• Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    I’ve had girlfriends steal my plushies. Now they stay in a locked cabinet (the plushies) until I know who I can trust.

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    7 hours ago

    Both my wife’s and my stuffed teddies have now been retired. They now sit, cuddled together, overlooking the bedroom. On a shelf, in pride of place. Their tour of service done, but not forgotten.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    7 hours ago

    I seldom get emotional when watching the news, but when I see a child hugging a stuffed animal in a warzone, or when you see a dirty stuffed animal in on the ground after an attack, that really stings.

    Stuffed animals are symbols of innocence, love and security.

    I am a 37 year old man, I have my childhood stuffed animals on a chest of drawers next to my bed, and my stuffed toad I got from my mom and have had my entire life is in the top 5 items I would try to save from a fire.

    • Sorrow3527@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      While I don’t have an stuffed animal, I do have an mood pillow that I stitched and fixed for over 20y now. I can’t sleep without it, it’s part of me

  • jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 hours ago

    Had a giant stuffed ladybug nearly all my life. Somehow abandoned it and just recently, after a few years, discovered that I now need a pillow to hug at night. Miss you, giant ladybug :(

  • The Rizzler@feddit.org
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    6 hours ago

    I’m a guy, I have a shelf of a couple of different stuffed animals. One of every dog breed I’ve had and one of each for each dog of that breed

    I don’t sleep with them or play with them, I have actual living pets to do that with