Do you have a teddy bear or other fluffy toy that you've kept from your childhood?

[warrior queen]

I was watching one of those current affairs shows (which rarely deal with current affairs, and more often show things like this) and they were saying that the attachments we form with our childhood comfort toys/things carries on into adulthood, and that most adults have kept these things and sometimes still use them for comfort.
Age 20 - 29....... 80%
Age 30 - 39........75%
Age 40 - 49........50%
Age 50 - 59........35%
It goes down sharply after that.

So, do you have something from your childhood? A fluffy toy, a teddy bear, an old blankie?
Is it packed away, or is it out where you can access it?

 

[kbate]

I do not feel the need to keep a transitional object for comfort.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I do not feel the need to keep a transitional object for comfort.

Of course you don't.
You pride yourself on a new "conquest" each semester.

 

[blobfish]

Gollywog?

 

[BossMan62]

I have nothing left from my childhood. Mom either threw it away or gave it away.

 

[chillywilly2]

Thats pretty funny...age 50 to 59...Can you imagine a 59 year old man finally giving up his fuzzy bunny

 

[cookiejar]

I have my stuffed bassett hound and my Cabbage Patch doll.

 

[warrior queen]

I haven't got any toys or things from my childhood. I do have a few teddy bears that I got when each of my kids were born, but they are to go to my grandkids when the time comes.
I have a small box of momentos from significant times in my life, but it's kept hidden away, and often when I go through my things I contemplate throwing that out too.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

All that really proves is that the older you get the less likely you are to remember where your stuff is.

 

[Aquagal]

I had a blanket for years, but then my cat ate it.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I have a heap of toys and ornaments from my childhood. I just can't bring myself to part with them. I pull the bag of plush toys out regularly to reduce the amount but I'm now down to my first 2 teddies, my Lurky (rainbow brite character) and my care bears. I also have all the plush toys hubby gave me when we first going out, I used to not like flowers and I have about 20 odd plush toys from him (all from servos, all apology gifts. )
I am a bit of a hoarder.

 

[heather_baby]

I have a stuffed dog that I've had since I was three years old. His name is Chip and he's a brown Labrador. I still love that dog and he still sleeps with me in the bed

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

Oh and I also have a lot of my nans ornaments and things that are very comforting. They are on display where I can look at them whenever I want.

 

[Aquagal]

My blanket had a name too, but NO fucking way am I revealing that tidbit of info.

 

[blobfish]

My blanket had a name too, but NO fucking way am I revealing that tidbit of info.

Was it killallhippies?

 

[Aquagal]

Was it killallhippies?

No...but close. It has two 'i''s in it!

 

[blobfish]

No...but close. It has two 'i''s in it!

Kiki?

 

[Aquagal]

Kiki?

tsk tsk tsk...stick to English, Blobby!

 

[blobfish]

tsk tsk tsk...stick to English, Blobby!

Disgustipated?

 

[Sean Renaud]

Nope, my ex's mom tossed it. Which was terribly annoying because I didn't GIVE it to my ex for realsies. I was in the Marines and my parents were moving. It needed a safe place not to get lost. I'm from one of those families that moves around every five years or so and there are boxes upon boxes upon boxes that haven't been unpacked in decades.

So in all fairness I probably DO still have some teddy bear from when I was a kid but I'd have a better chance of finding Indy's Ark than I would of finding any of them on purpose. My parents seem to stumble over something every couple of years, usually after the California heat makes a solid case of why you shouldn't stack heavy plastic bins in your garage and absolutely have to make sure the ones on the top are the lightest. Apparently we still had an Atari 2600 until the cart it was in lost its structural integrity, which in turn landed it between a car wheel and where the wheel wanted to go and plastic electronics lose fights with minivans. My family needs to learn to throw/give shit away. I shit you not two years ago the slow cooker died and apparently there was another one, a wedding gift that had never been opened. That's right, a slow cooker survived for 31 years in the house without being opened. When my parents die if I don't just dump everything I'll get to show up on an episode of hoarders.

 

[Aquagal]

Disgustipated?

 

[bronzeage]

Do tools count?

 

[evesdream]

Do tools count?

You keep LT in your house?

 

[Arlan]

I still have the stuffed toy I couldn't sleep without as a kid, but I got it dry cleaned so it isn't all ick colored anymore, and it lives on the top of a book shelf.

 

[cj200267]

I see college age women walking through airports with pillows and have seen one not too long ago with a blanket she must have had since she was a kid. I don't have anything from my childhood but if I did, I don't think I'd advertise it to the world by carrying it through the airport.