Do you feel alone in the hobby? (even with the forum)

At times I do long for the company of another doll person, but I have come to love the 'company' I feel with my dolls. I do have local friends in the hobby that I could see more of if I wanted to, but my dolls are realistic whereas all the others' dolls are very stylized, and it's kind of hard to really bond or relate. Thankfully I have many online friends that are not into dolls but very supportive and interested in the things I do with my dolls. They always ask me what I'm doing with the dolls, if I plan to get another one, and genuinely want to know all about my hobby. That alone makes up for any companionship I could have with live doll friends.

 

Not so much lonely as I have family members who collect dolls to talk to. But online I socialize with almost no one. I get the feeling that I come off as annoying because I am newer to the hobby and make simple mistakes. People seem to judge harder on the Internet because they don't feel as intimidated as the do in physical confrontations.

 

I feel rather lonely in the hobby right now, but I'm hoping that through this forum I start to make friends and eventually go to dolly meet-ups!!! If any new people want to chat or anything, I'm here! I'm rather new in the hobby and still awaiting my first doll but I'd love to chat

 

Well....yes. I'm new, I don't know anyone in the hobby, and I'm very quiet. My family is less than supportive about my hobby and I don't have any local doll friends, so yeah, feeling very alone.

 

I do understand I sometimes feel alone about my collection but then I find others who are as passionate about BJD

 

I don't feel really lonely. I have one friend that I can message with in my state and hang out with to talk about dolls, and I have another who thinks that dolls are adorable and is actually getting interested from my enthusiasm.

 

I am alone in this hobby, but I don't feel lonely.There is a local group that I found on Facebook but they don't update very much anymore so I'm not sure when their meets are. Also they meet/met on a Sunday every month and that doesn't work with my work schedule, unfortunately. I'd like to have friends I could discuss BJDs with, but I am content in being alone with it as well. I very much enjoy watching Youtube videos and browsing this forum (although as someone else mentioned, I'm reluctant to get too involved because I'm afraid of breaking a rule). Also, I'm pretty relaxed about this hobby. Dolls aren't my entire life, they are just one of the many hobbies I enjoy, so I'm pretty laid back about them. Many people I've met online have taken great interest in their dolls, much more than I have, and because of that I feel a little bit isolated from the online community as well. Regardless, I enjoy the hobby and I enjoy my collection, so I really just do this all for myself. Definitely not a bad thing

 

I feel the same. No one has ever heard about them here in Victoria, Australia. My family laughs at me when I bring them out! I'd never heard of them before either, so they must be pretty rare around these parts. But it's okay, it makes you unique!! It's a good thing!

 

I feel quite lonely in the hobby as I don't know anyone is person who owns a BJD. I received my first today and it's the first time I've handled one.

 

Luckily my roommate and I both jumped into the hobby at the same time together, so I always have someone to talk about dolls with! I also met a very nice doll owner at a local con and we still stay in contact. So even though its only two people, it feels good not being completely alone with my dolls. I'd really love to be part of a bjd group that has meet ups and things like that but I'm so shy aaahh

 

Sort of. Not because without friends into BJD, at time it's the value sets or such varies greatly that may feel alone. Some like to chase 'current fashion style'. Some doesn't mind to purchase dolls/items with pirated/copied suspicion.

 

you need to find dolly friends!!! i found heaps on facebook and chat to a few regularly.. we rant about dolls lol.

 

Yeah I would say that this hobby can make me feel a little lonely at times. People at work treat my hobby as a running joke and some of my friends think its very odd, I no longer post anything doll related on face book and none of friends or people from work know about my tumblr. I love going to doll meets, the people there are always lovely, but I can be a bit of an odd ball and my paranoia always leaves me thinking that actually maybe they really didn't like me all that much, maybe they just found me really annoying. Some times looking at my dolls can make me feel a little better, but sometimes I look at them and wish they would talk back, that they were real some how, this make me feel very alone.

 

No, at first I did then I posted some pictures on my Facebook and had many people interested and that were supportive.

 

I really wish I had a local friend that was also interested in BJDs. I live in a big city, so there is a group on facebook, but I haven't had much luck in joining. I have always been an odd duck though, and have never had any friends that liked the same things as me. I guess it's fine, but I do wish that I had someone to talk to about new doll releases..... or even someone that just knows what the heck I babble about!

 

Not as much recently. One of my friends discovered Fairyland dolls a little while ago and is going to be ordering one soon.
It's been a lot of fun showing her some of my favourite sites and talking about future doll plans.
I still feel a little lonely sometimes and wish I had someone a little more knowledgeable to talk to.
Then we could teach each other things and have more of an actual discussion. >.<

 

I always feel very alone in this hobby. I'd very much like to hang out with anybody and everybody but there's just about no one here into the hobby. I live in Arizona and I think it being more conservative here, it'd be much harder to find anybody into ABJDs. Although I feel like I've seen a few people saying they're from Arizona, not many really seem to want to hang out and the one time I found a friend here who lived not very far away suddenly stopped talking to me when I asked if she would want to hang out sometime. (I don't think I sounded like a creeper...?)

 

No, My sister's bjd collectors alike.

 

I'm from Arizona as well, and it seems that over the years the AZ community has dwindled to very quiet. I do have a lot of friends that I know irl that are in this hobby, so in that sense I don't feel alone, but I would love to see a bigger community grow in AZ. Being social in the hobby is one of my favorite aspects, and it can be frustrating to feel like such a tiny amount of people actually share your interest in the hobby!

 

I am like Denali. I make videos like her and its so great to be in a large yt community of bjd lovers. Even if you dont want to make videos watching them and chatting with those who make videos is fun too.