A Family Affair: Do your loved ones love dolls too?

Johnny isn't here yet, but I can already predict how my family members are going to react.

*My mother isn't in love with the price tag, but she accepts and encourages the hobby anyway. She's even bought my Johnny some new clothes, and she's excited for him to get here, just like me.

*My grandmother has encouraged doll collecting from Day One, so she'll probably love him.

*My sister is terrified of dolls. I am 99.9% sure that she'll hate Johnny's non-existent guts.

*My brother-in-law likes to tinker around with stuff, so if anyone in the family were to get into ball-jointed dolls, it would most likely be him. He'll probably admire the artistry and the construction of the doll. Then he'll say "Does he have a steampunk outfit yet?"

*One of my uncles only cares about things he's interested in, and he's been tacky about dolly blather in the past. If it's not a spy or a scantily-clad female pop star, he doesn't want to hear it. I won't show Johnny to him at all.

*My other uncle doesn't care either, but he's a lot more polite about it. He has a very "do what you love" attitude, but I probably won't show Johnny to him either.

*My grouchy great aunt thinks it's time I started finding a man instead of playing with dolls, so she won't get to see Johnny either. Ironically, she is a doll collector herself!

 

I may have answered this before, but by sister has dolls, though most of them she's gotten through me. She doesn't do a lot with them right now, and she's not active online. I'm not sure she was ever super into it, though, I think she was doing it for awhile when I first got into it because I was into it.

 

Nah, it's just me, unfortunately.

 

Well, I'm a married & in my late 20s, so my answers might be a lot different than other peoples'. ^^;

When I was in the hobby 8 years ago, my mother enjoyed the dolls but she had NO idea how much they cost... I kept it that way. My father is okay with pretty much anything that makes me happy & my husband actually loves them. He even has his own doll on its way & he loves to help me pick out clothes, eyes, wigs, etc. for my current girls.

 

My daughter and I are doll buddies. I sew and make wigs for both her dolls and mine, and she does faceups for both of our collections. We pretty much enjoy all aspects of our doll hobby together. It's pretty rad actually.

 

My sister is in the hobby and has about the same number of dolls as I do. No one else in the family is an active doll owner, but my mom likes to sew and do crafty stuff for the dolls and goes to meets, and my dad makes furniture and props for them. My husband fully supports my hobby and will sometimes go to meets with me, but isn't active in any way except paying attention when I talk to him about them. I also have a cousin who thinks they're cool and is interested to see the things I make for them, but I think it's more to get ideas for her daughter's dolls' props and accessories than anything.

 

Kind of.

My husband is also a toy collector. He has several fashion dolls of his own, but no BJDs yet. But he helps me with my BJD. He keeps an eye out for 1:4 scale props, and he taught me how to sew so that I could make clothing for her and my other OT dolls.

My daughter is too young to own her own BJD right now, but she's already showing an interest in them and loves looking at photos of them with me. I fully expect her to join me in the hobby as she gets older.

While my mom is not a collector herself, she sometimes makes crocheted accessories for my girl.

 

Not really, but they tollerate it. Which is Good enough

Wow

, looks like you and your family make a great team ! You're Very lucky ^^

 

They are pretty awesome, but it hasn't always been this way. My parents were very much against the hobby when I first became interested, and thought it was absolutely insane to 'waste' so much on dolls. After they saw that I could be responsible, budget safely, pay my bills and buy dolls without asking them for anything, they started to come around. Once they saw all the work and creativity put into them, they started asking questions, and liking them more. My sister liked them all along, and had seen them in person before I had. She sort of encouraged me and said they were worth it, but she didn't order her first until a week after I ordered mine.

 

Well, i think that's understandeble. I think That a lot of parents react That way at first. Because the hobby is expensive and a lot of people don't know how much creativity you can put in it. But cool That you have a sister to share the hobby with! ^^

 

List of family who owns dolls
My mom Osaka
My dad PherretLord
My uncle Wotan
My roommate Rorek
I've got a huge HAPPY family of doll friends.

 

My mom is okay with them (but she prefers other types of dolls) but my dad is weirded out by them lol and it's pretty annoying sometimes but I just ignore him ^^

 

My mom crochets my dolls things sometimes, and while I'm sure both of my parents think the prices are ridiculous, they keep it to themselves. My main support in the hobby is the love of my life, who has a tiny I gave her and is soon to get another. She's not on here, so I can spoil the surprise, but I'm actually considering proposing to her with a tiny... That or the dedications in the front of my book, if I ever finish...

 

So my family is very mixed on my doll. My twin sister loves her and wants one but she hate when I talk about mine. She's a bit narsicist but I dont care, as long as she doesn't steal my doll Im fine. She is the only one I trust to hold her. My step dad really doesnt care. He is fixing a chair I bought for her and making her a bow and quiver for her arrows. My mom is the most confusing. She loves my doll but hates the cost. She likes that she brings us together. My mom loves to make stuff for my girl and plan everything

 

As I know nobody in my area who's interested by dolls in general, I'm pretty happy that my daughter loves them too ^-^
My husband is mostly indifferent, and about the price well , that's my savings after paying bills , charges and necessities, so he's ok with that .
For the rest of my family and friends, we have other interest in common , but nothing about bjd !

 

Oh my goodness! Both of those would be amazing proposals!

 

Thanks! I've always got a few ideas... I just really hope, whatever I do, that it works out.

 

My Fiance has three SD size BJD but isn't really that interested in them other than that they look good.

I think the company and the sculpt names have long since been forgotten - they're just referred to by their names , Tony (Volks SD16 Yukinosjo), Angelo (Limhwa tan Mano), and Yoshi (Iplehouse Ryushin). See, I remember them (except for what Yoshi is short for - that always escapes me).

I'm not complaining it means they're in the house and sat with my mob of (much younger kids) without me having to spend out on buying them.

Teddy

 

My mother likes my dolls but don't encourage me to keep in the hobby, father doesn't care, whit my brother and sisters is the same but the last one she really likes my dolls she even wants some doll chateus.
Also i have a friend who helps me for taking them out for photos ^^

 

I'm lucky enough to be able to share the doll hobby with My two younger daughters who are still at home. The older one is getting her first BJD for her birthday this month, and she also wants to learn to do faceups.