Are dolls childish?

Depends entirely on how they are used.

 

I get told that it is childish all the time but I don't really care. All of my other hobbies (collecting anime and manga, gaming and cosplaying) are considered weird or childish by other people but I don't care because I know that I'm having fun doing what I want and to hell with what everyone else thinks!

 

Meh- if I;m too old to have fun, then it;s a sad, sad day..... and dolls are fun. ^_-


Personally, I think a person can be as grown us as they liek, and still be able to play- weather it be with dolls, bordgames, art, computer games..... it doesn;t matter. If you lose your sense of fun, the rest of your life will be a very bleak place.

 

I think that view is a nosense. Will you go to a grown up man who collects plains and flies them and tell him hes childish for that?? Or the ones that collect traind and play with them?
It's just a hobby!!

Unfortunatelly my mum thinks as yours, though i think it's more because of the amount of meney they cost she despises it ._.

I also have a healthy social life, my friends, the ones that like manga and all that like me, think BJD are cool and sure more would buy one if they were cheaper.
And my other friends that are more... "normal" also like them, they always amaze when i talk to them about all my hobbies and never had told me a word against anything i liked, they even ask more! xD
And i'm 24, in my way to 25

 

Saganu HELLO! you're on here too! XD

Anyway, on topic, being a customizer, i hardly find this hobby childish. The amount of work that goes into creating our dolls, be it character-wise or art-wise takes a lot of effort and thinking to bring the characters forth..

 

enough said...

 

I'm 28 and I think it is fine... but then again I am a little immature!

 

meh i end up ignoring other comments that disdain bjds, i get called childish for playing games even im 16 .... but why is it childish, my stepdad plays and hes like 40.... interesting how some hobbies are accepted more than other like sports (not dissing it) but its cool to kno everything about someone on a card and play fantasy b XD i dont see what the big deal, but people have the nerve to say stuff if its not the hobby of theirs : P
overall : | maybe they are childish but so are so many other hobbies.....

 

Hmmm...maybe,but the big boys play whit little cars or other things.

I think it´s childish but it´s a part of us

 

I haven't really had a flat-out experience, but when I informed my coworkers that I was going to miss work for a day to attend a doll meet for my 400 dollar doll, they looked at me like I was crazy. Of course, moments later, one of them brought up Build-A-Bear and suddenly that was totally normal. Stupid socially acceptable teddies...

 

I agree with CathyM.

I view childish as a negative attribute and childlike as a very positive quality to have. I love my dolls. I am a player. I love to make them clothes and take them to work with me. I haven't received any criticism from my
co-workers although some just smile and shake their heads.

I have loved toys all my life and at 65, I don't intend to "outgrow" it now.

 

I'm in my 30's and I never stopped collecting and playing with dolls from childhood. My interest even brought 2 of my older siblings back into being interested in dolls. Sure, I hid the fact in middle school and HS but after that I got over my insecurities and I don't care who knows. Everyone needs a hobby and I love my dolls. I feel more sorry for those who don't know what to do with themselves and can't find some recreational hobby to make them happy.

 

Being a mom in her mid-thirties, who regularly goes off into the woods to play "dress up" as another poster neatly put it, who plays online MMO's and collects bjds, I don't think this hobby is childish. But then, I tend to view everything a little differently. Anything that encourages a person to think/draw/write/sew/create/get out/meet people in a positive manner simply cannot, to my mind, be a childish thing. Or, if it is, it is in the best sense of the word, that we are, as children do, developing and exploring.

-Meredith

 

I have a husband that is going on 37 here in a few days. He enjoys playing his Xbox online. *shrug*
I enjoy the gorgeous boys/men. *shrug*
We each have our distractions.

Release your inner child! The one that takes joy in the little things.

 

I have been collecting all my life started with stuffed animals when I was 9 then move to dolls (bjds, play doll, artist doll) later on. I am currently in my early 30s and pple around me do not understand my fascination with dolls. My husband expected me to grow out of it but it has not happen yet. I have downsize my collection (still have alot left ) and still love them and will continue to buy but I am more selective now. To me it is a hobby. My mom collected barbie before now she has move on to Swarovski I hope to continue collecting dolls.

 

Whenever I ask my mum if she'd like to hold Aiden or help me dress him, she replies with, "I went through that stage when I was a kid, so no thanks." I honestly don't care. I agree with a previous poster on the difference between "childish" and "childlike." I'd rather stay young and have childlike delight from dolls than grow old and grumpy without anything beautiful around me.

Someone once told me, "Being an adult means you can finally make your own money to buy expensive toys." I believe that. If I didn't, then my whole family would be childish in the things they collect and customize.

 

I've never had that experience. My mother is just generally a little frightened of all dolls so she frequently tells me to excorsise my house, and everyone else I know, as far as friends and such who are aware of my doll collecting know exactly what a high end hobby it is. Some of them have asked prices and are seriously blown away by the amounts I tell them I've paid for regular dolls. I beleive for alot of people, the amount of artistic commitment and money involved, immediately makes this a less immature hobby in their eyes.

 

no, they're really old lady-ish

Seriously though, I agree with CathyM

Sera~

 

Yay!

I also went through a stage around 15 where "I don't Play with dolls, I MAKE them." This is shortly before I made Elfreda-my-Avatar. (I'm 41 now.)

I outgrew my defensiveness fairly soon, though.

I love playing with dolls, whether it's taking pictures and making clothing, dressing them, or cuddling them in front of the tv.

Childlike, childish, mature--I don't care. my fun.


Ann in CT

 

Well said! I agree with this.

I suppose some people may think my hobbies are childish or weird, but that's their opinion. I play with dolls and watch anime. Other people devoutly follow college football. They think I'm the oddball, I think they're a bit off. (Nothing against football fans, btw, I'm just trying to make a point here.) Everyone's hobbies and tastes are different. Just because dolls are somewhat associated with children in people's minds, doesn't make collecting and enjoying them "childish". If it's something you love, stick with it and ignore the naysayers.