Hello Kitty - What's your obsession?

Horse trainer Natasha, 29, got hooked on the cartoon character as a teenager and has spent 15 years collecting 10,000 items.

Every room of her tiny flat is now crammed with Hello Kitty accessories including jewellery, furniture, clothing, curtains, and 4,000 cuddly toys.

Her 'Kitty Kingdom' is a massive turn-off to men – but Natasha is happy to give them the push if they don't accept her obsession.

She said: "Boyfriends in the past have tried to make me give her up, so I got rid of them.

"It's part of who I am and I'm not changing for anybody.

"One boyfriend tried to tell me not to wear my Hello Kitty clothes and said I should grow up or wear something that doesn't make me look so young.

"Others have asked me to sell my collection and I've had to tell them no. If a man doesn't like my kitty kingdom and can't accept me for who I am then I'm not interested in them."

Natasha's obsession began in 2000 when a Japanese school friend gave her a little Hello Kitty notebook as a gift. She fell in love with the cute little cat and started buying bigger items like curtains, lunch boxes, a gum ball machine and a even a themed Christmas tree. In 2004, aged 19, Natasha moved her and her kitties into a cramped one-bedroom flat in Exeter, Devon. Since then she has packed every room to the brim with everything from kitchenware to clothes.

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