30 Sep 2019, 10:34 am
05 Oct 2019, 2:46 pm
Last week I bought a weighted blanket in a shop. It was on clearance and marked down twice. I love it, but I wish it was a little bit wider because it's only 48" wide.
After a couple of sleeps with the first blanket, I found a wider weighted blanket online and ordered it. I was planning to compare them and return one of them after a few days, depending which I liked better.
As soon as I ordered that second blanket I started to feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt the feelings of Blanket #1 by comparing him, or possibly rejecting him against a competitor. The poor thing was already on clearance and reduced twice. For all I know, someone already bought and returned him before I brought him home from the shop. I couldn't tolerate the idea of returning him to clearance, for a third mark-down / rejection in the shop. I was almost in tears thinking of how sad the poor thing would feel.
Within about two hours I felt so sorry for Blanket #1 that I cancelled the online order and decided I had to keep him.
05 Oct 2019, 3:09 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Last week I bought a weighted blanket in a shop. It was on clearance and marked down twice. I love it, but I wish it was a little bit wider because it's only 48" wide.
After a couple of sleeps with the first blanket, I found a wider weighted blanket online and ordered it. I was planning to compare them and return one of them after a few days, depending which I liked better.
As soon as I ordered that second blanket I started to feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt the feelings of Blanket #1 by comparing him, or possibly rejecting him against a competitor. The poor thing was already on clearance and reduced twice. For all I know, someone already bought and returned him before I brought him home from the shop. I couldn't tolerate the idea of returning him to clearance, for a third mark-down / rejection in the shop. I was almost in tears thinking of how sad the poor thing would feel.
Within about two hours I felt so sorry for Blanket #1 that I cancelled the online order and decided I had to keep him.
After a couple of sleeps with the first blanket, I found a wider weighted blanket online and ordered it. I was planning to compare them and return one of them after a few days, depending which I liked better.
As soon as I ordered that second blanket I started to feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt the feelings of Blanket #1 by comparing him, or possibly rejecting him against a competitor. The poor thing was already on clearance and reduced twice. For all I know, someone already bought and returned him before I brought him home from the shop. I couldn't tolerate the idea of returning him to clearance, for a third mark-down / rejection in the shop. I was almost in tears thinking of how sad the poor thing would feel.
Within about two hours I felt so sorry for Blanket #1 that I cancelled the online order and decided I had to keep him.
Awww! You sound so much like me. I can't think of examples at the moment but I often fall to pieces if I see something that needs rescueing.. Something that I have to try to save.
05 Oct 2019, 4:47 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Last week I bought a weighted blanket in a shop. It was on clearance and marked down twice. I love it, but I wish it was a little bit wider because it's only 48" wide.
After a couple of sleeps with the first blanket, I found a wider weighted blanket online and ordered it. I was planning to compare them and return one of them after a few days, depending which I liked better.
As soon as I ordered that second blanket I started to feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt the feelings of Blanket #1 by comparing him, or possibly rejecting him against a competitor. The poor thing was already on clearance and reduced twice. For all I know, someone already bought and returned him before I brought him home from the shop. I couldn't tolerate the idea of returning him to clearance, for a third mark-down / rejection in the shop. I was almost in tears thinking of how sad the poor thing would feel.
Within about two hours I felt so sorry for Blanket #1 that I cancelled the online order and decided I had to keep him.
After a couple of sleeps with the first blanket, I found a wider weighted blanket online and ordered it. I was planning to compare them and return one of them after a few days, depending which I liked better.
As soon as I ordered that second blanket I started to feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt the feelings of Blanket #1 by comparing him, or possibly rejecting him against a competitor. The poor thing was already on clearance and reduced twice. For all I know, someone already bought and returned him before I brought him home from the shop. I couldn't tolerate the idea of returning him to clearance, for a third mark-down / rejection in the shop. I was almost in tears thinking of how sad the poor thing would feel.
Within about two hours I felt so sorry for Blanket #1 that I cancelled the online order and decided I had to keep him.
I can totally relate to it! I don't use the weight blankets but in a hypothetical case if I used them, I would feel the exact thing you did. I guess the more likely scenario would be that I would keep both blankets -- I tend to be a clutterer. But if I was more money conscious and had to refuse one of them, I would have made the choice you did.
05 Oct 2019, 4:55 pm
QFT wrote:
I can totally relate to it! I don't use the weight blankets but in a hypothetical case if I used them, I would feel the exact thing you did. I guess the more likely scenario would be that I would keep both blankets -- I tend to be a clutterer. But if I was more money conscious and had to refuse one of them, I would have made the choice you did.
I thought about keeping both if I liked the second one ... but why?
I kept thinking, "The poor guy is only 48" wide but thinks he isn't good enough. He was reduced in price twice already, and none of the others in the shop were on clearance. He tries so hard to be a good blanket ... "
I also realised that a wider blanket would be useless, because the given weight would be distributed out to the edges and it
wouldn't even touch me when I slept. The weight would be resting on my mattress instead of on me!
48" is perfect after all.
Now I just need to name him.
05 Oct 2019, 5:02 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
QFT wrote:
I can totally relate to it! I don't use the weight blankets but in a hypothetical case if I used them, I would feel the exact thing you did. I guess the more likely scenario would be that I would keep both blankets -- I tend to be a clutterer. But if I was more money conscious and had to refuse one of them, I would have made the choice you did.
I thought about keeping both if I liked the second one ... but why?
I kept thinking, "The poor guy is only 48" wide but thinks he isn't good enough. He was reduced in price twice already, and none of the others in the shop were on clearance. He tries so hard to be a good blanket ... "
I also realised that a wider blanket would be useless, because the given weight would be distributed out to the edges and it
wouldn't even touch me when I slept. The weight would be resting on my mattress instead of on me!
48" is perfect after all.
Now I just need to name him.
I was just thinking that the blanket might not cover the entire body. Thats why I was going to suggest to use the second one and keep the first one as someone to feed and care for. But other than that I totally agree with your attitude.
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