Do you feel like your dolls have to have a friend or significant other?

My two dolls are half-siblings, and share the same father (he won't get a doll form, though). I'm hoping to buy an AS Kana head to be the girlfriend of Stephen, Emma's brother.

 

I know my dolls don't "need" other dolls with which to have relationships, but coming up with characters and back stories is a big chunk of the fun of dolls for me. I tend to feel like a doll doesn't quite fit in fully until they've got connections to the others, so I definitely build that in. Admittedly, none of my dolls have significant others (just not my thing ^^; ) but they've got family members, friends and business associates among the other dolls.

 

I do feel like that, i don't want them to be lonely LOL, I like them to have partners, sibling, parents or something like that. its very rare to have a story about a character without any family right? LOL

 

I'd like to get another friend for my doll but at this moment I'm still undecided whether to get a second doll or not. Photostories are harder to do with one but I don't do them as much. He's alright being by himself because he's got plenty of friends on facebook and the blog. But I also want someone in the flesh/resin to interact with him face to face. Originally he was going to be a total bachelor but then suddenly he has a on again off again boyfriend online. So I take things as they come.

 

At first I did... and then I realized they have me. :P

 

After I got my first doll last year around September I didn't really think about it. It was after Animazement 2011(my first con ever and I took her with me!)--after I went to the BJD panel with the host Angel Toast(elisa_maza) and Lincy got a chance to get pictures and pose with others' dollies--that I realized that Lincy would have so much more to do with another doll. Better and more meaningful poses, stories, etc.

I think that it depends on the doll and the personality you give them :P

 

I agree with Malaryush, I too feel that my dolls "fit in" more when their stories intertwine at least somewhat. And I'm also very big on the story aspect of dolls so they seem to come to "life" more as their relationships evolve and whatnot. It's especially fun having relations with dolls of other owners ^-^~

 

I actually like mine to have another doll to pose with/sit beside, even though none of mine have characters. It influences my buying to some extent. For instance, right now I'm trying to take a break from buying dolls, but I don't like having one MSD girl by herself - I want her to have a female friend. Also, I've been wanting a Little Monica Chloe for a long time, but I don't want to get her until I can afford to get another SD-sized girl at the same time.

 

I do like my dolls to have friends/companions. It's so much fun for picture taking and photo stories. I do know that my dolls are not alive so can't feel "sad" but think it's better for them to have friends. (It makes ME feel better - LOL!)

 

At first time I believed that my dolls should have a friend. I tried to make pairs but it failed. All my dolls prefer to be single

 

For the most part the ones that will be getting significant others have them before they became resin. As for friends it'll just depend.

 

When I first sold my first boy, I had also thought about this but I didn't want to keep them just because of that.

The possibility of him finding a more loving home is more importance because I already fail out of love with him and it just wasn't going to work out.

 

My girl is going to have a few friends to keep her from getting lonely of course, but that's because her character doesn't like to be alone and would probably fall into a depression if I left her by herself all the time.

I don't think a doll HAS to have a friend, but I guess it depends on the dolls personality too. Some have no problems being alone, some do. Just do what you think is the most important, I guess.

 

I don't like the idea of people/things being on their own, so Cesavier ends up spending a lot of time with my non BJD dolls, but I really wanted him to have a girlfriend so I ordered my second doll because I honestly felt that I didn't want him to be alone.

 

No, none of my dolls need friends or significant others. If I didn't like a doll that was "friends" with another in my story, I would sell. There's no point in keeping a doll that I'm not attached to! I can get another that I would enjoy more.

 

All of my dolls either have a significant other or I'm in the process of finding one. Two of my dolls don't have a relationship in their storyline but they both have a pet. One doll is a little girl so she's too young for a relationship so she has her own doll. Either way, all my dolls are part of a "pair" of some kind.

 

Im a story lover my self, and my first doll already has a "friend" lined up. I like to have things in pairs personally. I can see how your situation is tricky since there is an emotional aspect to the dolls and their partners. You could get creative with the issue in terms of a story and have the doll inquestion "die" or choose to "see other people". This way the story for the personality is closed and the other doll can "move on" with his/her dolly life.

 

I would hate for any of my dolls to be totally alone. As long as they have other dolls around as friends, plus me, I feel that there is sufficient family around so that no one should be lonely. I do love seeing the lovely relationships of the dolls of other people but see no need for romance in my household at this time, LOL!

 

I don't think it's all that silly. I like to have two of whatever sizes I currently own, both for company and because they look so cute together. I too hate splitting up romantic pairs so when I sell them, if I have to, I try to sell them in pairs. That's only worked once, haha.

 

uhm...I don't think my dolls are alive or feel sad or alone so they don't really need a friend or a relative BUT I like them to have someone else! it's more fun for me XD and I already have a story for each of them, even those who I don't own yet (and maybe I won't...who knows when it comes to money >.<)