Bloke who's sexually attracted to balloons has 50,000 crammed into family home

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balloons keeps 50,000 of the rubber toys in his home – and has opened up about his unusual fetish. Julius claims he’s been obsessed with balloons since the young age of four when his mother first bought him one in hospital.For 50 years since, he’s been addicted to them and even has a “balloon sanctuary” inside his house filled to the brim with balloons – and he sleeps in there every night.Julius revealed his obsession on an episode of TLC’s Strange Addiction and explained: "They're beautiful.

They're soft, smooth, delicate. I have a connection with them."Intellectually, I know that balloons are not alive. But sometimes I wonder if it's my love for them that brings them to life."But, he doesn’t see the balloons as platonic friends and instead has a romantic interest in them.Julius said: "My love for balloons, it's also a sexual love."When I see a beautiful balloon, my heart starts to flutter and I get aroused."I'll take a 12 inch and I'll inflate it to 11 inch.

That way it can take a lot of abuse."I'm holding one, you know hugging it, I'll kiss it, and it's like being in heaven. I mean, don't you like hugging and kissing a woman that you love?"Now, that might be out-of-the-box in itself, but Julius does in fact have a spouse to love too…He commented: "My wife thinks it's strange, but she accepts it."In fact, Julius loves balloons so much that he spends his time “rescuing” ones that he thinks are in danger!He said: "I go to car dealerships and do what I call a balloon rescue."When they set them out early in the morning they're really beautiful.

And as the sun bakes on them, they get really dull, misshapen."I feel like I give him a second chance at life."While the obsessive’s family do express concerns, Julius claims he.