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Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛
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Mar 23, 2018 05:54AM

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When I became a preteen I was looking forward to getting rid of it. Well not 'looking forward to', per say, but I did know that by the time you were a preteen you didn't have loveys anymore. Mom said Aunt Hilary got rid of hers when she was sixteen and Mom herself got rid of hers when she was twelve. I was twelve, kept it. Then I was sixteen, still kept it. I can't even go over to friends' houses for a sleepover unless I have it. Going to a hotel? Gotta pack that too. I get very irritable and can't sleep if I don't have it.
But I know I need to have it. My dad's mom used to tease me when I was younger for having it, asking me 'you going to graduate high school still having this thing? You gonna go on your honeymoon with this? Are you going to have to lock it up when the grandkids come so they don't touch it? Who would want to marry someone who still sleeps with a ragged nightgown and sucks their fingers? What a catch you'll be!'
That still upsets me, but I know she's right. Am I really going to bring this thing with me to college and keep it in my dorm? Am I really going to go on my honeymoon with this thing? Am I going to sleep next to my partner and tell them to be careful when rolling over so they don't accidentally crush it? Am I really going to have to keep it out of reach from my kids and my grandkids?
I'm embarrassed I still have this thing at my age. Yet everytime I think about how easy it would be to throw it away, I literally can't bring myself to do it. It soothes me and it comforts me. It has a name. As a kid I even came up with a gender for it. (His name is Silky and yes he is a boy, thank you for asking)
I don't know why it's so hard for me to get rid of it when for other people it's so easy for them to throw theirs away. I bet my friends don't even remember their loveys, or if they do, they don't really feel as attached to them as I do. I know some people will say I'll throw it out when I'm ready, but I should've been ready years ago. What if I'll never be ready? Am I really going to have this thing for the rest of my life? I mean, it's not like it's a cute stuffed animal or an actual blanket....it's a ratty old nightgown.
I know this is pretty personal but what's the point of being in a personal group if I can't talk about this? This is one of my deepest secrets believe it or not, I dislike telling people I still have a lovey because it's stupid and childish and who has one at my age.
What should I do? Should I just get rid of it when I feel ready or just chuck it now? What if that time never comes and I have this thing until I die?

I think it's kind of sweet in a way. And if your companion can remember to be careful for it, that would be sweet of them.





AND NOW IT'S LITERALLY RUINED FOR ME
AND WORST OF ALL IT WAS ONE OF MY FRIENDS ON HERE WHO DID THIS SHAME ON YOU


But if she is reading this then she knows it was her


Me: "Wait, what?"

Anyways, in 10th or 12th grade the book club did a Christmas book exchange played just like Dirty Santa.
My contribution was Looking for Alaska and a boy about 10 or 11 unwrapped it. Everyone was like "Ohhh" and laughing and his older sisters said something along the lines of "Yeah you can't read that", took it from him and gave him Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

And what's even worse is that I have a membership to that same website. I upload pictures and RP/chat with people on it
WHICH MEANS HE'S PROBABLY SEEN THE PICTURES I'VE UPLOADED AND EVEN WORSE PROBABLY GOT TURNED ON BY THEM



RP Partner: "I'm going to play Ayato for you,"
Me: "I don't know her, sorry,"

But then I realized I was just being selfish because if she was depressed then she couldn't take care of us.



Me: "Oh I headcanon this character as being bisexual!~" *there's plenty of evidence to support the character being bisexual*
Other People: "Ewww, get out of here with your stupid self! Trying to make every single character have a different sexuality, why can't they just be straight!? Gosh!"

This happens to me a lot I feel like I should be concerned.




Reminds me of how I used to make jokes that if we lived in a future world I'd get arrested for talking with Russians and giving them information, not because of any political desire but because I genuinely like that region of the world.
This isn't even a joke anymore, I might seriously get arrested as an adult if this is the path America continues to go down. And what's even scarier is that I don't even remember having contact with ANY of those blogs, and I have a list of the blogs I follow. Which means if I WAS in trouble, I would've been in trouble for nothing because I have no memory of even doing that.


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