Why don't people get emotionally attached to their stove, for example....this is a real question...read on

Question

People get emotionally attached to their cars, a bicycle, a couch, a chair, especially. These are objects a person can connect with on some level, helps them get somewhere, relaxing, special times in a special chair. Ok. So. Isn't a stove, something where you prepare very special meals for example, in the same category? If so, why do you never hear, Oh I couldn't get rid of that, it has too many good memories, etc. This is a real philosophical question, as nutty as it sounds. Thank you for trying.

Answer 1

You know what???

THAT is a REALLY good question!!!

I mean, I'm sure the odd person does, but it's nowhere near as common as, say, fondness for a motor vehicle, regardless of it's working order!

Answer 2

Car fanatics love their cars. They hand wash them, customize them, care for them as they would their own kid. For these people, they are emotionally attached to their cars simply because they love cars (especially their own, which they have spent time and money on).

People might become emotionally attached to things like couches and chairs because it means something to them. "My grandfather used to tell me stories on this chair." "I used to lie in this sofa every day after I get home from school." "I don't remember anything of my childhood except rocking on this rocking chair." etc.

You'll notice that while there is emphasis on the memory, there is also significant emphasis on the subject (chair/sofa/anything else). With making special meals for a special person, the emphasis lies more on the dish being made and the person being served.

Of course, this doesn't mean that it is impossible to become emotionally attached to a stove. What if, for example, you used to look at the baking, home-made bread, your mother used to make for you all the time in the oven? In this case, the emphasis is on your mother, the bread, and the oven from which the awesome fresh-bread smell (which you so loved) emanated.

Answer 3

I don't agree that people don't get attached emotionally to their stove. My grandmother did. For her, it was indeed the source of special times and special gatherings. In her day it was often the only source of heat when she ran out of coal. More than any other part of the house, her stove was the cleanest thing in the house.
When new ones came out and we offered to buy her a new one she grabbed on to that stove and said, "This stove leaves when I leave this earth." No joke. I know she loved me more, but the stove was a close second.
Jim

Answer 4

O.K. so call my quirky but I AM emotionally attached to my very cute 1950's white enamel stove. Only two burners work and the thermostat died last year so I am constantly adjusting the temperature...but I LOVE it and am loath to part with it. It is part of my family history.

Answer 5

people do. I love my stove. Betsy is 7 years old and looks brand new.I cook on her evey night. when I spill some oil or something on her, I always say sorry Betsy.
i know it's nuts, but its all true.

Answer 6

for one thing it might be that when we are young we are warned not to touch it, because it is dangerous, so maybe we dissassociate with the stove early on and cant form the kind of bond you form with other things, like the couch

Answer 7

I don't know about yours, but mine is really hot!

Answer 8

I'M THE SAME WAY WITH MY SKILLSAW. DON'T FEEL ALONE.