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

I don't think one HAS to have another doll to keep the first one company, or be their boyfriend/girlfriend,best friend etc. but that's just opinion. I bought my other doll because I wanted him & thought later how much fun it was going to be to get to work with two boys for photo shoot's. But then again story wise and based on their character it is probably nice to have someone around for them.

 

i do this all the time!! i think of all my dolls only 5 were NOT bought for my other dolls XDDD

sometimes they just look so lonely!

 

I don't think they NEED anything at all. None of mine have "significant others" at this point, but I do much prefer having more than one. They do look lonely sitting alone, even though they're not. Three of mine are crew mates, and are friends or becoming friends, and one is an almost-enemy but fun to have around, and another is a sort of "business associate". I need to save up and get another pirate soon. Of course right now mine look grumpy and crowded, I have 4 sitting on a doll couch that should really only hold 3.

 

Our doll shave each other and have made a few good friends but none have significant others.

 

"Story" and "character"-wise, yes, my doll has to have a significant other. (Not necessarily a friend, but some kind of lover, even if it's only one-sided.) But "doll"-wise, that significant other doesn't have to come into being.

Their lovers just sort of hang around in my head...

 

Yes.
They MUST have friends. My opinion.
Because before I got my second doll, my one freaked me out. Just having one, it scares me for some reason. I feel like they need to have friends.

 

I agree with this comment. My Perdita has a chair by my bed. On days when I carry her around and into the computer room she can't be left. If I go to bed without her, her empty chair sort of screams emptiness to me and I get up and go to the computer room to retrieve her. I wouldn't dare leave her in a strange empty room all night!

Anyway, about the significant other thing... I don't have many dolls yet. Right now I have two and I'm working on Perdita's significant other (soom's spinel) who, right now, is a floating head.
I am very particular and selective right now about the dolls I choose to obtain. So it's hard to say that I will ever feel what you feel right now. I made up characters in my mind for the dolls I want to own and so far (apart from Johnny Depp) they are all linked.
So I suppose if your doll has no real purpose then perhaps it is time for him/her to find a girlfriend/boyfriend that will give him/her more attention. If he/she is ignored then it sounds like a 'bad' relationship to me .

 

I prefer to have them paired; it just makes their characters and story line more interesting.

 

I don't think you need to, but it's nice to know that they aren't alone. Human or not, alive or not, everyone needs someone around. Plus, it creates new opportunities if you have more than one doll. But affording those friends/significant other is another story.

 

Sigh, I have the most messed up doll plans ever. So, I have a number of overlapping stories and wanted to get dolls to portray the characters... However, all these cute sculpts popped up who really don't portray anyone, but I really wanted, such as FL Littlefee Flora... Then I get sculpts and they have their own character, rejecting the one I planned...

So no, this is not an issue at all to me, as none of my dolls have quietly accepted the roles I had in mind for them to begin with!

 

I have a few more characters planned. Two more girls to seek out (hopefully a Buddydoll Isabel and a Supia Rosy) and one male body for my Soom IO head. But, it'll mean that one of the characters goes companion-free, which isn't a bad thing at all.

 

Well, none of my dolls are "friends" just yet. (In fact, Nola and J'Tem don't get along much at all.) But I don't like having more than one and having them interact. It's simply more fun to me and also allows me to find more of my dolls' personality.

 

Yeah.....my dolls come in couples. xD My first dolls came within a week of each other and are great friends as characters. My next doll I knew had to have her gf soon and she has her now. My only sd is a girl and....to be honest, she gets much less attention and I think its because I have no one to put her with. She has online guys here and there but I need someone tangible for photos and such. Poor dear =[ im on the verge of selling her becasue she has no one to be with >.< god im horrible.

 

When I first got into the hobby, I figured I'd only get one... but now I really want to get another doll to keep my first one company (when he arrives anyway ). I know his character is going to be pretty introverted, but the thought of having a couple of dolls to keep each other company is really tempting!

 

Why yes, yes of course... an excuse to think up more characters for future dollies

In all seriousness, though, I tend to pick dolls out for possible purchase after I've matched them somehow into my existing doll family. I knew I wanted a boy to match up with my girl, so I got hold of SM Namu and he became Jack I'm just hoping that when he finally gets his body and is all painted up, they'll like each other! Ha! I've encountered "Dolly Dislike" now, however silly it sounds, some dolls just DO NOT WANT to be sitting next to each other! XD

I prefer a bit of matching going on. Cute dolly couples are cute.

 

I certainly think it can be a lot of fun to have dolls that are couples or friends, but my doll doesn't require either. And, honestly, if my doll has friends... I'd like them to be dolls belonging to my friends! Even though that means there might be conflicting storylines that we have each come up with, I think it would be more fun if my doll's friends were not created by me.

 

i've never felt that way at all. i have several types of dolls, and sometimes i get the feeling that a "friendship" forms between certain ones - but i never plan it that way.

 

I don't think they NEED a companion. If I want to create characters that have friends/lovers I'll get them, because I like getting them since its fun having them interact in photos.

 

Interesting question Let me see now... Not necessary no. Not for my own sake, I'm ok with that my dolls don't have a partner. But: I'm linking my dolls stories my friends dolls stories, were her dolls is pairing up with my dolls and if one of her dolls ends up alone, I feel guilty and try finding a way so we have only couples

 

Hah ha, I'm super-meticulous about this kind of stuff, which I guess can be kind of bad because it can make things wind up too manufactured and artificial XD . But I can't function otherwise XD !

I'd rather have all this sort of stuff planned out straight from the beginning, before I buy ANY dolls (which I currently have done XD ) . But then it's like I like to hit all the 'requirements' to fill as many possible 'needs' as possible in as few dolls. For example, within the five dolls I plan to get for myself, I'd like to have a family relationship, a romantic relationship, and a platonic friends relationship, along with maybe an antagonistic rivalry relationship, to cover all my bases. Gives me flexibility, variety, see X3 ?

I guess I think of the dolls I want as more of a 'unified set' than individual dolls, so they all have to link up to one another into one beautiful, coherent ring... or something XD . Besides, if I didn't give them relationships, they would be alone, and... not as fun. Individually they may be lovely, but what they would create together is what I plan each of the individual dolls off of. For example, two of the dolls I want I plan to be twins; if I decided on getting just one doll for one twin, it would be useless to me because what I wanted that would have made it special in the first place isn't present anymore. Not without the other half!

ali