Adults with Childlike Obsessions

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I watch cartoons, but a lot of people do. I love Adventure Time, The Simpsons, and Futurama, They're all really funny.

Transformers! Im 37 and transformers was one of my first special interests and still is. I'm in heaven watching the new transformers prime animated series with my 7 year old son and he thinks I'm the coolest dad in the world because I know all about the history and back story's of the Transformers universe

Dinosaurs. As well as the more adult side of it such as studying their anatomy and researching serious theories and classifications etc. I also enjoy the anime Dinosaur King, and I collect dinosaur toys, models and figures too, and treat them just like they were my pets. My bedroom looks like a 10 year old boy's dino themed room.

I have been told to stop talking to my toys when out with my girlfriend before as she thought people were laughing at me.

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THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things

Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.

Yeah but they'd never see me again. Why should it matter? I don't know them. They don't know me. They might have just been thinking I was larking around for all we know.

Oh yeah, on the topic of the thread. I also sleep with a Plushie Parasaurolophus. He's called Cuddlekins.

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THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things

Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.

Most of my interests are childlike:

My Little Pony - I've been a fan of Friendship is Magic since last November, and I recently started getting into the older generations too. I'd say that this is my strongest special interest right now - I spend hours researching My Little Pony every day, and I collect the toys. Right now I only have some G4 stuff, but I really want a wall-to-wall collection of ponies from every generation. I also want to become an expert at identifying My Little Pony toys, which is part of the reason why I spend hours researching them. I even have dreams about My Little Pony at night.

Animated movies/cartoons - I've always been a fan of animation. When I was a child and teenager, it was all about anime, but I find that it seems to have lost its magic for me in recent years. These days I'm more into Western animation. In addition to the previously-mentioned Friendship is Magic, I'm also a fan of Adventure Time. I really like the movie How To Train Your Dragon, and I want to go see Brave when it comes out in June.

Other childlike things - Two of my favorite movies of all time are the PG-rated Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both directed by Tim Burton). I thought Johnny Depp was awesome as the Mad Hatter and as Willy Wonka, respectively. They frequently appear in my dreams at night. I have seen both movies so many times that I know most of the lines by heart. Also, I'm not ashamed to admit that I still have imaginary friends. I have had them all my life. My imaginary friends include all of my favorite fictional characters (I don't create any of my own imaginary friends because it's hard for me to come up with original characters).

I collect dolls, mostly AG and a couple others and collect animation movies. I'm kind of embarrassed that I don't entirely feel like a grown up and at this rate I'm probably never going to.

I'm 45 & very much into model railways.
Linked to this, I have always had an ever increasing interest in plate girder railway bridges, photographing them & then making 4mm scale models of them.

I enjoy My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Sailor Moon and many other anime. I like playing with Lincoln Logs (even though I lost my set). I have a Bugs Bunny plushie. I play video games like Sonic and Mario more than Modern Warfare.

Anime, Dinosaurs, Video Games and Godzilla

Another one for Lego. I get obsessed with Hannah Montana and Good Luck Charlie. I remember a few times people have made fun of me liking Hannah Montana given I'm a male and in my 20s, one day I just replied with something like 'since when is there an age limit on liking it?' Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh cards. I like my yoyo's too. I love everything I loved growing up such as S Club 7 and Spice Girls songs. I don't get why that makes me 'gay' or 'sad'. If anything, isn't it more sad to have loved those things too and then suddenly changed into an adult and started to go between whatever is appropriate or 'in' with fellow adults? I really don't get why so many people just one day 'grow up' and pretend they never liked these things too. I've got loads and loads of Simpsons comics which I've had 10-12 years and I still love reading them over and over. Toy cars, RC cars/Heli's etc. I still love water balloons and making traps with them. I love Rugrats still too and a lot of other cartoons. I think there's too much childlike stuff to list in my life. Only the other day I found some old bouncy balls and was entertained all day.

I still watch Barney and Friends on Occasion.

I suppose this would fall into this camp, but playing with inflatable beach balls, because it gives great sensory stimulation.