Unimportant Dilemma

[kybearfuzz]

I just got a phone call from Mom. I ordered her a quilt pattern that you can use to make a quilt from your old tee-shirts. She wants to make one for me (YAY!!!). I need twenty tees to make the quilt. I have many old tees, but she's telling me that I should use some of the recent tees I've picked up on my trips. She says this way they'll keep better.

She makes a good point, but I hate to sacrifice such new shirts. Still, I'll have them, just not as shirts anymore. The logos will grace my bed instead. Should I sacrifice them knowing that they'll wear out eventually??? Not an important decision, just wanting some feedback from the peanut gallery.

Comments

[rockyjohn.livejournal.com]

I say sacrifice them. They would be much cooler as a quilt.

Plus that just gives you more incentive to travel more to get them back. ;)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. good point! :)

[slacker-x.livejournal.com]

I'd sacrifice them for a quilt. That's an awesome idea.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I think so too. My mom is pretty jazzed up wanting to try it out, so I'm getting the first.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. and your comments are always welcome. :)

[cincycub.livejournal.com]

Sure, sacrifice 'em. I have one of those quilts with a bunch of tees from high school. I love it :)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish I could find my old high school tees.. had some great ones there, but they're lost somewhere... sigh...

[queensheba.livejournal.com]

Maybe some of them, but not all of them. I'd suggest a mixture of older t-shirts that are nearing their end of the life cycle with some of the newer ones - but you're right, not need to "ruin" all your current ones.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Well, luckily, I never buy just one tee shirt when I travel. I have two or three from my Canada trip. I'm sacrificing one, keeping the other two. My Hard Rock Toronto is just too neat to cut up.

[cmorley.livejournal.com]

Oh, so now we're *peanuts*, are we? ;)

PS: I'd hate to sacrifice the shirts too, but that sounds pretty cool and a good trade off... I'd go for it.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll post the end result whenever I get it.

[chiam-67.livejournal.com]

Do it. A t-shirt is a t-shirt, the quilt will be one of a kind. Or maybe you can give her 2 or 3 shirts and she can make a couple of pillows.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oooh.. now that's a cool idea, because I think I may have more shirts picked out than she needs. I like the way you think! :)

[scifibear99.livejournal.com]

Hey Mark. I'm new to LJ. I hope you don't mind me commenting. The quilt sounds like a cool idea. Plus the quilt is something you can enjoy everyday.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Hey there, welcome to LJ! I think you and I may have the most in-common interests of anyone I've seen on here! Great minds think alike :)

I'm already looking forward to having the quilt and it's not even started yet :)

[artsycub.livejournal.com]

Do you think your mom will be offended by the shirts that say "I got laid at Bear Camp 2002." and "It's 8am. Feed me your sausage."? ;-)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. like I would ever give her those tees to put on a quilt! I can't imagine the number of heart attacks this would cause to a 65 year old woman.

Besides.. Mom and I have an unwritten deal.. she hears nothing about my sex life.. she tells me nothing about hers (and yes, she still has one at 65!).

[polomex.livejournal.com]

Gawd, I wish I had a deal like that with my mother. Even though I keep silent about my sex life, she tells me about hers (with my father)... and asks me about mine. I realize I should appreciate such a "cool" mom, but it's only cool when it's someone else's mom. I really don't want to hear about how/when my mom and dad are shagging.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Have you ever seen the movie Jeffery? There is a scene in the movie where his parents ask him, a gay man, whether he likes shaved assholes and then they proceed to have phone sex talk with him to get him in the mood to date again. It's both the funniest and disturbing thing I've ever seen in this context.

If I ever had this kind of conversation with my mom, my brain would shut down to protect itself. I'd be thrilled if she were interested, but far too creeped out to respond. You have my sympathy there ;)

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

There are those (and I know SO many of them) who would say that T-shirts don't belong on your chest... that they SHOULD be on the bed, one way or another! Heh heh. I think this ties in with the daddybear story from work, too... ;-)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. you have a dirty mind... I knew there was something about you I really liked :)

[sweetjimmyto.livejournal.com]

A QUILT?
What is ya, queer or sumpthin'?

Dunno ... the older shirts have more memories attached, no? I believe this is that the quilt is about.