I’ve had this old blanket since I was 11. I don’t wanna say my exact age but let’s say it’s been over a decade. When I moved homes, I just had to have my blanket and old pillowcase. When I moved homes my mom threw away my old blanket and I was really upset and my mom just about got it back before it got disposed of for good and I was so happy that my blanket was “saved”.
The blanket’s so old it has holes in it and a few years ago I found out the exact same blanket is still being sold and I bought a new one which looks nothing like my old one because it’s…well, new, but I’m still using the old one and the new one is still in its packaging. I almost feel like it’s a friend? Almost? And by sleeping with another blanket I’m betraying it or something. I just feel immediately comforted by the blanket even though there’s nothing objectively comforting about it (it’s not a weighted blanket and is so worn down it’s not very insulating).
I don’t know. I feel some weird emotional connection to that blanket? Does anyone else feel something similar or can relate?
I’ve kept a blanket for 20 years. I remember when I bought it at a department store with my mom before I went off to college. It’s the perfect thickness and texture for me to sleep with. The nostalgia is an added bonus for a really comfortable blanket.
If it brings you comfort, it’s not weird.
No. That’s fine.
Does it matter if it is weird? Everyone is weird in some way.
There’s no weirdness warden who will whack you into gaol for being weird.
“Gowl”
Only if you’re still sucking your thumb. Not joking, I’ve seen supposed adults do that like it’s not a sign of pretty severe problems.
I don’t think it’s weird. It’s just an item from your childhood that you’re attached to for emotional reasons. A lot of people have one of these - be it a blanket, a plushie, a toy, a videogame, a necklace or some other piece of jewellery, etc…
They might remind you of your childhood, or maybe of the person who gifted it to you or someone else whom you knew at the time. I don’t see anything wrong with having attachment to your memories.
When I was 5, my parents gifted me an owl-shaped cushion. That same cushion is still on my bed over 20 years later. Looking at it brings back memories of my childhood, and it has this soft, short “fur” which reminds me of the dog I had back then, whom I miss very dearly. Touching makes me feel like my dog is still with me somehow :)
Nope. It’s normal to get attached to things. My fiance (37f) has all kinds of stuff from her childhood that she still uses, even if only occasionally. Blanket, shirts, Xmas ornaments, the list goes on. For her, in her own words, the attachment is to the memories associated with the things, like Xmas or a school club or college. She’s got a lot of things, not just over blanket, but it’s the same principle. Perfectly reasonable and normal.
It’s unusual.
It is absolutely NOT weird. If anything, it makes you more human.
I’m a 50-something man, and i still have the Maxine und Moritz cushion from when I was a toddler. Well, technically, it’s a different pillow as the original is extremely tatty now.
No.
That’s not weird in the sense that it’s unusual, because that’s so usual we have a term for it. And it’s really only weird if you consider it weird. There’s nothing wrong with finding comfort in a familiar object.
I personally have a Game Boy Color my dad gave to me when I was recovering from surgery when I was 11. I keep it on my TV stand. I was incredibly distraught when I pulled it out of storage and the batteries in it had leaked all over the circuit board, damaging the board beyond repair. My dad actually got me another one on eBay that I harvested the circuit board from to replace mine. I don’t play it, but knowing that it now works and I could play it if I wanted to gives me comfort. I even put the old board in the other Game Boy just so I know that I still have all of the original parts.
I think it’s probably something most of us do, and I don’t think you should feel any shame in it.
I have USB cables twice as old as your blanket, probably even some I’ve never used.
I’m in my 40s and daily a spoon I was given around my birth.
Not my thing but I’ve dated fully functional adult women with similar items
Life is a crazy, scary ride. If it doesn’t hurt people, do what brings you joy
Yes
