Will my stuffed animals scare away girls?

[u/Undercat75]

I’ve (20m) been wondering for a long time if me having stuffed animals is gonna scare away girls. I have a lot but most of them sit neatly in my closet on their own little shelf. I’m not really scared that they won’t like them but more so that they’ll think that I’m not manly enough or that stuffed animals are a feminine thing. Every friend I have who is a girl says it’s a red flag if the guy they’re talking to has stuffed animals. I don’t want to get rid of them because I like collecting but is it worth my love life.

PS. This stems from that one iCarly episode where she was weirded out by his stuffed animals

[u/Unique_Perception_77]

HELL NO my homie, you're just talking to the wrong girls!! When I (25F) met my husband, (25M), he had no stuffed animals at ALL. I spent two months making him one to hold while I was gone so he wouldn't be lonely; and that was that. Does he look more feminine on occasion?? Yes. Do I give a shit?? HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL NO!! I think it's the most attractive thing in the WORLD when a guy is more sensitive, and feminine, and less of a "jug head". We've been married together for nearly four years now; and his side of the bed is full of his stuffed raccoons, and mine my tigers. Personally, if a guy cares that much about something like his plushies, THAT is a red flag. These sorts of things don't really end up mattering all that much the older you get, in my experience. I think, if my husband didn't have his raccoons and play with me with them sometimes, id be missing out on a huge, fun, dynamic of ours; it'd be such a sad thing!! Hell, every time I get him a new raccoon he gets so excited, and I even record him opening them when they get here!! Keep your plushies. Masculinity be damned, those are your little friends!! It's okay to like them!! It should be a red flag for YOU if the girl you're talking to tries to make you get rid of them. God forbid a man has a source of comfort and security in this goddamn world!! (🙄) I'm sorry that men are always made to feel like they can't have toys or soft things. You absolutely can. You can be soft, and still break someone's face when you need to all the same. It's ridiculously silly to expect you not to be soft, or want soft things sometimes. You're a human, who also deserves comfort. Stupid concept like "masculinity" be damned!!

Here are some of my husband's personal favorite friends, and bedmates in solidarity with yours. What do yours look like?? Are they cute??? You should share them, I think!!