Do you care if other people like your doll?

Its sort of a yes and no for me, I think. I think that If other people in the doll hobby don't like my sculpt or how I style them, then I don't really care because thats my character that I worked very hard on and it only matters what I think. However I have a huge anxiety about showing non-doll hobby people my dolls. I don't have any issues showing my friends at art school- art students REALLY love bjds I've found! My mom LOVES my dolls and fawns all over them when I show her a new faceup that I did, and she has always been supportive of whatever I do, so I'm lucky on that front. I have yet to work up the courage to show my grandma my dolls, even though she is a doll collector- I'm very worried about judgement from family, especially since I have a lot of girly boys.

 

I don't care about opinion of other people. But my opinion in my doll is more important that what they could tink. Each people have their opinion & preference.

 

I do not care. I went against a great amount of resistance to get my first doll at all, and by now anyone who matters knows that their opinion doesn't much. Though I tend to follow my own instinct above all else, I will occasionally still ask people for feedback, and as long as it's constructive, I take it to heart. Sometimes it changes my perceptions, but most often it just helps me to see what I really wanted all along.

 

Definitely not.
It makes me happy when other people like my dolls, but that's the end of it. As long as I'm the one paying for them, nobody else gets to have a say in what sculpts I choose. Simple as that.

 

Not really, I'd be flattered if they do like my dolls but even if not I won't really care about it. Everyone have a different taste right, as I won't like every dolls that I see

 

Well, most of my 'real world' friends roll their eyes when they refer to my doll hobby so I am perfectly at ease with having absolutely NO approval for my doll collection here. In fact I keep them in a closed cabinet with covered doors so guests don't even know they are there. At first I found it a bit sad to "hide" my dolls but grew to love the fact that I can open those doors and there is a whole world of secret doll-ness inside. Plus it keeps them safe, dust free and out of the damaging sunlight.

On the internet, it is always nice if people like your photos but if one doll gets no favourites then I really don't care that much. This is my hobby, the dolls conform to my idea of aesthetic beauty and they bring me joy... I don't have them for other people and I long ago outgrew the need for peer approval for what I do. It is always nice to share things with like minded people but it certainly isn't the be all and end all for me. I love what I love.

 

You should never care about what others think, your doll is yours.
Dress them how you want, get the sculpts you love, etc.

 

When it's my family, I actually kind of like when they don't like what I want, whether it's a doll or anything else. I don't like for the people around me to have exactly what I have, and usually if someone in my family sees something they like, they want it too and will buy the same thing. My things are more special to me when I don't have to see two or three of them in the same house.

I don't know if it would bother me if people berated me for my hobby or thought my doll was ugly or creepy. It bothers me if people say it's cute and get all gushy over it, well, people who aren't part of the hobby that is, haha.. random people who don't really get it and are just being patronizing. THAT I don't like.

I'm possessive of my dolls, and if no one else ever sees them or touches them, that's okay with me. I will share them with people I feel can appreciate them the way I do, the same way I do for any of my hobbies or arts.

 

I really enjoy it when someone says that he/she likes my dolls. ^^

..But I would not get rid of some of my dolls because someone doesn't like her/him - nor if someone insists me to get one specific doll. D:<

 

I would probably be swayed slightly by others comments. I would want my dolls to be aesthetically pleasing to some degree to everyone. So I care partially that others like my doll but not that much. In the end it is my doll

 

Well, I didn't get any interesting sculpts, they are just pretty boys. My mom has told me that she thinks they are pretty and my sister feels the same. I didn't really ask my friends for their opinion, but I know most of them don't mind them or anything and some did say they were nice looking.

The only friend who didn't like them said that while they look pretty, she finds them to be scary since she doesn't like dolls.

I really want to get an DC Alberta eventually, and while I know that my sister thinks she's absolutely lovely, I don't know how everyone else will react. My mom will probably think she's nice and my sister's boyfriend is going to think she's odd, but let's see. XD

I don't care what people think about the dolls I choose though. I suppose one might feel the need to put more thought into these things when they have a significant other or children, but at the end of the day it's your money and the doll if for you.

My mom has a giant shoe collection (with over 100 shoes) and she knows I think she has too many and I know she doesn't wear them all, but she doesn't care. I know it's an entirely different item, but it is something I know that she likes, so I don't really get into it unless she tells me to stop her from getting new shoes.

 

It`s always a great pleasure to know someone likes your doll. So I don`t find it annoying or snth. It`s great if people enjoy your doll, your photos of it, comment them. It`s always a pleasure to get compliments. The only thing that can spoil everything is copying. That`s not at all good.
So I never care if people like my dolls. To say the truth rather I care if they don`t.

 

Nope, because when I spend hundreds of dollars on something I buy it for no other reason than me liking it. I really don't care what other people think of my dolls .

 

I bought them because I like them. I don't mind others input before I buy them though. I mean, I show the promos to almost everyone I know to see what they think because they might see something that would seriously bug me later on. I take their opinions into account because it is a big chunk of cash.

However, after the purchase it would be rude to say something overly negative about it and all the people that matter to me wouldn't do that. Random strangers? Eh.

As a side note, I did grow up uncomfortable around dolls (and sometimes I still feel that way) so I completely understand when someone doesn't like a doll because of that. No hard feelings.

 

No, I don't care at all. It's my money, and I'm going to use it however I want to. Point blank, period. If you don't like them, you can close your eyes and walk away because they're not going anywhere.

 

Absolutely not I couldn't care less what people think of my dolls. I collect dolls for myself, not for others approval.

 

To be honest, I don't really care when people have a negative opinion of my dolls. I just don't see how it should affect me in any way.
However, when someone really likes my doll or my plan for him/her I get a really good feeling and I always love it when someone is interested in my dolls.
So I guess I care up to a certain point. I just don't care when people call my doll 'creepy' I guess xD

 

I don't care. It's not their doll, it's mine. So I have to like the doll, not the others.

 

I don't care in the slightest. My dolls make me happy, and that's what's important. They're my dolls. For a while before I got him a new wig, my mom and sister called my SD boy a "girly boy" and said he was "too pretty to be male", but it didn't bother me. All the same, he has shorter hair now, and the complaints have gone down considerably. My mom criticizes my dolls and story ideas a lot, but I don't let it get to me.

 

I'd like to say I don't care what others think, but I do. They don't have to love them, but not hate them, you know? I do hope for some validation from other dolly people. Because I feel this way, I figure other people do, at least a little, so I am sure to show enthusiasm for other people's dolls at my doll meets. We all dedicate so much to our dolls, we deserve some recognition.