So if u like make them a brand new blanket...they don't sleep with it...tho it took u forever to work on for them. u buy them a really old blanket from like a thrift store...or garage sale...they LOVE it....like its a baby of their own or grandkid. why is that?
Even if its a blanket...they had for years and its kinda ruined...they still love it and keep it...sleep with it...its weird. idk...it confuses me.
2006-08-26 02:28:28 · 11 answers · asked by ♥mcmanda♥ 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Im not being critical over old ppl...im just asking. I keep my old blakets...even ones that I have made or others made me. They mean alot to me.
2006-08-26 02:51:57 · update #1
Hey remember the saying " OLD IS GOLD" you feel comfortable once you are assured you don't have to be worried of new things to know and learn and practice!
2006-08-26 02:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by Robin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's too bad we don't think the same. Elderly folks lived during a time when things were so much more simple than the world we live in now...didn't need much to survive, and literally lived on love. It's the fact that they'd prefer an old worn out item as opposed to a brand new one cause it's already broken in. How many peoples' grandparents/great-grandparents do you know that own a computer, or even a CD player??? I only dream of going back...way back when.......those days are gone forever.
2006-08-26 09:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by Shining Ray of Light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What YOU don't understand is that people that lived during the great Depression learned to make things last. You know the slogan "reduce, reuse, recycle"? That's exactly what they had to do back then. My grandmother crocheted placemats from worn nylons. Even later when she had money she even recycled pantyhose! People that lived back then had to learn to make do. That's why used things like blankets and such mean more to them. And it could be that the blanket you made is so nice that the person you made it for doesn't want to spoil it. Don't be so critical of older people, my dear. You'll be old someday too, and you will have things that mean a great deal to you also.
2006-08-26 09:39:37 · answer #3 · answered by blondee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure things like that are a mtter of taste, I personally would like the new blanket more I think. I would have to see both blankets to say for sure.
2006-08-26 09:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Jim C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother was like that. She would use ragged towels and when she died--she had all kinds of new and good things packed away--saying that she would save that for "good' or "company" --that it was too nice to use every day. So sad and not logical but true. You might keep the quilt and say that if she ever wants it back, you will give it back to her????
2006-08-26 09:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by old_woman_84 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never knew or heard about this before. A lot of people (not just old people) don't care to use something new. They think it is too "good" and they don't want to ruin it.
2006-08-26 09:32:04 · answer #6 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As we move through life things take lives of their own.
Memories can make some things so sentimental that some people refuse to ever let them go.
As you get older you will notice that to.
2006-08-26 09:34:45 · answer #7 · answered by Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do that, its because of its sentimentality
something that you spend 1/3 of your life with, you kinda feel loyal to it
2006-08-26 09:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try washing that new blanket to soften it up!
2006-08-26 09:31:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep blanket
2006-08-26 09:34:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋