idun Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I reckon that a teddy can be for life? Do any of you still have your teddy?I cannot remember having one. I had a soft toy elephant, which my mother threw away, because she was like that....... otherwise I reckon that amongst the few things I have kept, I would still have it. My MIL had wrapped up husband's teddy and we brought it home with us when she died. It'll not be thrown away, just in another cupboard here. Our 30 year old son still has his and he swears that he'll never throw it away. And if our son still has his teddy, there used to be a children's program on french tv, when he was quite small called 'Teddy' and he would scream and cry and become very distressed and we had to turn it off. Strangely I had thought that it would be Dorothee or Chantal Goya who would have had that effect on him, but no 'Teddy' did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I swapped mine for a woman. Much more fun and of course keeps your feet warm in winter. [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Well I'm glad my son hung on to his teddy rather than his fiancé who seemed to the sort to me who would have chucked it out. He has a new lady, but still has his teddy. A teddy, as I said, is surely for life, whereas people can come and go[blink]. ps I'm not talking about still sleeping with it as an adult, just 'keeping' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Mine were passed to my kids where they continue to live in all their glory, along with the kids' own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Still got mine. Moth-eaten one eyed blue thing. But I don't mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Still got mine! My mother once re-covered the soles of its paws, and its hair is a bit sparse where i once took the nail scissors to it thinking it would re-grow as mine did - but it didn't.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Snap Louiseau ! I distinctly remember thinking his fur would re-grow when I shaved him. Poor Ted, he's a hand me down from two older brothers and like yours has patched paws. He used to squeak but now he has a split which I daren't mend next to his squeaker (don't even think about it Wooly) in case any more wood shavings come out. His eyes are shoe buttons.I expect he was a Steiff in a former life.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 My father gave me a beautiful Teddy when I was five. I have always treasured it/him and still have him. He really is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 My friend has just called me a giant teddy bear. Does that count!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I made a teddy for our oldest daughter when she was a toddler. It gradually wore away until just the head was left so she calls him "Sevy" ie severed head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Teddys.......... they can be bashed, battered, shaved, bald, darned, patched, bodiless and we still love them. I cannot think of another toy that lasts a life time.And why did I bring this up, well because a friend of mine was sort of having a whinge about her son and DIL paying so much on a teddy for xmas for their daughter. I said that if she loved it, it was the one toy that would last a life time, and I'm sure that it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I never had a teddy bear , well I can't remember having one anyway, but my girls had soft toys. One of them still has her "Doggy" that she got off my father, I remember her having hysterics when I put him in the washing machine once.Grandchildren have dozens of teddies........good for playing schools.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 It's not the prettiest Teddy but my daughter still has her Fisher Price teddy, purchased mainly because it is machine washable, but very much loved ( and washed) even 30 years later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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