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Guy Can’t Believe His GF Destroyed His LEGO Collection After He Threw Out Her Teddy Bear
We all have stuff in our homes that holds a certain sentimental value for us. The post’s author from today’s story is no different — she has a teddy bear. Yet recently, she encountered some drama related to this bear when her boyfriend decided to throw it out just because, for him, it was unpleasant to look at it. And, well, let’s just say, she surely avenged her beloved teddy in a similarly devastating way right before ending the relationship with the inconsiderate man.
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The woman has a teddy bear, which was given by her dying grandma when she was little, and everyone in her life knows how much she cherishes it
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One day, her boyfriend decided to throw it out because it looked ugly to him, so as revenge, the woman destroyed his extensive LEGO collection and threw him out
Typically, people hold sentimental value toward certain objects because they remind them of a certain person, time, place, or feeling. In today’s story, the post’s author has a teddy bear. It was given to her by her late grandmother when she was dying from cancer. At that time, the OP was only 8 years old, and when giving said teddy bear, the grandma told the girl to take care of it and talk with it anytime she missed her.
The woman’s boyfriend knows how much this teddy bear means to her, as not only does she tell him, but he also sees her hugging and talking to it. This makes his actions even more awful.
He decided that the teddy was not appealing to look at due to its ruggedness. Well, it’s no surprise it looks raggedy, as back in the day, the OP used to carry it everywhere with her, and it suffered damage, such as getting its eyes and arms pulled out and sewn back together. Yet, its appearance doesn’t diminish its sentimental value for the woman.
She found out about the teddy bear’s disappearance after buying a button to sew in its eye and realizing it wasn’t in her room. She looked for it for hours while the boyfriend simply watched her do it. Then, he caved and confessed to throwing it out, which made the woman feel betrayed.
So, as revenge, she went to his room and destroyed his extensive LEGO collection — threw it around the room, out of the window, and into the trash. Predictably, this made the man lose it, but she threw him out of their home.
He tried to convince her not to throw him out and break up, but it didn’t work, as the woman felt completely disgusted by him.
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Luckily, the majority of people online weren’t as cruel as the ex-boyfriend. They felt sorry for her loss. Some even said that her late grandmother’s gift was not only the teddy bear but the ability to understand how awful her boyfriend was before they committed to each other even more seriously.
But apparently, not all the comments were so kind. In the update given in the same post, the woman talked about various men accusing her of messing with her ex’s private stuff, but they looked over the fact that he did it to her stuff first.
And it’s not like she has some excessive, unhealthy attachment to that teddy. It was given to her by her beloved late grandma, and she has a right to be upset! And while maybe destroying someone else’s stuff wasn’t the most morally correct thing to do, in her case, it’s understandable why she acted that way — she suffered a loss at the hands of a person she trusted.
Well, maybe the boyfriend and the many people online who commented nasty stuff about the woman just don’t realize how even such a raggedy object can hold important sentiments for people. At the same time, they view the LEGO collection as stuff with a lot of value.
So, maybe they’re just ignorant to the fact that sometimes even stuff that didn’t take a lot of money and time to put together can still be valuable, and you don’t even have to feel that way about it yourself to appreciate it for someone else.
Yet, the story doesn’t end on such a sad note. A few netizens also wondered if there was maybe a way to track the teddy down if, for instance, the ex-boyfriend knew where he threw it away. And according to the update, it was possible to track it down. While it took 3 hours of digging in the dumpster, she was able to find it. So, in a way, it all ended happily!
The majority of folks online understood the motivations behind her actions and even suggested looking for the teddy bear in the dumpster, which she did and was successful!
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Joey Jo Jo Shabadoo 1 year ago
I watched an interview once of Laura Bates, who wrote Men Who Hate Women; its a book on online misogyny. The male interviewer asked her how she found such extreme people (obviously expecting some dark web answer) and she was like, "First, I went on Reddit..." I had to pause the interview, I was laughing so hard.
Janelle Collard 1 year ago
You never touch someone else's stuff without permission. Throwing out someone else's stuff without permission is grounds for retaliation. AH can buy more Legos. OP cannot get her grandmother back.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I have a stuffed German Shepherd that I received when I was 5 years old. I am 42 now. Chace (the plushie; I didn't know how to spell "Chase" properly at 5, lol) looks "raggedy" af and probably is "disgusting to look at" for someone who doesn't love him like I do. He doesn't even have a nose any more; it has been gone lo these many years XD and his eyes are chipped and scratched up, etc etc. But Chace still gets pride of place in my bed with me XD and I am not ashamed to say I still sleep with a few treasured stuffed animals. If my boyfriend of 23 years even SUGGESTED that I get rid of Chace, or if he suggested even putting him into storage, or even up on a shelf and not in my bed, I'd tell him that Chace has been in my life longer than he has, and that he can toss himself out instead. I seriously do not and cannot understand why ANYONE, even someone's partner, feels like they have ANY right to touch someone else's stuff (let alone throw it out!) [edit for syntax reasons]
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tw 72 1 year ago
Yeah, what is with people throwing out their SOs stuff? I don't care if it is his ugly, torn up, favorite shirt from college - it's still HIS.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
My mother did that to me. I had a huge teddy bear that my grandfather gave to me before he got Alzheimer's and died. He had already been dizzy and doused it in his old man perfume so it smelled a bit strong like that stuff, but it reminded me of him. My mother threw it away behind my back. When I noticed, it was already too late.
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Ralph Fisher 1 year ago
I live in my partner's apartament. She's a widow and has lots of photos of her late husband dotted around. Which is normal. She also has a lot of stuffed toys, Many of which are kitsch. I wouldn't dream of telling her that. They have significance for her, and that's the most important thing.
Mabelbabel 1 year ago
That's appalling-it reminds me a bit about the Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) in his awful book Spare. He made a very nasty comment about his father still having his childhood teddy bear, like it was something to be ashamed of. A while back, our new puppy attacked my husband's Teddy bear-poor thing had his foot chewed on, and husband handed him to me saying "can you fix him-dad got him for me the day I was born" Husband is 60, his dad died when he was still a child. It was the most terrifying bit of sewing I've ever done, it was so old it was stuffed with sawdust and really worn. These days, he sits on a shelf out of reach, next to my childhood bear (Pink the Bear, 58 years old)
Marcellus II 1 year ago
Bit strange it's not obvious that he throws the bear out knowing it will be gone forever, while she just mixes up pieces that will be put back. So he steals something irreplaceable, she steals time. (And his supposed hobby is putting those pieces back, but that's a weak argument.)
Melissa anderson 1 year ago
Her ex is psycho and their friends are not her friends. They’re gullible enough to believe his lies and didn’t even bother to hear her side of it. And the disgusting misogynist commenters on Reddit aren’t fit to have girlfriends or wives.
Joey Jo Jo Shabadoo 1 year ago
I watched an interview once of Laura Bates, who wrote Men Who Hate Women; its a book on online misogyny. The male interviewer asked her how she found such extreme people (obviously expecting some dark web answer) and she was like, "First, I went on Reddit..." I had to pause the interview, I was laughing so hard.
Janelle Collard 1 year ago
You never touch someone else's stuff without permission. Throwing out someone else's stuff without permission is grounds for retaliation. AH can buy more Legos. OP cannot get her grandmother back.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
I have a stuffed German Shepherd that I received when I was 5 years old. I am 42 now. Chace (the plushie; I didn't know how to spell "Chase" properly at 5, lol) looks "raggedy" af and probably is "disgusting to look at" for someone who doesn't love him like I do. He doesn't even have a nose any more; it has been gone lo these many years XD and his eyes are chipped and scratched up, etc etc. But Chace still gets pride of place in my bed with me XD and I am not ashamed to say I still sleep with a few treasured stuffed animals. If my boyfriend of 23 years even SUGGESTED that I get rid of Chace, or if he suggested even putting him into storage, or even up on a shelf and not in my bed, I'd tell him that Chace has been in my life longer than he has, and that he can toss himself out instead. I seriously do not and cannot understand why ANYONE, even someone's partner, feels like they have ANY right to touch someone else's stuff (let alone throw it out!) [edit for syntax reasons]
Load More Replies... tw 72 1 year ago
Yeah, what is with people throwing out their SOs stuff? I don't care if it is his ugly, torn up, favorite shirt from college - it's still HIS.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
My mother did that to me. I had a huge teddy bear that my grandfather gave to me before he got Alzheimer's and died. He had already been dizzy and doused it in his old man perfume so it smelled a bit strong like that stuff, but it reminded me of him. My mother threw it away behind my back. When I noticed, it was already too late.
Load More Replies... Ralph Fisher 1 year ago
I live in my partner's apartament. She's a widow and has lots of photos of her late husband dotted around. Which is normal. She also has a lot of stuffed toys, Many of which are kitsch. I wouldn't dream of telling her that. They have significance for her, and that's the most important thing.
Mabelbabel 1 year ago
That's appalling-it reminds me a bit about the Duke of Sussex (Prince Harry) in his awful book Spare. He made a very nasty comment about his father still having his childhood teddy bear, like it was something to be ashamed of. A while back, our new puppy attacked my husband's Teddy bear-poor thing had his foot chewed on, and husband handed him to me saying "can you fix him-dad got him for me the day I was born" Husband is 60, his dad died when he was still a child. It was the most terrifying bit of sewing I've ever done, it was so old it was stuffed with sawdust and really worn. These days, he sits on a shelf out of reach, next to my childhood bear (Pink the Bear, 58 years old)
Marcellus II 1 year ago
Bit strange it's not obvious that he throws the bear out knowing it will be gone forever, while she just mixes up pieces that will be put back. So he steals something irreplaceable, she steals time. (And his supposed hobby is putting those pieces back, but that's a weak argument.)
Melissa anderson 1 year ago
Her ex is psycho and their friends are not her friends. They’re gullible enough to believe his lies and didn’t even bother to hear her side of it. And the disgusting misogynist commenters on Reddit aren’t fit to have girlfriends or wives.
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