on something to give it some integrity. Sort of like one of those plain polystyrene balls you can buy to make things (can’t think what 😂off hand) with. Ball inside bauble, of course it would have to be the same size.

You could ask someone to make one, I’ve got loads of things from a local glass blowing studio, or this is from the same year, buy something different, you might even be able to put the pieces inside a new one.

Well, thanks everyone. I really appreciate all the lovely helpful comments, and particularly the PPs who have even tried to search themselves.

I honestly am quite surprised at the turn this thread took. We had a smashed bauble which holds memories, and my daughter was a bit upset. More than that, she was actually upset about the memories that have not yet been made with this bauble. She's a lovely, kind girl with a heart of gold who is more interested in feelings and experiences than materialistic things. If a present got spoilt/stolen she would say it didn't matter, she's got a sentimental heart.

Saying that, it's obviously not the end of the world. I'm just a mum who cares about her daughters' feelings and knows what family means to her, so thought I'd turn to the wise world of women/mums/men/dads on mumsnet to see if anyone had any helpful ideas. There have been lots of really helpful, caring replies which I expected, after seeing similar threads on here before.

Unfortunately my sloppy attempt at lightheartedness seems to have been lost on some. I (unwisely) thought my use of exclamation marks and talk of magic fairies may hint at the tongue in cheek horror which befell our house. And I also foolishly thought the clue was in the title, which should have given a pretty obvious clue as to the 'disaster' I was referring to. But nonetheless I have learnt my lesson.

Heartfelt hugs to those mourning at this hard time. My daughter is as far from a 'brat' (really unpleasant term) as you could get, and I know reading the lovely PPs reply who has recently suffered such loss, would upset her much more than the loss of her memory-filled bauble.

Thanks again for all your help and happy Christmas to all x

The thread title was broken bauble, what did you expect to read about?

I'd do this.

A replacement just won't be the same

Start a thread about that then. This one is about a bauble.