Plushes

[lupestripe]

Just out of interest, how many plushes do you own and what animals do you have?

I have always been interested in plushes, ever since I was a kid, but unfortunately my parents banned me from buying any more as they feared I would drown amidst a sea of plushes. They even confiscated some of them too and stuck them in the attic.

But now I am an adult, I am free to buy what the hell I want and this includes furry friends!!

I have a giant lion called Leo that an ex bought for me, a giant easter bunny, Bukkake the Bear from a charity shop (£4 for a 3ft bear, bargain!!) and a vast array of wolves, foxes and dogs. Of course, being a husky myself I have a natural fondness towards canids as they are just so darn cute!! Sadly I have yet to find any with pink stripes. Shame, they're missing a market there :P

Also, does anyone else get plush sympathy? That is, an overwhelming rush of emotion when you see a particular plush? Sometimes I go into a shop, spy a plush and just have to buy it because of the cute face or how it looks. I have also been known to buy two of the same plush because I liked the look of both of them and feel that if I put one back on the shelf, he will feel sad because I rejected him. I know it's silly but does anyone else experience this? Or am I just a nutjob?

Anyways, I currently have about 20 plushes. How many do you have and what's your animal(s) of choice?

Comments

[bloodbeauty.livejournal.com]

i used to have loads, but my mum sold a load of them when i "got too old" for them, and i had to get rif of the rest when i went to boarding school and she went to the USA. made me really sad.

i have a bear my dad gave me (british airways bear, he got me on his way back from italy...eg he'd forgotten to get me anything while he was there...)
a bear my mum gave me (princess Di beanie buddie)

4 skunk plushies

a big gizmo plushie kiffy got me (that scares me a little bit)

want more...i tend to buy ones that feel like they want to come home with me...

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

Grr the age old caveat of "You're too old for plushes" - I got that too when I was a teenager and my mother wanted me to throw my plushes away too. Yet, I always caused so much of a fuss that in the end she relented - to part with my plushes would be too much to bear, I really think they are real animate creatures (being a pantheist helps here) and would feel devastated if they were to be disposed of. It would feel like the loss of a lover, it's that bad. Hey, I can't even leave them on the shelf.

A Gizmo plushie? What's that? That does sound scary if you take it to a sexual level, which, of course I always will.

Plushies are great, I hope you get a lot more, your collection sounds quite cool atm :D

[bloodbeauty.livejournal.com]

>_< not sexual with my plushies

but they do feel very real
but yeah, i was heart broken, we were moving house and that was the excuse she used. and then i went to boarding school at she got rid of the rest .

gizmo looks like this
http://gizmoplush.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dancinggizmo.jpg

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I'm not sexual with plushes either, not really my bag, but the spiritual thing is something that I kinda see in them and therefore I would be devastated if I was ever forced to part with them. If my mother had done that, there would have been hell on, I would have been so unhappy about it I would have been moody and sulky for ages.

I thought I heard of Gizmo from somewhere, yep that's scary. Very scary. Particularly when drunk, I can imagine...