# And to complement the "boyfriend pillow"... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950 "2004-12-15T10:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/1 "2004-12-15T10:34:28Z")
The Japanese have done it once again: the… well, it has to be seen to be believed. [The Lap Pillow](http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/15/japanese.pillow.reut/index.html) To be honest, I actually saw this in Tokyu Dept. Store in Shibuya a couple of weeks ago and said to my wife, “that’s got to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.” Gotta wonder, though, just how anatomically correct it is. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/2 "2004-12-15T10:39:12Z")
ewww. Kind of looks like your snuggling up to a the lower half of a dismembered human. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/3 "2004-12-15T10:52:49Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Gotta wonder, though, just how anatomically correct it is. You mean you didn’t check? ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/4 "2004-12-15T11:10:11Z")
Yeah, I mean it looks like everyone else did. > [@](#): > > At stores, lap pillows gather crowds where people poke and pry at the foam legs. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/5 "2004-12-15T11:29:46Z")
> [@](#): > > “I think this may be good for single men, but it could cause trouble for someone who is married,” said Shingo Shibata, a 27-year-old company employee browsing at a toy store, which sells the pillow. That’s probably right; any man dumb enough to buy the thing is most likely prone to other acts of wanton stupidity, like accidentally setting fire to his wife, or forgetting where he lives; neither of these things contribute positively to a married relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/6 "2004-12-15T11:54:32Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > You mean you didn’t check? Well, I assumed it wasn’t since I didn’t expect to see that sort of thing at Tokyu (it was in the kids’ section, after all). Had it been the one of the Don Quixote stores (yeah, that’s the actual name), then there’s no telling what might be hidden in there (they stock the lubricants and buttplugs right next to the Matchbox cars). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-complement-the-boyfriend-pillow/279950/7 "2004-12-15T12:19:57Z")
It only comes in one color? What if a gentleman wants a pillow with more…ahhh…stuffing?