Today, I finally gave away all of the stuffed animals that I've been hoarding for years. Proud, I told my family. They congratulated me by buying me stuffed animals. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dog showed me her latest kill. Too bad it was the stuffed animals my dead grandmother had given me as a child that had a lot of sentimental value to me. FML
Today, my husband convinced me to donate all the sentimental items around our house, like the kids' old toys. Now I feel absolutely gutted, like we gave away tons of our family history, but everyone else is so happy that things are less cluttered, so I just play along. I feel so empty. FML
Today, while at Six Flags my boyfriend won a huge stuffed animal for me. After a whole day of carrying it around, when he dropped me off he told me that he wants the stuffed animal back. He just didn't want to carry it around all day. FML
Today, I bought my niece a huge stuffed teddy bear for her birthday because I wanted to be the cool aunt/uncle. She hugged it, smiled, and then immediately hugged the gift bag instead, because apparently it made a "funny" crinkly noise. I have officially been defeated by packaging. FML
Today, I got married. I received a beautifully wrapped gift from my dad. I was full of excitement until I opened it and found two taxidermied rabbits. The ones I had when I was in the fifth grade. FML
Today, a tarantula joined my stuffed animal collection in its drawer. It, unfortunately, wasn't stuffed. FML
Today, I found an old toy that I gave to my daughter several years ago. It was still unopened, and long forgotten, so I decided to re-gift it to one of my friend's children. My daughter immediately remembered her "favorite" toy and started crying inconsolably. FML
Today, my 8 year-old niece gave me back a Fluttershy plush I gifted her 4 years ago. When I told her it was a gift from the heart, she insisted on exchanging it for something of equal value. FML
Today, my daughter had a meltdown when I told her I donated some of her old toys to Goodwill. It turns out Toy Story has taught her that toys have feelings and that she has a meaningful relationship with them. She's in her teens. FML
Today, I was at work when my mother called. She gave me great news that she had finally cleaned out my room and all those "old and useless" books that I had in there. Those "useless" books that she had just trashed were all antiques and worth about $500 each. There were 27 books in there. FML
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Top comments
lachy15 15
Keep them if they have sentimental value. I kept mine and I'm a guy.
ScottyFoxx 10
Maybe they wanted you to keep it?
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Comments (57)
Treveyon56 14
It would be better it they gave you back the exact same stuffed animals you just got rid of.
150493x 29
I'm 20 and still have quite a few stuffed animals. Most have happy memories attached. Don't feel bad, if they mean a lot to you don't feel that you have to give them up.
brammerderambam 8
Sell them :) and you'll have an infinite goldmine, provided they give you stuffed animals every time you 'get rid' of them.
kathryn14 19
Perhaps they enjoyed your stuffed animal collection.
MateRicks 18
I feel your pain my parents did the same thing to me 6 months ago
Wakachulak 22
Not quite getting the point, are they
sweet23_fml 11
well i still have a very large stuffed racoon that i was given after i lost all my toys when the house burnt down (mind you i was 5 when it happened) but still they should have thought about what you said when you told them.
Goblin182 27
I wonder if that would work with beer. Give away empties, family celebrates by buying full bottle. Hmmm, gotta give that a try.
ShakeDisPlace 10
Looks like your back to square one OP.
blackpuddle 30
I still have tons of my stuffed animals and I'm almost 30. There's nothing wrong with keeping some around. The other half still buys me some too cause he knows I love them.