Do you have any "doll friends?"

Wow seems to be a mixed group of answers here! It seems to me people either support us in our hobbies or are completely against it for whatever reason. I feel lucky to be able to say that everyone around me is supportive of my dolls, I have two friends (and a little brother now lol) that want dolls, but they all are too concerned over the price and are also afraid of not being able to maintain one. But it's okay, I have enough to go around and since they love playing with my guys when they come to see me, I know that all my dolls get lots of cuddling and fun picture time in. My mom is the only person who I could say doesn't much care for the hobby but it's more that she doesn't understand it and does NOT like how much they cost, however I have always spent my money on things she sees as "odd" or "frivolous". My dolls though certainly take the cake this time and I think she is now just turning a blind eye to the cost. It's sort of a don't ask don't tell sort of situation. She doesn't ask how much they cost, and I don't offer to tell her lol. I don't like to talk about getting new ones around her because she doesn't really share in the joy she just goes "*eyeroll* another one?" and then sighs and shakes her head, but it's all sort of good natured-like so I know she just chalks it up to me being young and foolish ^_^.
She's coming around to the idea of my dolls, slowly but surely though. She even refers to them as "he" and "him" and "them" when talking to me about them (Just yesterday she handed me my doll bag as I was packing to head back to Uni and said "here take him he's heavy" and I almost wanted to cry lol)

And I do have one friend in the hobby, who actually got me into the hobby full-swing (we always joke that she is a terrible enabler lol), we met in our Japanese class and I saw her doll one day. I was like "OMG you have one of those creepy dolls" and she was all "yup, wanna hold him?" and after getting my hands on one I fell in love and I've been near-constantly paying for or waiting for resin to come in the mail ever since lol.

 

Yes, and she is the one who dragging me into BJD XD
My other friends also planned to buy one as well!

 

My daughter ! I'm the one who brought her into BJDs. I am the one who bought her one for her birthday after she had been asking for it over and over.

 

I don't have any, but then again, I've just been researching the hobby and haven't really found anyone who wants to talk to a 'wannabe doll owner' versus an actual doll owner, lol!! So I'm gonna have to say no at this time, but I hope maybe I'll find someone out there willing ;P

 

I don't, which makes it kind of lonely. As well as the fact I don't know what doll owners live in Vegas... But I hope to make some friends here and get even more into the hobby!

 

Yes. My sister, cousin and her friends ^__^ and we already have a BJD chatting group in phone xD

 

Yep. (: We're both in high school & both saving up for BJD's. ^^

 

yeah, I actually met her through a friend of a friend type thing. My friend brought over this girl her likes (but it's one sided) and I showed her pics of BJDs- this was before I got my first one- and she said her little sister was also into BJDs but didn't have one yet. We mostly talk about doll stuff, but we get along without the dolls and have other stuff to in common and to talk about

 

I don't have any friends who like BJDs. It's very lonely not knowing anyone who likes dolls - in fact, most of my friends are extremely afraid of dolls.

Now I just have to wait until I get home and force my mom to look at pictures of dolls I like.

 

I have only one "BJD-friend" who brought me into BJDs. I hope I can make more doll friends in the future.

 

I have three doll friends. It's wonderful to have someone else to talk to about them. We all have different BJDs from each other, so playing and photographing them is lots of fun.

 

I have my fiance, who I had gotten into dolls. We bought our first dolls together. And then we have a friend that we adore and do dolly things with from time to time! But she's much more than just a doll friend. I'm so excited too--now that I think about it... For Christmas, the two of them put their money together and got me a Dollzone Miss Kitty preorder! I wanted to cry I was so excited, hahah.

 

I don't, but I actually don't mind. My real life friends seem to be under the premise that all dolls are creepy, thus bjd are too. I've learned to brush it off and just enjoy the hobby for myself. :>

 

I have friends who didn't want to even see pictures of dolls until they saw my BBB Apollo, Julian. then they each got one and are looking at more. (but most people who don't like these dolls don't know what they are.)

 

I have friends who didn't want to even see pictures of dolls until they saw my BBB Apollo, Julian. then they each got one and are looking at more. (but most people who don't like these dolls don't know what they are.)

 

I have a couple RL friends who are into dolls!! ^u^ Do people I met through my local meetup count?

If not, there's at least one...a few years back, I got my best friend at the time involved in the hobby--she saw my boys, and kind of fell for them. I bought her very first doll for her (a tan DZ Mo) as a birthday/Christmas gift, and she got her second (a BB tiny, can't remember the sculpt name) for herself a while later.

I'm pretty sure she's not into dolls anymore, but she does still have both of them. She and I stopped talking a while back.

 

I'm alone in the hobby... I have no friends that support it... one that will let me talk about and and family that rant about the money I'm 'wasting'. But I don't need real friends when I have my lovey dolls! I'm also very introverted... people think I'm strange without knowing about my doll collecting hobby.

 

I have a besty that collects dolls, but different ones than I do. I have a couple other acquaintances that correspond via e-mail occasionally to have dolly talk time. Most of my long time friends don't have dolls and don't want to hear about them either, so it is nice and way more fun to have dolly friends.

 

I know a couple of people who like dolls. Sometimes we talk about them. I used to have more doll friends but I kind of dropped out of the community and rejected any human interaction for a year or two, so most of them have moved on.

 

No -.-

But i wish i did.. would be nice too talk about how great they are, so i dont feel so alone