There are a lot of reasons I get along with Ms. Abaya so well... me and Q are similar in these ways too. Although he's not much of a cook (mostly by choice I think!), all the rest fits.
I have some stuffed animals I refuse to part with, but it's been a long time since I slept with any. I have my husband (a real cuddler) and my cats. That's kind of the point of cats to me... living stuffed animals, purry and cuddly. But Q still has Baby, his stuffed bear... he's been around almost as long as Q's been alive. And I'd skewer anyone who didn't think he was manly because of it!
Albania, I see what you're saying... I guess all of us are just pointing out that at least in this crowd, stereotypes are pretty useless. We like what we like.
Oh, and as far as studies go, yes, there HAVE been studies on why we find certain animals etc cute. It is completely about the ratio of eye size to face size. Our eyes don't grow, so babies are born with huge eyes in little heads. Cats, dogs, etc all have proportionally large eyes to smaller heads even through adulthood, so our evolutionary instincts to protect come into play with them as well. We're just programmed for it. So I'd be more worried about a guy who couldn't admit that a stuffed animal or kitten was cute... what kind of dad would they be??
