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   xoxoxoBruce  Thursday Mar 11 12:06 AM

Mar 11, 2010: Dakimakura... Pillow Talk

Wedding night pillow talk, between a Korean man and his... uh, pillow.

Quote:
Lee Jin-gyu fell for his 'dakimakura' - a kind of large, huggable pillow from Japan, often with a picture of a popular anime character printed on the side. In Lee's case, his beloved pillow has an image of Fate Testarossa, from the 'magical girl' anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.


On the up side, no mother-in-law, no ex-boyfriend baggage, and no kids.

Quote:
Now the 28-year-old otaku (a Japanese term that roughly translates to somewhere between 'obsessive' and 'nerd') has wed the pillow in a special ceremony, after fitting it out with a wedding dress for the service in front of a local priest. Their nuptials were eagerly chronicled by the local media.
'He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,' said one friend. 'They go out to the park or the funfair where it will go on all the rides with him. Then when he goes out to eat he takes it with him and it gets its own seat and its own meal,' they added.
Aw c'mon, he has friends? Friends don't let friends marry pillows.

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stevecrm  Thursday Mar 11 03:07 AM

I thought about marrying a pillow once then relised it could not do the washing, hoovering (vacuuming), clean the toilet etc.

So I married a woman instead, after ten years of marriage I relised I should have stuck with the pillow so I got divorced. Now I am just looking for the right pillow for me



Griff  Thursday Mar 11 06:31 AM

I hope he's not the bed burner who shows up here occasionally.



Adak  Thursday Mar 11 07:21 AM

This is so sad - so lonely - yet so funny.

Won't be funny though when his "wife"'s pillowy boy-friend shows up and beats the stuffing out of poor Lee, and runs off with his bride.

The mind boggles at the practical jokes you could pull on poor Lee!



Sheldonrs  Thursday Mar 11 07:38 AM

Is it cheating if he sleeps face down on a comforter?



newtimer  Thursday Mar 11 08:10 AM

"...and takes it everywhere,' said his one friend."

Fixed it!



spudcon  Thursday Mar 11 09:30 AM

Coming to a country near you...health care for pillow wives.



Brianna  Thursday Mar 11 09:45 AM

It's the Japanese version of Lars and the Real Girl.



lumberjim  Thursday Mar 11 10:04 AM

not the same guy?



xoxoxoBruce  Thursday Mar 11 11:03 AM

No, different guy, different chick... er, pillow.



Eclipse  Thursday Mar 11 10:47 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheldonrs View Post
Is it cheating if he sleeps face down on a comforter?
Only if the comforter has a face on it.


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