--- title: Chinese Man Sues Ex-Girlfriend Over Expensive Stuffed Animal Obsession description: A man in China dumped his ex-girlfriend because she insisted he treat her stuffed animal as a person. Now he's suing her for damages. canonical: https://time.com/57708/man-sues-ex-girlfriend-over-stuffed-animal-obsession/ author: Kyle Chayka article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-10T17:15:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:42.404Z og:title: Man Sues Ex-Girlfriend Over Stuffed Animal Obsession og:description: Dating is expensive, especially with stuffed animals involved og:url: https://time.com/57708/man-sues-ex-girlfriend-over-stuffed-animal-obsession/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc0a0704d61f136/69868a0fcd68489ab0094159/snoopy_toy.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: snoopy_toy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Sues Ex-Girlfriend Over Stuffed Animal Obsession twitter:description: Dating is expensive, especially with stuffed animals involved twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2fc0a0704d61f136/69868a0fcd68489ab0094159/snoopy_toy.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Sues Ex-Girlfriend Over Stuffed Animal Obsession by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Apr 10, 2014 5:15 PM UTC  (Not the actual couple) (Not the actual couple)Emilio Labrador / Flickr by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Apr 10, 2014 5:15 PM UTC A man in China’s Hubei province is reportedly suing his ex-girlfriend for $6,450—all because she insisted on bringing her stuffed animal, Snoopy, on dates throughout their four-year relationship. [According to a report](http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/853593.shtml#.U0aB3q1dWYl) from China’s Global Post, Snoopy was third-wheeling it all over the place: the boyfriend had to buy extra food and tickets to the movies just for the stuffed animal. Eventually, the boyfriend snapped, throwing Snoopy in anger after refusing to take it (him, apparently) into the bathroom. He broke up with his girlfriend, but then decided the “mental anguish” caused by Snoopy deserved compensation. This animal love triangle might be strange, but we’re guessing that the girlfriend had a not-so-secret case of [plushophilia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plushophilia), a fetish for stuffed animals that’s well-documented on the Internet. Plushophilia is different than [being a furry](http://furrymedia.livejournal.com/359233.html)—less than one percent of furries (anthropomorphized animal fetishists) are plushophiles, according to one study. 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