My S-I-L once bought a nice cashmere sweater. She told her daughter under “threat of death” she better not wear it, and put it up on a high shelf in her closet. But the kid couldn’t resist and snuck it out one time, to wear to a party…and spilled something on it. So she laundered it. And it shrunk to a doll size. She put it back in the box and up on the shelf, fearing the worst.
Her mom had forgotten about the sweater, so never discovered it till a number of years later. When she did, she considered all the time the kid had been fearing the discovery was punishment enough.
My S-I-L once bought a nice cashmere sweater. She told her daughter under “threat of death” she better not wear it, and put it up on a high shelf in her closet. But the kid couldn’t resist and snuck it out one time, to wear to a party…and spilled something on it. So she laundered it. And it shrunk to a doll size. She put it back in the box and up on the shelf, fearing the worst.
Her mom had forgotten about the sweater, so never discovered it till a number of years later. When she did, she considered all the time the kid had been fearing the discovery was punishment enough.