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Jun 16, 2025 5:09 AM
SkyPigeon123
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OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
Yup! I’ve loved all wild cats since I got my first stuffed tiger. I still love getting presents with various big cats on them!
abnrml
I always loved penguins. Of course I got the penguins stuffed animals, ceramic figurines, etc... Now, at 46 years old, I got a job at a school where the mascot is a penguin, which I think is pretty neat.
TalkingSnake
That's what all the women in my family did for my nieces, but with cartoons.
So I bought the girls educational toys.
Mercenarity
also applies to favorite colors, nicknames. because at some arbitrary point, you run out of respecs until newgame+
Dannyalcatraz
SimSimSimsalabim
@OP, those ducks... are they mighty?
darsfog
Or are they the terror that flaps in the night?
parabolic000
forg
Serkus
is good
CyberWizard252
I was a Linux Administrator for an engineering company years ago and had a stuffed Tux the penguin on my desk as well as a couple of other penguin-related items. Within a year there were penguins everywhere.
emu314159127001
well, THAT was silly. it's like you gave them the [insert some command line based humor here]
MrWobblyHead
Or parents need to realise that a child's favourite animal will more than likely change, and they should pay more attention to what they like.
HypnagogicHallucinations
We also limit kids thinking that they always have to have favorite for everything. It's ok to enjoy many things, and it's ok to enjoy variety itself.
eetsumkaus
I'm not sure that excuse will work on the wife
cadermCat
Variety is the 'star spice' for life.
doubledoubleanimalstyleandfries
And it's ok to have a solid fav too
ErniesWidow
I used to say "African Animals". that got me a plethora of items!
Tootsie1
Went to college with 3 sisters, piggie, duckie, and moo. Guess what they each liked. Baby brother was nick named moose.
Ifekinlovesauerkraut
I like dags. D'ya like dags?
LazerHawkAttack
Hehehe yeah, this is so true! My son likes dinosaurs, and now everything is dinosaurs
BillyM00n
Picked turtles when I was five, about 40 years ago.
Not for one moment have I changed my mind or regretted it.
thepatioheater
My mum has a house full of ceramic pigs for this reason. Through Stockholm Syndrome she now likes pigs.
Foxplay
Picked favorite animal, grew up on Disney, became a furry
SineClone
Doesn't have to happen when you're 5. A cow stepped on me in 2001, and 24 years later...
Racealistic
I liek penwens
Zootsoot
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlZ3plNzc2aGd4NW03bGV1ZmpjbXd3amltaHB5bTc1OGNnNTVrYm5tciZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/EJlTu2XtC36PC/giphy.mp4
SilentScreamsX
I went with bears and I'm ok with that choice.
PapaJoeNH
Don't get started beekeeping unless you want your house decorated with bee nicknacks. You won't bee-lieve many bee puns there are.
VerySmallDuck
She has made a fine choice.
meeowth1
I picked cat and it was the right choice 😎
audioknob
My girls daughter said an elephant. And her favourite colour is red. I have a 3d printer.
StrangePaegan
My kids, now in their thirties, get a unique Yule tree ornament every year in a theme they chose as preschoolers. Eldest picked "cats". I did offer, as she turned 18, to shift it to something else. She threatened my existence if I ever changed it. Cat is always the right choice!
DorgEndo
It's actually a great idea to ask your kid about it, since some kids might feel too awkward to bring it up unpromted
DOcelot1
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ajZtN2I3OGVsaXc0ZTBheW1zc3p1YmM3eGhxNnQ4cnowM3htOHMyeCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/rT7WPCciy8oETxLmUV/200w.webp
meeowth1
me irl
Stuffedfox
I picked foxes. Just turned 37 and still love getting them.
hannahbutnotreally
I picked goats, and now my house looks vaguely Satanic because of all the goat statues and paintings I've gotten over the years. I stand by it.
mfcrogue
I chose Panda I'm over 30 and my Mum brought be a 4 foot panda this year for my bday.
meeowth1
Your mum is a top lady!
Fhant
Username checks out.
kikisdeliveryservice
A wise choice, I might add.
ChokeOnATicTac
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ajVwcGNrMXpycXZ1djJ4bW1rOHF5MmRtYTRhZnQ4Nng2YnViZ24xdiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/9SVdZvlJYzTdS/200w.webp
meeowth1
Heck yah!
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Unicorns or cats seem like the safer choices :-)
Mercenarity
no pressure
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
Were you a Lisa Frank kid?
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Sorry no, I think I'm missing a reference there - probably because I am not American or British :-)
belindashort
I liked unicorns but by the time I was 11 it was too much
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
So... cats?
CoffeeMakesMeTwitchy
Mine likes goats because of goat simulator
RatsLiveOnNoEvilStar
Coffee Stain Studis ftw.
dbox
Ma! They're stimulating the goats again!
Mercenarity
ThisismyconfessionTherearemanylikeitButthisoneismine
Do they play as a microwave? Or a "fast goat"?
terezaka19948888
My favorit is shark never got anyting with that 😢
aloharamada
That just ain't right...here ya go, bud. https://imgur.com/KeqGvSa.png
JadeRabbit21
Time for a blåhaj
JaromirAzarov
Or you need to pick an animal that's only very rarely depicted on items.
Smoretank
Mine was newts and salamanders. After 30yrs I think they are finally getting some love. Well at least Axolotls are.... still not as cool as the green salamander or red eft newt.
JaromirAzarov
Unless you have a morphed Axolotl. Those are really rare and cool, too.
SeeMyVests
Worm
JaromirAzarov
BleachItsWhatsForDinner
How sweet. Her first cell phone will be pre-programmed with all of the duck you's, duck off, duck my life, and, when they want to be sweet and share one of her ducks..... she can drop an efficient duck you.
Now everyone gets a duck! One could say that we are all very ducked up around here.
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
My phone has learned that I almost never mean to write duck. When I try to write duck, (like now , LoL) my phone thinks I mean ‘fuck’. It used to be the opposite.
BadBunnyLadyOfRocksTreesAndDirt
I was bunnies as a kid. In my teens it was dragons. Now in my 40s I'm a brilliantly horrific chimera of both. :D Am I cute and cuddly, or fiercely fiery?? Which do I feel like today???
KTWK
Only differences between rabbits and dragons: size, scales amd wings- the attitudes and ability to breathe fire are the same.
LateNightBunnyParty
Bunnies and dinosaurs for me. I'll never get to have that pet parasaurolophus, but Hacksaw more than makes up for it.
JadeRabbit21
Hacksawwwww! Big fan!
Bleedingyamato
I too chose bunnies. Still do. 🐇
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
Gemini, by chance? That completely encapsulates my daughter’s personality.
LateNightBunnyParty
Astrology? Really?
scarpuss
I dont know why you got downvoted. Im a gemini and I laughed!
Mercenarity
dragunny
DataKooma
No that's called boypussy.
Mercenarity
no this is patrick
InDubiousBattle
My daughter is in the bunny stage. I will remind her that dragons are always an option!
NoCutsNoButsNoCoconuts
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlaWNpbHQzZ3JjdGs0bDc0cmprc2diMTNiNzVlNGF3eDI0eWRqd2NseSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/2yP1jNgjNAkvu/giphy.mp4
kickahippie
cousteau
Why not both?
eloquince
yayyyy
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
That is awesome! Is it yours?
cousteau
Nope, sorry ^_^" It was posted by one Natalie Long on Pinterest; not sure if she's the original artist.