Stuffed animals: I work at a toy store. Most people wouldn't imagine who makes up half of our clientele.

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Re Still Has Her Baby Doll: I just wanted to say that from my experience working at a toy store for the past three years, it’s extremely common for adults to have large toy collections.

At my work, we probably sell 50/50 to adults and kids. There’s even an industry term for people like the letter writer: “kidults”! I serve grown-ups every day who collect plushies or dolls, and lots of them ascribe personalities to each member of their collection, or at least name every little guy. Some customers tell me they are working on healing the