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Do you have any "doll friends?"

Jun 19, 2011

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    1. Yes, we were on-line understanding. Soon, we met up in the real world.
       
      #601 misti0520, Apr 9, 2019
    2. Several. They introduced me to this hobby.
       
      #602 Kurtssingh, Apr 9, 2019
    3. Someone I knew through a different hobby was into BJD and got me into it and then I got my partner and a different friend into it too! I even helped the friend and my partner to pick out and buy their first dolls!
       
      #603 desertbluffsandme, Apr 10, 2019
    4. I have a friend who has some porcelain dolls (though not jointed) and she offered to get me a doll (which she couldn't, though)
      She introduced me to MaskCat, which is a company I really REALLY love.
      I don't think she wants a BJD for herself though
      It's really nice having a super close friend support your hobby.
      We like to look at different sculpts and admire how beautiful they are!
       
      #604 chi_chi_co, Apr 15, 2019
    5. i have a few BJD friends, i met up with one a few times to go to cons together, and from her, i met two others that i will see again in a month :)

      I have a couple others, but i havent met up with them though maybe next month i will see them again.

      my first bjd i mentioned above that weve gone to cons to have known eachother for around 8 or so years now... its crazy and pretty cool :) there were some bumps, but its getting slowly patched up.
       
      #605 onee-chan-taichou, Apr 21, 2019
    6. One of my closest friends got me into the hobby. We even live together now and collab on making everything for dolls. We want to make our own sculpt.
       
      #606 ulaofthesea, Apr 21, 2019
    7. Yes when I started to play with BJD I have made a lot of doll friends. We have the same hobby and we share good-looking things with each other. These friends make me feel happy and relaxed when playing with dolls.
       
      #607 raccoonball, Apr 22, 2019
    8. I used to have a nice group of friends into it, but then a lot of things were going down in the BJD community in Arizona and I got busy with school and work so I put my dolls away for a while and fell out of touch with my friends.
      Here I am just short of a decade later coming back into the hobby knowing basically no one. I don't even know if the friends I had before are still into the hobby or not. It's a little daunting honestly.
      The one saving grace is my wonderful girlfriend used to be into this as well, and fell out around the same time for the same reason. She's very supportive of me and that helps.
       
      #608 Morgan Rei, May 20, 2019
    9. Most of the people I know can appreciate BJDs and other dolls, but I don't really know anyone else who actively collects them.
       
      #609 CoffeeStainedDress, May 31, 2019
    10. my only bjd friend is my boyfriend who collects a lot of vinyls,i have 0 social skills despite having an ig for these things and cosplay at doll cons so im bad at making friends in the hobby
       
      #610 mimi_hime, May 31, 2019
    11. No irl doll friends :( My gf is into doing faceups on MH dolls, so she appreciates my hobby, and my best friend lets me infodump about my dolls, but my only friends in the hobby are online.
       
      #611 taichas, May 31, 2019
    12. Nope :pout: But I'm pretty new to the hobby.

      I'd like some though. If anyone is in SoCal and wants new friends I'm ya girl :cool:
       
      #612 rachxoxo, Jun 2, 2019
    13. I have a long distance friend who lives in Tennessee, I started by watching her videos on youtube then became a patreon sub of hers, apparently her only one. We've kept up a email correspondence. I also am part of a doll group in my own state but I don't really have in life friends who are also in the hobby.
       
      #613 PennyForTheGuy, Jun 3, 2019
    14. I have a bunch of friends because of this hobby, it really helped me come out of my shell. I have really bad social anxiety and getting to meet people who are so likeminded and willing to hear what you have to say was so... healthy? I don't know if thats the word to use. It just felt kinda healing to meet people who were interested in something I've always been interested in as a teen. I really have to say meeting Marisa (AtelierMeringue) and having her be one of the first people to talk to me and be my friend when I bought my first doll was the most special thing that's ever happened to me. We got to meet at Resin Rose last year and we've talked almost every day since I first met her. I can say that it's the most wonderful thing to have a friend in a hobby and I hope everyone here also gets a chance to just share so much of what they love with someone else.
       
      #614 keisu, Jun 3, 2019
    15. I have a few online friends...wish I knew some people in person though
       
      #615 jess.oates, Jun 3, 2019
    16. Acquaintances - yes, many. Actual friends - no.
       
      #616 Radha, Jun 3, 2019
    17. I have few doll friends online, and we have meet together sometimes!
       
      #617 unas, Jun 3, 2019
    18. Yes and no? My roomie kinda coaxed me into actually getting into this and we're friends but I'm not sure if that exactly counts. Not terribly sure how to really go about meeting others outside of these discussion threads, to be entirely honest. Seems to be a common thing though, if this thread is anything to go by haha.
       
      #618 Toxigenesis, Jun 3, 2019
    19. We have several local collectors here, and I blame them for getting me more into BJD... LOL
       
      #619 Mountains and Clouds, Jun 4, 2019
    20. My mom is also into the hobby! I also have some friends who are into it, but very few of them at the moment.
       
      #620 greencoquitea, Jun 4, 2019
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