My dad made me lose my teddy bear when I was 9. We were staying at a hotel for a function held by one of his friends, and on the morning of checkout, he threw a tantrum because there were ants in his Saab. In the chaos, the room didn't get checked thoroughly enough and it got left behind.I can't find any photos of it, so I don't know what brand or model it was.I'm sure most millennials/x-ers from dysfunctional families have stories like this. Why do we let boomers get away with it.
>>11676896Let it go you fucking loser! Your life is going to go down a continuous spiral of shit as you grow-up, better to learn how to let go at an early age then carry such baggage around, which will eventually come back and bite you in your ass professionally and in your private life!Stop blaming your parents, take some responsibility. Why didn't you check and see that you had everything, you were old enough to know better.
>>11676896>be me, 8ish>left my teddy bear at a hotel 100 miles + from home>my dad called them, they found my bear in the laundry>he immediately drove back to get him for meLuv me dad simple as
>>11676896I know exactly what you mean. I had bought these pictured in a local store when I was a kid. My asshole brother stole them and gave them away to his friends like he always did with my stuff. The thing is I didn't know what they were named or anything, and google and ebay searcing "small blue and white spaceships" never got any results. Then I chanced upon a picture that had one in it, asked that person about it, and he said "Bruder Astro minis." Now I do have a couple and will be getting more.So sometimes the impossible does happen, so don't give up. The best way to search is remembering the height of it. Did it have a plastic face or anything, or was it completely plush? What color was it? Add as many descriptors as possible in your search.
>>11676960>Why didn't you check and see that you had everything, you were old enough to know better.I was 9 and managing my dad's outburst because he lacks emotional regulation and has always relied on other people to do it for him.
>>11676960https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents/dp/1626251703
>>11677001I'm glad you managed to find yours.I've searched for a while and haven't come up with anything definitive. My memories of its features are a little murky, but web search has become useless and AI latches onto the most popular bears from that time period and won't suggest anything else, even when I point out that their suggestions have features I told it my bear didn't have. Maybe I'll hire an investigator if I ever win the lottery or something.
>>11677015>AI latches onto the most popular bears from that time period and won't suggest anything elseAI searches are a pain in the ass for that reason as well as the reason of filtering out sites that don't have paid deals with google.
Is it still possible to ask them where they bought it? Sometimes the simplest searches are for the store-band and store-exclusive stuff, like "Sears teddy bear" as an example.
>>11677045Store, year, state, size, color, features and try plush reddits and fbs, describe it there
>>11676896>Why do we let boomers get away with it.I don't, I deprive them of time with my daughter and specifically address my upbringing as the reason, while giving preference to her other grandparents.I was actually able to correct a lot of their behavior like this. My mother lowered the register and volume of her voice, my father doesn't instantly default to negativity anymore when faced with things he doesn't understand, they both actually try to understand why she likes things.>>11677001I pretty much only started actually "collecting" toys as an adult, because my brother had no limits and abused my toys, including Bruder ships like those ones. I actually prioritized miniatures and toys that could otherwise fit my pocket so I could carry them with me all the time.One collection I've recently found out the name of was Multimac, been meaning to buy them once my kids are old enough that it isn't a choking hazard. That Gridman anime by Trigger also, ironically, triggered my memory of my godmother giving me a Gridman action figure, out of the blue on an unassuming day when she took me for a day out. That's one of the toys I got the maddest about being broken, not only because it looked awesome and had more articulations than I knew what to do with, but because she was my favorite adult.
