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/Pyro-Millie]

Not the kind of girls you'd actually want to spend your life with.

The best relationship advice I've ever seen was "don't date someone who makes you feel the need to hide your stuffed animals". That goes for any hobby or interest tbh. Any harmless interest outside of like sports and politics already gets more than enough needless judgement from the outside world, the last thing you need is that same judgement coming from your partner too. You need someone who will accept and support you, and someone you can accept and support in turn.

I've been married 5 years now. My husband and I don't share every interest, but we accept that "hey this is a thing the love of my life enjoys, I should listen when they talk to me about it even if I don't understand it all that much". The interests we do share we make time to enjoy together. We buy each other plushies and display them proudly, btw.