Do you ever feel guilty for having a favorite?

I don't feel too bad about favoring my boy. He was my first doll, so it makes sense in my mind that I hold him a little closer to my heart than my girl. It's normal to play favorites sometimes

 

I feel guilty to favor some dolls in my collection over others. I try hard to like, buy and sew clothing for them equally but still ends up that some of them receive so many stuffs and my attention and some of them just wear the same outfit and sit on the same place for many months. I feel sorry to them, so now I will spend the rest of my summer vacation time to pay more attention to these poor guys and girls.

 

I do have a favorite, but I don't feel guilty about it. When I started this hobby I bought a doll, couldn't bond with it and sold it again. I did that a total of 4 times until I finally found the first doll that actually stayed with me. That's my Ariadoll LE Bianca. She kinda revived the hobby for me and for that alone she'll always be my favorite. When I look at my other girls I always think how pretty and special they are in their own right and then I get to her and I can't help but smile.

 

Being they're dolls I don't think they mind if there's a favorite. My dolls know that Xavier gets more attention, stuff, what not than everyone else. There are moments when other dolls get to be the special one, especially if it's something that doll will enjoy more, Rian and Puppet Up, or they're better suited for it like a Doctor.

 

Do you have a favorite doll?
Yes.

Do you ever feel guilty for having a favorite doll?
No.

Although my Sarah was my first doll I have come to the realization that my girl Meadowsweet is my favorite doll. I don't feel guilty about it because these are just inanimate objects. I don't believe dolls have "energy" or "souls" of any kind (no offense to those who do!) so I just can't feel guilty for loving her just that smidgen more then my other 4 girls. Although I do adore all 5 of my girls and doubt I could ever part with any of them Meadowsweet is just...perfect. To me anyway lol.

 

My 2nd doll, Ryan, is My favorite doll. He's my only boy (unless you count heads) and also my only msd. I feel bad because sometimes my other dolls sit there without wigs or clothes and I find myself paying attention only to Ryan. More than thinking they have hurt feelings, the guilt is a lot closer to being money related. When I realize it's been a while since I last picked up my other dolls I start to wonder why I got them and feel guilty. This usually lasts about five minutes and once I pick up my other dolls I fall in love with them again

 

I currently have three dolls, and my second one is definitely my favorite. I only feel guilty about it because the others don't get spoiled in terms of clothing or get to go to many meetups because of it, since she is always my first pick at everything. :/

 

I have a little group of favorites because I can't choose just one. Hehe, so...maybe that already means I feel guilty. ^_~

I realize that the dolls shouldn't care...they are dolls...but...er, when I look at them they just do. ^.^"
I recently got a different kind of doll and I've been spending a lot of time learning about how she works, so I haven't been playing with my resin dolls. I picked up one of my most favorite dolls yesterday and she seemed so mad! Silly as that sounds. She kept kicking her legs and throwing her wig off. She wouldn't do anything I wanted. It was sort of hilarious.

 

LOL it's funny but I feel guilty - I'll tell my favourite how much I love him or her (I have 2 favourites) Then I kind of look sideways at the other 14 dolls and feel bad for them So I tell them all hastily that they're just as lovely too! But you know I don't think they believe me

 

I have only got one BJD at the moment but have collected a different type of doll and often felt guilty for having favourites but I think it's just human nature!
When I see BJD I want I think I already know what one will be my favourite when I finally have my ideal collection!

 

I usually only take out one doll out at a time due to space, and because of this I've noticed I definitely do have favorites (or what I tend to call "go-to" dolls). I have two that I tend to pull out the most, because I enjoy the characters they represent. I like writing about them, drawing them, and photographing them, so naturally I just want to focus on that one doll. I suppose I do feel a little bad because I spent more on other dolls but they don't get taken out as much, but I still love them dearly and couldn't bear to part with them.

 

If I must pick one, it would be my first. Sometimes I do feel I "neglected" them a bit, and then I just touch them and say I love them in my head. :p But they are inanimate objects, so luckily nobody will kill me in my sleep because I don't pay enough attention to them. xD

 

I never had a doll that would be a complete favourite. But, if I'm working/playing with one, I am thinking about other ones as well. Due to time and space limit I cannot be with all of them, so somehow, I feel happy I do not have a lot. The more I had the more I would be feeling uncomfortable abandoning the bigger part of them. Couldn't call that guilt though, but I think it would be a similar feeling!

 

Justin is my favorite. I feel a little guilty, since my first, Amir, was my favorite for 5 years, then suddenly Justin arrived and everything changed. I felt guilty that my first was no longer my favorite, he'd been replaced....but now.....I really don't feel bad anymore. Besides, Justin is easier to spoil.

 

I fell in love with Ash (Ringdoll Sol) over 3 years ago and finally got him 2 years ago and even ordered a twin, I loved the sculpt so much.
Then I found DS Saint sculpt and fell in love again. I now have Hugue. I felt guilty for getting him but I found that Ash is still my favorite, but Hugue is a close second.
Evans Ash's twin comes in third and even though his face is a duplicate of Ash, his body is stiff and he doesn't pose as easily.

 

I don't think it's too bad to have one or two favorits and play with them a little too much.
I love all of my girls anyway.

 

Yes! In the past I used to feel very guilty about how badly I would play favorites with my dolls. I didn't feel bad because I thought it would hurt them, I felt bad because it hurt for me. I hated that I spent so much money on the dolls I bought, but only ever played with a few of them. There were times it was so bad, that I only had two dolls at one point and still only the favorite was getting played with. That sort of playing favorites guilt has actually contributed to a lot of who I consider myself as a collector to be (my doll collector identify, I guess?). Because of those past experiences of just how badly I played favorites, it made me realize that there are some dolls that I love and some that I only like. Thus, I sold all the ones I simply liked and now am left with only the ones I love. I couldn't be happier now, because when all you have are the favorites, you play with them as much as you hoped you would. Now I am much more careful to only buy the dolls that I love, so that the favorites guilt I felt in the past does not return. I have no regrets with how I collect now~

 

Nope. My favorite doesn't even get the most things (he doesn't even have a face up currently, ahaha), he's just the one that represents my favorite OC and whose doll form makes me go "Aaaw, so pretty!" the most. Aside from that, I spoil them all rather equally, I think. Just favorites for pictures always rotate somehow.
Right now I can't stop focusing on Jaggs and Panda, but I have a feeling that'll switch to the twins once I get them both some new stuff to complete them.