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Post by Meme on Jul 11, 2009 22:24:17 GMT -5
I still have difficulty just simply tossing some thing away with out over-thinking why or why not.
the following is a conversation Meme had with Meme yesterday.
''Need to pick up that stuffie before vacuuming-''
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'' I should just toss it out.''
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''but it Dogman's- you gave it to him two weeks ago.''
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''but he does not play with it.'' and '' he has 7 stuffies around the house now that he loves.''
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''but he might play with it later.''
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''no. he won't- he does not like hard little stuffies =''.
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''but.......''
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''maybe you can give it way''.
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''but it has a spot on it and no- you cannot wash it- and you would never give it away because you would worry about some little kid playing with a dog toy. even though the dog never played with it; it has kicked around the dirty floors for two weeks.
not really dirty but still........''
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'' I can no it- it seems so mean to toss Dogman's toys out.''
''yes. you can!!!Just do it!!''
''fineeeeeeeee''.
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Meme tosses the stuffie in the garbage and Dogman does not even wake up
--this is kind of how I converse with 90 percent of my tosses- I cannot seem to toss with out over thinking which means that some times the ''tosses win''.
If nothing else. I would like to shorten the conversations in my head.
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Post by annieblue on Jul 11, 2009 23:16:56 GMT -5
"fineeeeeeeee" Meme tosses the stuffie in the garbage and Dogman does not even wake up , you are so delightful to read.   When the conversation begins to lengthen beyond your comfort level, I might be tempted to say: "Okayyyyyyy, I really have no business giving this conversation any more TIME in my head here, so fineeeeeeeee!"
 Yeah, just skip right ahead to the good part!  ps: Thank you, I have now added 'cull the doggie toys' to my list of soon to do. It is looong past time for that job. |
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Post by southerngirl on Jul 12, 2009 7:53:13 GMT -5
Meme, this is a great post! Last week when I started the decluttering process I found a stack of dog toys (the stuffed, plush kind) that were torn and that I was intending to repair. My Mom was over that day (thankfully) and she pointed out to me that if I repaired them they might not be safe because they would tear again at the same places ... and my pups have no shortage of toys (if anything they have too many!). I still had a hard time throwing them out (but I did).
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Post by packy on Jul 12, 2009 15:01:23 GMT -5
Meme, thanks for sharing your thought process!
I have been known to sew up some of my dogs favorite toys as well. Not so much now that I have kids. Instead, I try to fix my kids broken toys.
Today I finally threw out a pair of Batman sunglasses that my son broke. He literally broke them in two, right between the nose piece. Most normal thinkers probably would have immediately thrown them away. Me? They sat around the house for a couple of weeks, then I tried superglue. Needless to say, that didn't work. They sat around for another couple of weeks and today I finally picked them up and threw them away. Still felt a pang in throwing them out though. Why? My son loves Batman. I bought them for him and I know that he loved them. I really need to work on the sentamental feelings I have for stuff!
Packy
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Post by messymimi on Jul 12, 2009 16:15:18 GMT -5
Three classic questions:
Do I love it?
Do I use it?
Does it make me smile?
From Dogman's point of view:
Dogman, do you love this stuffie?
No, it is hard, I love my soft ones.
Will you use it?
No, the hard ones are no fun to use. I have lots of others that I use.
Does it make you smile?
No, it makes me growl!
So, toss it.
messymimi
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