At no point is this relationship ever portrayed as a good idea.
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It is okay to have a comfort object. No matter how old you are it's okay to have a comfort object. Even if you're not mentally ill it's okay to have a comfort object. If you are a living breathing person it's okay to have a comfort object.
There are exactly five kinds of times machines. I say this so precisely because it is a bloody lie, of course. I made it up.