The following is intended as an inspirational insight for all of those, who like me, have, or had, a hard time in being proud of who and what they are.

IT'S OKAY TO BE HATCHY / CUBBY
I spent years in my teens trying to figure out why I loved cute cartoons and plushies and always had an urge to wear a diaper. Society points to such behavior as "strange" or "immature". However, I am here to tell you right now that it is not and that, if you feel this way, you should embrace it.

WHY SHOULD I EMBRACE IT:
Allow me to make an example from my own life. Since I was eighteen I always told myself, "This is wrong, this is stupid, I've got to stop." Well, each time I told myelf that I couldn't and always found myself wanting to cuddle a plushie or wear a diaper.

Flash forward now a few years to when I was 23 and told my wife about my "special interest" and go the response of, "That's disgusting!" I thought I killed my relationship and, yet again, tried to ditch the cutie-wootie, diaper loving, dino ducky that I was. Guess what? I couldn't and, each time a thought came up, I felt miserable trying to push it away. I even went as far as to continuously promise my wife that "I'd stop" or "I think I've kicked it." However, no matter how hard I tried, that hatchy side always came out wanting to diaper plushies and wanting to be diapered myself.

Eventually, I met two great pals. Nishi and Toroth. Nishi showed me that it was "okay to be me" while Toroth, a fellow hatchy, informed me of the most important lesson anyone could ever learn. This being "If it makes you happy, and it doesn't hurt anyone, why should you feel bad about doing or feeling it?"

Both Nishi and Toroth provided great insights to me like this since I met them when I was 29. However, being stubborn, I fought them thinking I could, "ditch the diapers". This, again, made me miserable until, one day, I just bought myself a trial pack of Bambinos and talked out my feelings with Toroth and learned that, big surprise, being hatchy is what makes me, well, me.

Moral of this story, if you are hatchy at heart or feel any sort of special feeling or interest, DON'T let anyone or anything tell you otherwise as to try and fight it means only misery and self-seclusion when, in fact, you are you for a reason and, dangit, you should be happy for who you are as, frankly, you are not alone in wanting to be that way.

AM I A PEDOPHILE?
Great question. Are you? I used to worry, thanks to society and shows on TV, I must obviously be one. However, as I dug deeper into my past, I discovered more as to why I am hatchy at heart. The details of which are long and I will spare you them. However, if anyone is interested, I'd be happy to post.

WHAT ABOUT THERAPY?
Another great question. Would you believe I am currently seeing a therapist? On my second meeting, "I" introduced her to furries and being a babyfur. Care to hear the outcome of the discussion? You guessed it, "It's a soothing mechanism." Yes folks! A certified therapist did nto go, "You have issues" or "Gross!" or "Something is really wrong with you." Nope. Certified therapist told me it was a "soothing mechanism" just as alcohol and cigarrettes are to some people.

This in mind, what do you think is more harmful to you and those around you? Being a babyfur who finds peace in cutie-wootiness and maybe wanting to wear a diaper here-and-there or getting drunk? Or, better yet, inhaling toxins into your body and blowing them out for others to breathe in so they, too, can share in your disease?

Mind you, being a babyfur and diapers is not why I'm in therapy, but I do so enjoy sharing how it is a part of what helps make me feel better when I'm stressed out and need to find a moment of relief when all my medical issues and life itself gets the most of me. :) Again, happy to share if anyone is interested.

WHAT ABOUT ME?
My hope for all who have read is that you spare yourself the mental suffering of worrying about what others think or society thinks about you being you. So your in your early 20s and sleep with a diapered dinosaur. Is it hurting anyone, NO! Does it makes you feel good? The answer is likely yes.

WHAT IF I GET CAUGHT?
Again, you are you and you should be happy you are you. If anyone wanted to call me out in public as a babyfur I'd gladly say I was and, if they really were interested, talk to them about why and how glad I am to have come to terms with it. Want to know what you would happen? They'd make a strange glance and walk away. Why? Because they don't care. And, if anyone does make a fuss, they are simply jealous that you have found peace with yourself while they personally are not able to come to terms with their own inner-selves and would rather try and pass their misery onto you.

CONCLUSION
Sure society thinks bad things about furries. Sure society thinks bad things about babyfurs. And, heck, some furries even hate babyfurs. However, we like us and, just as you can be you here, you can take pride in you IRL, too. This is not to say go to work tomorrow in a diaper or bring your favorite plushie with you on the job, unless you can. It just means that it's okay to be you as nobody would rather have you any other way.

AREN'T YOU FORGETTING YOUR WIFE?
Oh, yeah! She still doesn't like my whole hatchy side. However, I keep it to myself and answer her questions about it when she asks. Considering we have a 4 year old son and have been together 6 years after I told about being into diapers and a cutie-wootie, I can assure you that REAL FRIENDS don't care about minor differences. Even if they are differences they may not neccessarily like. She knows I wear a diaper once in-a-while when I get my hands on one. She knows I'm a babyfur, and she even has full access to my FA account and always has. Bottom line, people love you for YOU and despise it when you pretend, or fight, being anything otherwise.

So, in sum, pad up, or whatever, with pride and know that you are you and that if what you do makes you happy and doesn't hurt anyone then, by Yoshi's name, DO IT!