BJDs and Couples

Haha, my wife and I met at a meetup! I actually went specifically to see an F-09 (hers) in person! We were friends for about 6 months, primarily through the hobby, and now, five years later, we're married We have two doll couples between us, but our doll-characters have had other relationships as well and that doesn't mean anything for us. We do subtly influence one another's buys--I just got a larger doll for a character specifically to be photographed with a larger doll of hers--but we don't have any 'joint' dolls, and still do delineate between 'mine' and 'yours.' It's a lot of fun, being interested in and understanding the hobby together! It's also more fun to go to meetups together, since you know you'll always have one familiar face while you're there

 

My girlfriend was the first person I met at my first doll meet. xD She had her Ichimaru Gin with her, so we talked about Bleach. She's the one who enabled me to turn my Soom Ender into Aizen Sousuke, haha! xD We'll probably end up having some interesting photoshoots with those two.

 

-cry-
I would love to date someone who likes BJD. (( hinthint ))
All the men I've dated thought it was adorable that I liked dolls, but wouldn't have anything to do with it. I didn't mind, at least they didn't think I was weird like some of the girls I've dated. The girls I've dated got jealous and judgmental. Even girls who liked anime thought that the dolls were too far. I would even like to date someone who just likes plushies and figurines. Then we could have something in common that is material instead of just emotional. Most of the people I have dated were not into fandoms or internet culture so knowledge of BJD was next to nothing. My ex Dylan even got me some little scarves and shirts for my dolls. The shirts were kinda ugly, but I loved them because he cared to get my babies something.

I'm so jealous! So many people have a significant other that shares this joy. The closest I've gotten is an abusive bf who like anime more than he liked me.

 

I've been dating my boyfriend for just over 2 months and my dolls have been with us on holidays and he has been my assistant on photoshoots and has gone to meetups with me. He's always loved them and found them absolutely amazing. Quite a change from the last guy who foud them creepy and even scary!
Now he has recently asked me for help in choosing his first doll. Oddly enough he wants a doll who looks just like me! I smell a doll couple coming up!

 

My boyfriend isn't really into the hobby but I really appreciate the fact he just advises me on the stuff to get for my doll and has interest in organizing shoots for my doll! For me that is enough~

 

My ex was the one who encouraged me to get my first BJD, cuz I had been admiring them for so long!
So at the time we were a couple who were both into the hobby. Her and I are still friends, but my current girlfriend really has no clue about BJDs at all, and looks at me like I'm an alien when I start to talk about them! =v="

 

My boyfriend doesn't own his own doll yet but thinks they are cool and doesnt mind me showing him different dolls and talking about them. He wants a group of pukipukis or tinies so he can dress them up as The Avengers haha. He's really into comics and has lots of other figurines and just sees BJDs as more expensive versions of those.

 

My husband is kind of neutral. As we are both interested in model making, he kind of sees them just as large-scale model people. Though strangely he is quite happy that I sold my big EID man and get a smaller version of the very same character. We help each other out - he with my dolls (sometimes he tells me what he thinks looks good or how to make items), I with his model railway. And my tiny doll family is mainly a miniature copy of our own family - mum, dad and child. Though there is a big difference - the family members like to cosplay somewhat.

 

My boyfriend hasn't shown a slightest bit of interest so far. Tbh, it's hard for me to even imagine him owning a doll but then again - he never thought he would get into Magic the Gathering - it was "too nerdy". I introduced him to it and now he's pretty much obsessed and professional MtG decks cost at least as much as a doll

 

My girlfriend was the one who introduced me to the hobby (I'd never really heard of it before her) and the one slowly dragging me into it until I got hooked. I don't think I'd have so much interest in starting out in this hobby on my own.

We thought very, very briefly about making my future doll a couple with one of hers but they just work better as friends. I don't really see a need to make a mini relationship symbol with dolls. I like my real relationship best. :3

 

My husband really dislikes the hobby. I think it is probably because if the cost. He just recently agreed to let me get my first doll (yay!) So at least that is progress. We share almost all of our other hobbies though, which is nice. My best friend has one, so I do at least have someone in my life to share the hobby with. ^^

 

My partner is "co-owner" of Sarah. She is not into the dolls too much otherwise. She says she only has eyes for Sarah. And me.

 

My husband isn't into BJDs. He complains about the cost of the hobby because it's so much more than anything else, but he doesn't want to say no to something that I enjoy, either. I try to be kind and save up for my dolls or only bug him once or twice a year to let me splurge on them. :P I think maybe one day I could see him getting his own BJD, though, because he buys more and more things that I think are along the same lines. For instance, He saw a Pullip that looked like Miku and he tried to convince me that I wanted it. So, maybe I could see him asking me to make one look like his favorite anime/manga character (Miku lol) one day.

 

When I first learned about BJDs I had just moved in with my now fiance then boyfriend. He was really supportive and told me to get my first doll if it was something I liked. He knows that I'm kind of an amateur artist so he wasn't really surprised by my odd obsession with dolls or different forms of art. While I don't think he would personally get a doll himself... he does enjoy playing with mine alot. His favorite is my Pukipuki Ante that he would gladly carry for my if I asked him. I have several pictures of him hanging out with my dolls. Haha one time at a doll meet I got a rock in my shoe and he had to hold not only my purse but also my dolls in the parking lot at a very busy Hy-vee on a Saturday. I really don't have my dolls to signify my relationship with him... all my dolls are characters for a book I'm writing so while they do have relationships its more for my story than my love for him.

 

I don't know any but I am pretty certain that when I get a boyfriend I will introduce him to bjds XD

 

My husband and I have dolls that are representations of a pair of our D&D characters (which in the end did get married themselves).
He keeps making comments that he wants to get another doll since I have gotten so many girls...

 

I actually know at least three couples who like BJDs. Of those three, only one actually kind of considers the dolls to be their children, the other two have them almost an extension of their figure collections.

My husband is not all that interested in them. They're dolls, and he says they're lovely dolls, he just isn't all that interested in buying them or doing much with the ones I have.

 

This sounds like a dream scenario, I've had one partner who thought they were cute. That's it really. One of my closest friends came with me to the Doll Heart store in HK, but she thought they were interesting and kind of creepy.

 

I've been with my boyfriend for about 2 years now and he still greatly dislikes them. He did split buying my ID Shukaku but other then that, I'm pretty sure he hates my dolls. He doesn't want to to take them out if he's anywhere near them and gets mad if I want to trade my fantasy parts or floating heads for a new BJD. I kinda wish he'd at least accept that yes I might get more one day or that I may have BJD friends over or that I do want to show them off/ take them out of the house. He has his WH40k, his car, his video games and tons of other things. Dunno seem uneven I guess even though I'm slowly getting into WH40k its just not my game (That and other than him no one else I know plays /: Kinda boring).

BJD couples you have my envy D:

 

My wife and I both collect! We'd both been interested in them even before we met. It was several years before we made the joint decision to get into the hobby, and we picked out our first dolls together and got them from the same place. They shipped separately, unfortunately, so we didn't get to open them at the same time, but we had them within a week of each other and we've been collecting ever since.

That being said, we do have widely varying tastes in dolls! I like larger dolls and prefer males; she likes cute, tiny girls and anthros. She's beginning to covet my huge bish collection nowadays, though. lol We've both managed to get our grails, though hers is a head right now and still needs a body. I'm happy we've been able to build a collection together, and we've even given each other a few dolls as gifts. ^^