I have a collection of plushies at the end of my bed. They have these gigantic beautiful eyes that make me feel protected at night as they watch over me.

In the middle of the night my boyfriend gets up and carefully turns each one of their heads away. When I wake up and see this I get really sad and feel unsafe.

I've talked to my boyfriend about it and he says he doesn't understand why it matters if I'm sleeping when he does it. I think it's a childish joke/prank to make me think they're alive, I know they're not alive genius. However, he denies he's trying to mess with me.

How do I tell him I feel vulnerable without them watching? It honestly creeps me out when I wake up to them basically shunning me. It's unsettling and I wish he could see it from my perspective. I hope I can find a way to make him understand my feelings better. I'm thinking of naming them after him so he knows they're not just Toys.