I carry a small hippopotamus with me everywhere, iin?

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Okay, so I'm an 18 year old girl and I have this tiny Hippopotamus that I carry around with me at all times.

When I was little I had this stuffed animal set, where there were three little hippos that could be put inside and carried around by the big mother hippo. I found this one hippo alone and the rest of the family had gone and I just had a strange emotional attachment to this tiny pink hippo doll. So much so that five years later here I am still carrying around this tiny hippo which I keep hidden in my bra on the left side.

I know for a fact this isn't normal, but when it comes down to it having him doesn't affect my friendships, my work, yes it freaks potential boyfriends out at first but then they get over it and even start to like the Hippo. I can't actually function without him now, I go into a depression if I leave him at home and on the occasions where I've lost him I'm inconsolable.

What I'm trying to ask is, not if I'm a normal person, so much could normal people accept me for who I am, Hippo and all or am I condemned to be a freak for life?

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  • Jweezee
    12 years ago | pl

    People can be hippocritical

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  • EvilPopTart
    12 years ago

    I Thought I Was The Only One That Did That lol jk Wait A Second Where In Earth Did You Get A Fucking Pet Baby Hippo Like Holy Shit That Must Be Awesome Having That Thing Around.

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    • abangsayur
      12 years ago

      You know another thing that is awesome? Punctuations.

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  • AngAnders112
    12 years ago

    hungry hungry hippo was my favorite game when I was a wee little thing. you already mentioned that people look over your little quirk and accept you for who you are. we're all freaks to some extent.

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  • TheGirlWhoStoleHisHat
    11 years ago

    I say rock on to you and your tiny pink hippo

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    I think this is very cute and almost "tender".

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  • seabird_71
    12 years ago

    I think that's adorable. I wish I had something small and portable to carry with me that I had an emotional attachment, too. Maybe not an extreme attachment, but just something that brings back nice memories. Those are always good things to have.

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  • graphic_nature
    12 years ago

    As long as it's not negatively impacting your life then there's nothing wrong with it. You related to the hippo in some way and befriended it and hate to see it left behind because it would be like you failed it. He's the Bubba to your Forest Gump :P
    Would I think you were a freak? No, I would think it was cute or a conversation starter! Now if it were a bigger stuffed animal I might think you have some issues..

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