Do you hide your hobby from certain people?

i hide my dolls from everyone Guess iam just not ready to hear their judgement lols

 

I took a big step today. I changed my facebook banner to a picture of my dolls. I was nervous all day...still kind of am. Getting likes already. Also had comments saying "Nice" and "Wow, those are yours?" So not as bad as I thought it was going to be

 

I am pretty new to this whole thing.. Haven't even bought a doll yet, 'cause it will take me some time until I can afford buying one but the more input I get about those bjd's, the more excited I am to have a doll on my own one day.. So far only my man knows about it.. I already love everything crafty/creative, doesn't matter what it is (painting, drawing, working with polymer clay, mixed media art, blogging and so on...) and my man supports me in everything I do.. I am glad I can talk about bjd's with him without any problems and feel pretty sad to hear that some of you can't do the same with their loved one.. I also wouldn't mind telling the rest of my family about it once I have a doll, they already know all my other hobbies, I don't see a reason why I shouldn't talk to them about bjd's as well.. But when it comes to friends it'll be a little different.. I moved far away from where I grew up, the people I once knew as a teenager (I'm now almost 30) are no longer part of my life and here I do only know my few co-workers and my man's friends.. I don't think I would tell them anything about it because I know they have no interest in it at all..

 

Ha! Same: I was telling people at work about my dolls, and whilst they were fine with the doll hobby, they all started talking about that film The Boy and how my dolls will murder me in my sleep...

 

I can't say I hide my hobby from anyone. While I wont go out of my way to talk about them, I'll mention them when the topic arises (it doesn't come up often though)
What I do hide is the prices! For some reason I'm really uncomfortable talking about how much dolls cost.
I mean at one level I can understand, people only know barbies and baby born, so they have no scale of measurement and are curious.
But still, it makes me skittish when someone asks (and as someone mentioned, it IS the first thing they ask!) It just sounds so much if you say it out loud!

Up until now I've received only support, or at least interested questions. Only few people commented that they're creepy, but even then it sounded more like 'not really my cup of tea'.
Then again, people probably already know I'm weird, or at least have rather unusual hobbies

 

No, i don't hide it. I think is because my friends are like me, so when I showed them the BJD world they were fascinated just like me. Some of them fell in love with the fantasy type and were fascinated with their beauty. My family think that dolls are strange for my age, but they support me because it's something that I like. My family friends too were interested about them. If someone don't like my hobby, it's their problem, not mine.

Yes, this is also my problem XD I do this too, a lot.

 

i hide my dolls from my mom simply because she's unaware of the number of dolls I have. D: She knows how much dolls cost, and when I begged to purchase my last boy, she made me promise to not buy any more dolls until I move out. but two ming boys came up for sale and I couldn't refuse....so, they hide. lol. plus i'm not moving out until my cat passes away since I have to share custody with my dad, so who knows how long that'll be. I have time to save up and still be able to be active in this hobby.

 

I don't really hide it, but I don't really flaunt it either. I sometimes share pictures of my dolls on Facebook, where I'll get the typical "ew creepy" comments, but I don't really mind those haha since people go "ew creepy" at me as a person anyway~ I mostly post about them on Instagram too.

About IRL, I don't really talk about myself/my hobbies that much anyway, so I don't care if they find out or not.

 

I'd rather hide it honestly. I made the mistake of talking to my co-worker about it and she seemed nice but I kinda felt like she thought I was a weirdo. I have to remember I'm not talking on a doll forum or instagram so a lot of people will take it the wrong way.

 

I don't hide it, but it's not something I would discuss with people who are not in the hobby. It's something I'd mention if asked about my hobbies and such. But almost everyone who knows me knows I have some... strange hobbies and interests anyway (some are even stranger than BJDs) so nothing really fazes them anymore.

 

I tend to be a private person when it comes to my hobbies and interests now. The only people that know about my doll hobby are my girlfriend and my best friend. That will most likely change once we start having more people over I won't hide them in my own home after all!

 

I never have and never will. I know some folks share this interest and some do not. That is what makes the world go 'round as they say.

 

I'm a 42 year old man, I have been into bjd's for about a year, I have 3 msd sized dolls, and at first I didn't care about sharing everything, People especially family members all act supportive, but would bombard my mom with questions (mostly about my sexual orientation) making her uncomfortable, so I stopped sharing everything. Honestly I get uncomfortable sometimes now when people ask about my dolls, sometimes people make me feel like I'm doing something wrong. It's a pretty lonely hobby, the irony is, I think I started collecting Dolls because they keep me company.

 

It's always hard to hear that some people face a more difficult time enjoying their hobby around other people. It's such a harmless hobby and through our hobbies we're keeping busy being creative rather than destructive.

Anyway...I don't hide my hobby from anyone but it's also not the first or only thing I talk about with people. I would talk about it if it comes up naturally in conversation. I have many interests and dolls are just one of them. The only people I would refrain from talking about my hobby all together, would be with people who have actual phobias of dolls.

 

I don't hide it from anyone~
I don't go out of my way and tell everyone I meet, but all my close friends know. ^^ Some may think they are creepy, but they don't disapprove at all. Everyone has their hobbies, interests, and collections!

 

I don't hide it, but I don't shout it out either... The times I tell, I say that I have dolls and that I sew dolly clothes. Only once I got into details with another collector, she collected ancient dolls and could understand the craziness about it. ^_^

 

My mum, her sister, my cousin and dad know about my hobby. My mum and aunt like the dolls very much. But generaly I prefer to hide it from people around me. People tend to be judmental and shalow minded, not everyone sees dolls as art objekts. That hurts the most is when artsy people do not understand it.

 

Sadly, yes. My roommates would judge me hard-core if they find out.

 

I do not speak of my hobby for everyone, not all people understand, unfortunately.
I just show my doll for people who understand and value the skilled manual work or people who will be happy for you. Show to others besides these is a waste of time.

I am with my doll a week ago and only people of my house (mother, father, brother) and my best friend know. Gradually, I will tell those people who will be happy with me.

Ps. I think so funny people asking how much one BJD, almost automatically. Before even I have a BJD, people asked me the price of one, when I mentioned I wanted to have one.
The funny thing is that I'm not asking people the price of the things they buy. I think even in social etiquette it is inappropriate. Imagine this: "Oh, beautiful dress! How much? How dare you spend as much on a dress? It is just a dress ..."

My last advice is: be happy with your hobby. Having a hobby, whatever, is very rewarding and a great way to use your free time.

 

Mostly from my parents Since they always go ballistic whenever I buy new stuffs for my dolls. There was also a time that I hid a doll from them for almost 3 months until they came into my room and saw the doll XD Mom got so mad since she wasn't expecting I would get another doll. Though they are supportive, my parents can be the exact opposite since they already knew how much BJDs costs.