Adults with stuffed animals or dolls that they sleep with, carry around, etc

[Anonymous]

No. That’s not typical.

[Anonymous]

My mom slept with her childhood blanket until she died. I still sleep with mine (I’m 45) and my adult sister does too. One of my kids is more attached to hers than the other kid is. Seems normal to me, but I grew up with it.

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Anonymous wrote:The word stuffie is so cringe!

Policing other people's language is cringe.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would not call such a person an adult.

ok, MAGA.

Stop using "MAGA" like it means "jerk". It's a specific kind of political BS, not just run-of-the-mill jerkishness. Don't dilute it on casual crap like this. When you act like an overreacting jerk yourself, they win

-not MAGA, or even particularly sympathetic

[Anonymous]

Sleeping with a stuffed animal or bringing it along on travel gets zero side eye from me. I slept with a large stuffed bear well into my 20s. Did I bring it on travel? Nobody knew but me.

I think carrying a stuffed animal around as an adult is a little odd, but it doesn't impact me in any way. When I was young, my parents said that if I slept with a stuffed animal, that it didn't leave the house (except for something like a sleepover) because it would get dirty and germy, so the first thing I thought of just now was "ew, dirty." Maybe that's just me.

[Anonymous]

Britney Spears travels with a fake baby.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you consider an adult? I did this in college and my college aged daughter does as well. She uses a weighted stuffie as a pillow. (I guess she’s the pillow pet generation. It’s a pillow, it’s a pet, it’s a pillow pet.)

(We have several, and my kids are in college.)

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Anonymous wrote:My childhood teddy bear is a venerable member of this household. He is not be manhandled by the children and does not join the hoi polloi in their room, which regularly hosts large numbers of younger stuffed animals for night-long raves. But sometimes when they have been very good, he gathers them round on my bed, and recounts stories of the olden days, from across the ocean, when he was chosen from a department store in Paris and placed into my 5 year old arms. I hope the younger generation of stuffed animals learns from his wisdom and world travels.

Love this! You are a great storyteller PP. Please write some novels!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. That’s not typical.

Or normal.

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Anonymous wrote:My childhood teddy bear is a venerable member of this household. He is not be manhandled by the children and does not join the hoi polloi in their room, which regularly hosts large numbers of younger stuffed animals for night-long raves. But sometimes when they have been very good, he gathers them round on my bed, and recounts stories of the olden days, from across the ocean, when he was chosen from a department store in Paris and placed into my 5 year old arms. I hope the younger generation of stuffed animals learns from his wisdom and world travels.

My teddy bear is held together by the dressing gown my grandmother made him. He looks like a candidate for The Repair Shop TV show.

[Anonymous]

I sometimes sleep with one. I don’t travel with it. I did take it with me when I had surgery and I think the nurses thought it was weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would not call such a person an adult.

Then you need a dictionary.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the same adults that enjoy Disney.

Nope

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, all the time. We have entire families of animals and speak with them regularly. Some like to travel. Others don’t. They are a rich part of our lives.

I want to be your friend!

I would like to introduce them to you! Right now, I am sitting with a little bunny named Allie who is a very sweet young bunny. She has a big brother, Joey, who is a gibbon, but he is not downstairs tonight. I have two dolls on the couch, too, this evening, Tracy, a doll wearing a stylish skirt and her hair in a ponytail, and Viola, a redhead with two braids. They are very different. Tracy is in 7th grade and at that really annoying pre-teen girls age where she is a little haughty to everyone and mean to her parents. Viola is a fourth grader, actually, she's a genius who loves science and math, but she hates exercise so we are always trying to get her to try a new activity. She agreed to try low-key gymnastics this year. Finally we have a little black and white kitty who likes to play and also snuggle up. None of the guys down here tonight are related to each other. Viola has a baby sister and a cousin. Tracy is an only child. Each one is distinct in their personality and interaction style.

This is deeply odd. Do you have kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Britney Spears travels with a fake baby.

So? Lots of people have those.

DCUMAD already covered that topic last year (or the year before)