Do you care if other people like your doll?

My husband had ridiculously deep hate-relationship with my minifee Woosoo - resinsoul ming hybrid. It's the legs. He never liked the face, but the hooves totally put him off. He used to flip about those hooves several times, getting desperate when his mother was visiting us.

My mother-in-law looked at my dolls, mumbled "eww, why this one has hooves?" (I don't think she even realised that she said it out loud, she is usually very polite in every way), looked at the next one and started complimenting her hair, so I totally ignored her words about my satyr and just thanked her. I mean, you can't please everyone. I'm very used to that my satyr brings both extreme hate and love reactions and was very aware of that when I got him. For me, the whole incident with my mother-in-law wasn't anyway weird or even uncomfortable. I believe we all have things we don't like, and some of them are owned by our loved ones. But for my husband, this was somehow end of the world. Short blurt from his mothers mouth turned in to speech of 100 pages in his head and all I had to say was one, big sigh. I made him a list of items he owns in our place I'd love to get rid of, and said if those will go, I think about getting rid of the doll.

Suddenly, he seemed to be able to put things in perspective. We had a nice, long, friendly talk about it. After that we haven't had any fights about the doll, though I have had couple meanish comments from him, but when I point it out he quickly apologises. So I'd guess you could say that the problem is solved. I guess there was a thing that this happened when I had just started the hobby too, and hubby has never liked dolls in first place, so he was just putting all e felt wrong about the hobby to this one particular doll in question. These days, while he still isn't big fan of dolls, he even has favourites in my crew and he listens when I talk about them, even helping me picking things for them time to time. :3

So yup, I guess you could say I don't pay much attention of other peoples opinions about my dolls. I do buy these dolls for MYSELF, I dress and photograph and "play" with them because I like it, not to get anyones approval or adoration. This is MY thing, and as much as I enjoy hearing that people like my dolls, I find it secondary. If the doll makes me happy, it's right doll for me, no matter what others say.

But that said, I don't totally ignore other people's dislikes. If I find a doll I like, but think it might scare my kids, I don't buy it. My kids have grown up with my dolls, so they are pretty open minded about them, but they are still very little and have tons of imagination, I don't want them needlessly being afraid of plastic doll sitting on the cabinet. They where a bit scared of my big doll when he came as he was bigger than MSDs they where used to, plus he had no face up. So I asked kids to come with me and I stated to paint a face for him, try on eyes and other things and while the face up was DISASTER, kids loved it! xD I re-did the face later, and these days kiddies love the doll and ask me if they can hug him and pat his hair time to time. :3

Also, before buying a doll, I usually show pictures about it to my husband and kids, just that they have an idea what I'm brining home. While I would love to own animal dolls, they seem to be too much for hubby, so I try to avoid them. So, no Lillycat Eugenie for me yet. ._. But I got hope, hubby let me buy Soom Silky without any mumble! If there would be doll I like and it really, really would make him uncomfortable (not just whiney because he doesn't like the style) I wouldn't bring it to our home, because, you know, it's his home too. ^^ So no dolls that make people scared to this household! :3

 

Not at all; I've had people tell me they wanted to break my dolls because they hate them so much. I have also had people tell me they wanted to steal them because they love them. They're my dolls, and if I worried about what other people thought I would just make myself unhappy. So long as I enjoy them everything is alright, and that is all that matters.

 

Thankfully the only person who has had anything remotely negative to say about any of my dolls is one of my shift managers...and that was just her voicing being creeped out by them. She doesn't hate them, or think I'm weird (any more than anyone else does haha), it's just something she doesn't like personally.
Everyone else I've told about them, or showed them pictures, has really enjoyed seeing them and is supportive of me being in the hobby.
For me, personally, I think I would be sad if someone said they didn't like a doll of mine, but mainly cause I feel like it's hurting the doll's feelings. I know that I love my dolls, and that's all that matters. Everyone has their own opinions, likes/dislikes. I think it's better to say something like 'oh, your doll looks nice' maybe even (if you have to) say something along the lines of 'it's a nice doll, just not a sculpt I'm in to' than outright say 'ew' or 'that doll is bad looking', something negative like that. It's okay for someone to voice their disinterest in something, if they do it tactfully, without hurting the other person's feelings whether intentionally or not. :/ That's just me though.

 

My bf is afraid of my dolls.. But i keep buying hahaha
It's mine, i love them, i dont care if others dont
It's like you love your kid even if others doesnt like them

 

Well, I love dolls, but everbody (except for one friend and my family) hate them ;-; They say that they're ugly and sooo expensive, but I don't care! XD I still keep searching for pics and topics about dolls at computer lab at school, something that makes people next to me that I'm really weird X3

 

I don't care if others hated my dolls !
They make me happy & that's what counts !

 

The only way anyone could change my mind about a doll would be if they lived with me and were too uncomfortable with it in the house. (And even then if the doll was super creepy, it would just make me feel proud.) Really, unless it's going to negatively impact the people around me, I don't care what anyone says about what I do.

 

No, I wouldn't care if others hated my dolls as long as I truely loved them!

My boyfriend thinks they are creepy (all of them, no matter how cute or pretty or harmless they look), I can imagine my parents thinking they are plain ugly since we don't exactly see eye to eye in point of aestethics but as long they don't go out of their way to bug me about it I wouldn't care.

 

I have to admit that I like to get nice feedback if I post photos of my dolls...

 

Its nice when some one else like your doll so you can enjoy it together but if someone doesn't like my doll I really don't care. I get my dolls because I like them and they make my happy. I think that's all that should matter in the end.

 

It may just be my artsy fartsy tendencies, but to me the kind of sculpts a person is attracted to is similar to how someone might express themselves through drawing. There's lots of different ways to draw people besides realism, for instance, and one person's particular style may prove to be appealing to one person but not to another. Everyone is a little bit different and sees the world in varying ways, including their preferences for sculpts.

Like many have said before me, the dolls I buy are for myself first and foremost, regardless of what anyone says. Strangers opinions have little impact. Who cares if someone you don't know doesn't fancy your doll? What can be harder to ignore are friends or family that you might be looking for support from. Hearing positive feedback can be nice, but at the end of the day, the dolls you get should still be for yourself, regardless of what others think.

 

I don't care how anyone else feels about my dolls, they're mine. I'm extremely lucky that my fiance is so supportive of my hobby. He has even bought half of my collection as presents. Unfortunately I live with my dad at the moment (extreme renovations at the new house) and he hates my dolls. He's always "joking" about throwing them out or giving them to the kids to break. He always tells me I'm wasting my time with them but I just tell him they're mine, I paid for them, they're not affecting my life in any negative way so let it go.

 

Most people are creeped out by my dolls, and or they poke fun at them. "eww she has BEWBS" or "why is she like that?". Honestly though it's annoying but it doesn't really bother me that much.

 

I suppose I don't care much for what others think of my dolls. My family are tolerating the hobby, but in the disinterested, slightly weirded out way. My other friends are similar too - they're polite, but I know deep down they're wondering why on earth I have such a strange hobby.

 

I personally do not care. My dolls make me so happy. I can get lost in them and forgot about the problems of my day. I don't even try to hide my dolls. I'm very open with people about them. I've been surprised how many people in my life haven't made fun of me

 

Same here i i have some family or friends liek and dont liek but at the end of the day is your doll and you like it go for it because at the end of the day why live and make someone else happy. I had my my mom say horrible things to my second doll is sad but at the end of the day i protect it as is my own pretty much (i treat it as my child you know) Either way i don't like to treat my one doll like the golden child pretty much both are my special dolls and will always treat them equal even if ppl hate what i choose then is good. Although ppl like the first one which is notice (call me psychological therapy on ppl liking which is which u know is sad but true) Always go what your are into.

 

Not really. Doll tastes vary tremendously. If someone likes my doll, it is nice to hear, but if no, I still will like him/her as much.

 

Not really but I'm kinda worried of what my future spouse will think of this, now that I'm nearing that age where usually your mom nags you about finding a husband. Geez, I'm only 25 mom. :/

 

(This discussion thread is so old wow! It's very interesting to read all these responses) To me, though, I won't let other people influence my decisions. If I fall in love with a sculpt I'll put them on my list faster than you could bat an eyelash. The only time I'd ever let anyone else influence my decision for a sculpt is when they're buying it for me (or helping me pay for it). That's literally the only reason I would reconsider a specific sculpt. I could care less what other people think of my choices, but it does help if they like it.

 

As a dollmaker it is really important other people like my dolls. That being said, I would never create a doll based on what is more likely to sell. It needs to come from the heart. When I am purchasing a doll, my opinion is the only one I care about.