> Shhhh don't tell anyone, but I slept with a stuffed animal (a very worn out dog called "Woofy") till I was almost 17 yrs, which is when I got my Jack Russell Terrior dog, who promptly made her sleeping place in my bed.
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Heck, I'm 19 and a half, and I still cuddle my teddy bear. :) It's not so much the idea of having a favorite animal to hug, I just need *something* to hug while I sleep. That's just the way I am. Even if it's a pillow, a sheet, or nothing, I still have a tendency to sleep as if cuddling something.

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