Her Friend Kept Pretending That Her Stuffed Animals Were Real During A Very Serious Conversation, And She Couldn’t Help But Get Annoyed By It
This 31-year-old woman has a 30-year-old friend who she claims is very sweet and nice. At the same time, though, she thinks her friend is a bit immature.
Now, the pair initially met several years ago through work. And she came to find out that her friend had a collection of stuffed toys.
Some of the toys were from her friend’s childhood; meanwhile, others were bought throughout her friend’s adult life.
“And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this,” she prefaced. “I still have my stuffed toy from when I was a child.”
The only thing she does find strange about the situation is the fact that her friend still plays with the toys. And it’s not just when her friend is alone.
Apparently, whenever people are over, her friend plays with the toys. Plus, her friend will basically force other guests to interact with the plushies.
For instance, she was recently talking to her friend about another mutual friend’s bachelorette party– which is set to take place in Sweden.
So, they were discussing what airline they should fly to the party with when her friend took a stuffed toy eagle and said, “He can just fly us there!”
Afterward, her friend started using the toy to mimic flying. And at the time, she laughed at the comment and viewed it as just a joke.
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“Because whatever, it’s a quirk,” she said.
But then, her friend proceeded to place the stuffed animal on top of her knee before instructing her to tell the eagle that “he” would take them there.
Now, she revealed how instances like that happen pretty regularly. And most of the time, she tends to just go along with it because her friend likes it, and she realizes it’s not a big deal.
Just last night, though, she decided to go over to her friend’s house following a pretty traumatic event. On Easter, she was actually mugged, and the incident left her feeling pretty shaken up.
So, she wanted to talk to her friend about the situation. That’s why she went over to her friend’s house, and they ordered some takeout before sitting down to talk.
As soon as she started explaining what happened on Easter, though, her friend just immediately grabbed a stuffed toy bear and said, “Bear will GET THEM!”
At that moment, she decided to just ignore that comment. But, her friend didn’t take the hint and kept going– asking, “Do you want bear to get them?”
Now, she was obviously trying to have a serious conversation. So she didn’t freak out on her friend or anything, but she did ask if they could have a conversation without any stuffed toys.
Apparently, though, her friend just didn’t get it.
“What stuffed toys? He’s a real bear,” her friend responded.
At that point, she pointed out the obvious– how the bear was a stuffed toy. Then, she just admitted how she could seriously use just a proper conversation with her friend.
Her friend didn’t take that well, though, and apparently got pretty upset. Then, her friend shut down and stopped talking altogether. So, she wound up leaving.
In hindsight, she really doesn’t think she was rude or nasty to her friend in any way.
“And I don’t think it’s too much to ask for a 10-minute conversation without any toys,” she vented.
Nonetheless, ever since last night, she’s been left wondering whether asking her friend to stop pretending like stuffed animals are real was a jerky thing to do.
Is it okay for adults to enjoy playing with stuffed animals? Regardless, was it an appropriate time for her friend to do that? Did she have a right to respond that way? How would you have reacted?
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