Would any grown woman want a teddy bear for Valentines Day?

[Anonymous]

I keep seeing the commercials on TV for Valentines Day teddy bears. I especially love (sarcasm here) the horny devil bear. I cannot believe any grown woman would actually want one of these or a teddy bear at all for Valentines Day. Anyone?????

[Anonymous]

What, you don't keep two dozen teddies on your bed, carefully transferring them to their own little cushioned bench every evening, then moving them back every morning? Is your heart made of STONE???

I think the women who like teddy bears as gifts are the same ones who are buying Marie Osmond dolls on QVC.

[Anonymous]

We just got back from a weekend with the in-laws. This was our first visit with a toddler. I was just AMAZED at the number of stuffed bears she had displayed throughout her house. I had never noticed them before, probably because I was too focused on all the nick-knacks that are in curio cabinets...

She also has every singing/dancing Hallmark animal ever sold. These kept our son entertained forever...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, you don't keep two dozen teddies on your bed, carefully transferring them to their own little cushioned bench every evening, then moving them back every morning? Is your heart made of STONE???

I think the women who like teddy bears as gifts are the same ones who are buying Marie Osmond dolls on QVC.

You just described my aunt. FAH-REEK!

[Anonymous]

No!

[Anonymous]

My husband brings me a stuffed animal every v-day. Not a teddy bear, but a different animal. I like it. I don't really know where to put them, but since a lot of women get nothing...

[Anonymous]

I dated a guy who bought me a teddy bear (or some other stuffed animal) for Valentines Day--I broke up with him. I was creeped out.

A nice card, and some "I love you and appreciate you" is all I want or need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just got back from a weekend with the in-laws. This was our first visit with a toddler. I was just AMAZED at the number of stuffed bears she had displayed throughout her house. I had never noticed them before, probably because I was too focused on all the nick-knacks that are in curio cabinets...

She also has every singing/dancing Hallmark animal ever sold. These kept our son entertained forever...

Hallmark has struck a gold mine with the in laws (MILs to be exact) b/c my MIL has a whole collection (every holiday) of those animatronic dancing/singing things. My toddler loves them though, but at least they come with an off switch and at least they stay with grandma.

[Anonymous]

I guess that one day when our babies leave us, we too will own vast collections of Marie Osmand dolls and stuffed bears to fill the hole that they leave behind

[Anonymous]

While I wouldn't want a theme-bear or a talking/singing/dancing, I love stuffed animals and an unashamed to say that I would be delighted to receive a teddy bear for Valentine's Day or anytime. I think it would be a loving gift and affectionate and cute. (I have never watched QVC and don't care for the Osmonds, as it happens; I live in Bethesda, have three advanced degrees, am a professional, and am probably the neighbor of the people who are so above all this, LOL.) Seriously, you people have nothing better to do than to make fun of people just because their preferences are different from yours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While I wouldn't want a theme-bear or a talking/singing/dancing, I love stuffed animals and an unashamed to say that I would be delighted to receive a teddy bear for Valentine's Day or anytime. I think it would be a loving gift and affectionate and cute. (I have never watched QVC and don't care for the Osmonds, as it happens; I live in Bethesda, have three advanced degrees, am a professional, and am probably the neighbor of the people who are so above all this, LOL.) Seriously, you people have nothing better to do than to make fun of people just because their preferences are different from yours?

Fair enough, but what are you going to DO with it?

Every day, I feel like I'm losing the battle against clutter, and one day, the firemen will break in to my house, wading through hip-deep piles of crap, to extricate my lifeless body from under a pile of magazines, mutual fund reports, socks without mates, carefully washed and saved up babyfood containers, kids' DVD cases (DVDs missing, of course) and yes, stuffed animals.

[Anonymous]

Dust collectors. Ah-choo!

[Anonymous]

Maybe it's the same people who drive around with the mountain of stuffed animals in the rear window of their car. My personal favorite btw.

[Anonymous]

No. I didn't even like teddy bears as a kid!

[Anonymous]

Hells no.