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to eat a pea because I feel sorry for it.

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SlightlyJaded · 29/02/2012 14:45

I have just eaten a cherry tomato that I didn't really want (last one, bit bruised and squishy) because I 'felt sorry for it' and thought it would be sad if it didn't get eaten like it's friends...

I often do this with peas as well.

And other small pieces of food

Confused

I try to tell myself that it's ridiculous "Jaded it's just food, it doesn't have feelings FFS"

But still I find myself adding the manky mushroom to the risotto so it doesn't feel left out.

Anyone?

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 14/03/2015 21:17

Sooooo glad I'm not alone, but I'm completely traumatised by all the talk of odd socks ... have people no feelings??

OH thinks I fold pairs together just to be neat and doesn't realise I do it so they can cuddle up in the drawers; it's dark in there, you see, and I wouldn't want them to be frightened Blush

bumbleymummy · 14/03/2015 21:34

I do so many of the things in this thread! :) I'm glad I'm not alone. I blame my mother. She's fabulous :)

PuntasticUsername · 14/03/2015 21:45

I have never ever had any of these sorts of thoughts. BUT I WILL NOW. Thanks a fucking bundle, MN :p

tinklykeys · 14/03/2015 21:53

I thought I didn't do any of this stuff but then I remembered feeling quite distressed recently when my DD lost her beloved toy cuddly dog in the school playground. The dog was my brothers and was about 30 years old. I felt awful thinking of him being all alone somewhere after all those years with our family.

A couple of days later I popped into the school office and there he was, on the desk! Apparently the head teacher kept saying he should be thrown away but the secretary had said 'just one more day!'

It was a joyful reunion!

But yes, apart from that, you're all bonkers!

uglyswan · 14/03/2015 22:55

aaaaahahahahahaha!!! hahahahahahaha!!!!
I love you guys Flowers

tallwivglasses · 14/03/2015 23:23

I have found my spiritual home. Thanks, OP Smile Wink Wine Thanks

BrightBlowsTheBroom · 14/03/2015 23:44

but I also equip soft toys with feelings and put them upright so they don't hurt their heads and pick them off the floor so they don't get cold

And I feel guilty when buying soft toys if I pick one off the shelf and put it back. I've hurt its feelings.

BrightBlowsTheBroom · 15/03/2015 00:04

Oh and I'm another who has to scrape all the beans out of a tin and I put up misdirected Christmas cards as it's a shame not to. I hide them behind others so dp won't spot them and throw them away. I have never admitted this before.

Thisvehicleisreversing · 15/03/2015 00:31

Just found this thread and bloody glad I did. I'm not the only crazy in the world! Hooray! Grin

I noticed a tray of mini chocolate bunnies in the shop the other day with just 3 randomly placed bunnies left. I had to put them next to each other so they could talk properly. Blush

Bettercallsaul1 · 15/03/2015 00:47

On my way out this morning, I accidentally trampled a blade of grass that was growing on to the path. Bursting into tears, I fell to my knees and tried to revive it. It wasn't just killing that blade I was distraught about - obviously it belonged to a family which was now bereaved. Through my cruelty and carelessness, I had wrecked the lives of many. I couldn't concentrate on work - it was hopeless. I returned home, weeping copiously, and decided to make what reparation I could.

Sinking to my knees on the path, I apologised long and loudly to the remaining clump of grass which I could tell, from its downtrodden, crumpled look, was in deep mourning. I then carried its slaughtered relative tenderly to the back garden and, with due reverence and many a tear, buried it in the rose garden in an elevated position where I hoped it would feel the sun's rays. Fashioning an impromptu memorial from a match box, painted silver, I penned a fond epitaph for that tiny blade of grass, cut down in its prime, fated never to reach fruition in this vale of tears - "RIP little blade, in a better world where the grass is greener and lawnmowers and clumsy oafs are unknown".

Then I went inside to contemplate the cruelty and randomness of life in an unfeeling universe - it is enough to drive you mad!

goodnessgraciousgouda · 15/03/2015 00:59

This thread has had me shaking with laughter whilst poor dh tries to sleep,(insomnia).

I don't do it with food, but I'm another that feels bad if i pick something up, then,put it down in favour of a,different one. I have to decide which one i am having,before picking,it up otherwise feel guilty.

i thought saying hello and goodbye to your house when you go away somewhere was standard practice???

i get annoyed when dh moves stuffed toys into uncomfortable positions. I have to apologise to them and put them into the most,comfortable looking position possible. I don't like them being alone either, so they have to stay in pairs. But i rotate the,pairs every few weeks in case they actually hate each other and want to,speak to someone else.

i,thought this,was,all normal!

HellKitty · 15/03/2015 01:00

I've found my people!
Yes to everything. The DCs and even DP will wind me up if I leave something as it'll get lonely. They know my weak points. And if it's a tin of beans or sweet corn then it's all out or two left in the bottom, so they can chat. If there are 3 then I worry two of them will gang up and bully the last one. Oh god. That's not normal is it Confused

goodnessgraciousgouda · 15/03/2015 01:01

Also everything gets a name. Plants, favorite mugs. The computer.

StayGoldPonyBoy · 15/03/2015 01:08

I do this. Food, toys, you name it.

I save cereal boxes so they can be recycled in pairsBlush It must be scary being recycled, okay?!

I cried when DD binned off her favourite snuggle blankie from 6mo-2yo for a new one and let it sleep in my bed.

She didn't even care when I washed itSad

I'm glad I'm mad as a box of frogs, rather than one barmy frog. At least they have friends in the boxWink

StayGoldPonyBoy · 15/03/2015 01:10

Oh and family favourite, DH is a drummer and I named every single drum and cymbal on his kit and get upset if he plays a song without including everyone.

I make sure to play each of my guitars an equal number of times and restring them all on the same day so nobody is better than anyone else.

starsandunicorns · 15/03/2015 01:24

No bean is left behind in this house
Odd socks are used at the weekend and for gym
Tins in the cupboard the last one is used up asap after its mates have gone
Will always buy 2 poorly looking plants on the discount shelf from garden centre

Rollermum · 15/03/2015 07:45

Oh I love all this madness! Thanks for resin mating this thread OP.

I agree with feeling guilty for not buying first item picked up in a shop. And making sure toys aren't sprawled face down.

I've always felt spoons are loners. Knives and forks are like couples and spoons seems a bit of a spare wheel.

Rollermum · 15/03/2015 07:47

Not resin mating! Re-animating!

GermaineHobnob · 15/03/2015 07:58

I have some bird shaped earrings (they sound gross but they are pretty!). I always put them on with the birds facing outwards so they can see the world go by and not have to look at my neck all day Blush

chrome100 · 15/03/2015 08:58

I once went jogging on a spring day. The weather was mixed so I wore shorts under jogging bottoms intending to remove and carry the trousers if i got too hot, which indeed I did.

Several miles in I got bored of carrying the trousers and decided they were old anyway so I'd throw them in a bin.

I ran 12 miles. Got home, showered and went to bed. But I couldn't stop thinking about my trousers all sad and alone in the bin, wandering why they'd been so callously discarded. I couldn't sleep.

At 2am, I got up. Ran a good 90 min round trip to the bin to retrieve the trousers (which thankfully were still there) getting back to bed about 4am.

I still have the trousers. They are now 15 years old but I will never throw them out due to the trauma they have already suffered.

EnidSingsTheBlues · 15/03/2015 09:00

I had4 pictures I never used so thought I'd give them to charity, quite liked one of them so left it upstairs. When the time came to put them in the car I ran back up for the other, so it could be with its mates...

ValancyJane · 15/03/2015 09:01

I am so relieved it's not just me!! Everything has a name, I do talk to inanimate objects sometimes, and have also worried about splitting up food away from their friends or family / worried about them being on their own (I think this is why I like everything to be in even numbers, so everything has a buddy).

I also buy the dented tins at the supermarket because I feel sorry for them.

I once had a clear out and threw away the odd socks. The guilt afterwards was dreadful!

(I can't believe it's not just me!)

EnidSingsTheBlues · 15/03/2015 09:12

Also if I recycle a plastic bottle or an empty jar of sauce, I always put the lids back on, it came with the lid and has to go back with the lid. No beans are left alone either.

PuntasticUsername · 15/03/2015 10:17

Er, Saul. I'm not convinced you're treating this thread with the seriousness it deserves.

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SlightlyJaded · 15/03/2015 10:43

I've just remembered another one. When I get out if the bath and let the water and bubbles run out, I have to make sure I return to the bathroom before its all gone so that all the bubbles get down the plug hole to begin their adventure to the ocean with their friends and family. Rather than withering and dying, alone and forgotten against the cold porcelain of the bath.

I equate it to the penguins who never make it to the sea. BECAUSE ITS ALMOST IDENTICAL. YES?

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