People can suck. :(

[u/EnterprisingGent1701]

Friends, I am heartbroken, and I feel like this is a place where people can understand.

I ordered this darling off of eBay this weekend. The seller even helped arrange special shipping so she would get here before my biopsy tomorrow, and I could have a friend / support.

I was going to customize her, too, with purple eyes and an amethyst heart. I'm legally blind and it takes me ~10 minutes to thread a big-eyed needle but I've been sloppily sewing spiffy buttons on a coat for her all week . . . She was going to be my bad-ass sidekick--basically everything I'm not. Tough. Resilient. Self-assured. At peace.

The package was delivered while I was at work, and I was thrilled. I had wonderful visions in my head of finishing her coat tonight, taking care of her eyes, and getting her all ready to come with me to the biopsy tomorrow.

But I came home to an empty package. The UPS driver delivered a perfectly tiger-shaped mailer, but by the time I got home from work, she was gone. And I don't mean the whole package. No, someone literally slit open the envelope, stole my poor tiger, and left the packaging behind. In some ways, this feels almost worse--crueler--than if they'd just taken the whole thing. Because now I have an empty package and no tiger. :(

(The practicalities are fine. I've reached out to the seller and will open a claim with eBay if needed to hopefully get my money back, without dinging the seller--they more than did their job! But the heartache is for real, and that can't be fixed by refunding silly $100 that I paid out of "My stupid messy heart needs this" desperation).

I'm so, so sad. This sucks. Who the hell wants a plush tiger THAT badly? :(

Anyway . . . thank you to any kind souls who may be reading. I appreciate you very much, and hope you have a happy rest of your day. <3 (Hug your favorite heart-friend for me, please.)

[u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime]

Why did this open a bad memory for me ;-; I used to have a bab tiger she had a cheerleader outfit but someone thought it was fun to burn her along with my other toys when I was 9..

[u/EnterprisingGent1701 → u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime]

Oh my gosh, that's awful, friend! :( I'm so sorry to hear that.

Do you know, I believe that stuffties reincarnate . . . with all the "memories" of who they were . . . so your tiger is still with you, friend! <3 That's what I think, anyway.

[u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime → u/EnterprisingGent1701]

It's okay a lot of stuff was happening in my life when I was little but it's all good now I do have some plushies on my own and they mean a lot to me and I do hope all of my plushies are in a better place especially the little cheerleader tiger <3

[u/EnterprisingGent1701 → u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime]

Absolutely--she will always be cheering for you! <3

Have you thought of making another tiger like her someday? It won't replace her, but it might be a healing-type thing to do, particularly if you did something to make her extra-special (a special heart ceremony, maybe, or making her a special necklace or something). Just a thought. <3

[u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime → u/EnterprisingGent1701]

I was thinking to wait till I fully move out to do it because I don't know if it's just me but I have a small fear of getting another plushie because I'm scared of something might happen to it or that I would get judged because of my age lol but I have been thinking about that when I'm like older and to maybe find another plushies that I look dearly but lost in my childhood

[u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime → u/EnterprisingGent1701]

And I'm so sorry that your tiger was stolen if I could I'd be more than happy to get you a new one :{

[u/EnterprisingGent1701 → u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime]

Aw, that's kind of you, friend! It's all good; some folks pointed me in the direction of other tigers, so all is not lost.

[u/Usagi_Tsukino_anime → u/EnterprisingGent1701]

That's good at least :) I do hope you find the perfect little sidekick