Welcome to the forum and into the hobby...
Based on your post, I suspect that you are a good candidate for binoculars. I'd avoid the smaller telescope completely for now particularly if galaxies are your thing of interest.
I've not had much binocular experience so I won't offer any "insightful" comments (I don't have any).
You will be able to see a lot of interesting things through binoculars. Do know that big pairs of binoculars can be difficult if not impossible to hold steady by hand so you should also consider a way to mount the binoculars.
I hope that you get some good advice and again, welcome to the forum and the wide open world of astronomy!
Clear Dark Skies to you!
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