Do your families know the cost of / support your dolls?

no they don't know the price / no they are not supportive , to be true they wouldn't be supportive even if the dolls cost 5$ they are very strict types of people

 

My mom and I got our first dolls together and she was really into it at first. Now she seems to have little to no interest in them. My husband doesn't love when I spend money on them but we did get him his own doll and he used to take pics of him in the park and outside which I thought was cute but then we got our puppy and the doll got put away, because the puppy loves to try to eat doll things. Then, for two years we had them out for "doll christmas" which was fun but we didn't have that this year.
Edited to add: they mostly know the cost and my mom's mantra is now "Don't buy any more doll stuff."

 

Yes.

My mother helped me get my doll, by letting me put it on her credit card and paying her back every payday (in the days where I was working part time at McDonalds for $7 an hour)

My current house hold is aware too.
Once in a while my mom, sibling or husband will see something and tell me "Think this would fit Soraya?"
My sister and a couple friends also helped me assemble the materials to make her current outfit. ^v^

Not only is my entire family aware of their cost, and knows how much mine means to me, they also all refer to her by name.

 

Naaah, they don't know the cost. My family just consists of my parents since I'm currently single, and I don't live with either of them, so the cost is none of their business anyway lmfao.

My dad doesn't even know about my dolls because it's just not the sort of thing I'd talk about with him lmfao. I'm close with my dad, but I know what things to just not bother bringing up, and dolls definitely fall into that category I think he'd find it extra weird since I was NEVER into dolls as a kid, and now suddenly I'm in my early 30s and obsessed with them ahaha.
Dad and I always hang out at his place or go out to his vacation home, so it's not like he comes around my place and sees them.

My mom knows about them because I'll chat with her about them sometimes! I'm close with her as well, so she also comes over to my place often and sees them.
Mom's SORTA supportive! She likes the creative aspects of the hobby, anyway. She thinks it's cool that I've begun learning to sew properly and have gotten back into photography and whatnot since getting into dolls! I know she thinks it's a BIT weird, ahaha, but she's nice about it anyway!
Guess I'd say she's more neutral than truly supportive. But she's not unsupportive either, so I'll take it!

 

My partner knows everything and is very supportive since it makes me happy and creative. My parents are half half. In the beginning it was the classic of "what do you need a doll for" or "why waste the money on that" since they're quite frugal themselves (and generally so am I) plus I had never been into dolls growing up. Despite this, they did help me pay part of the body of my first doll as a birthday present back in the time when I started. They thought I would get out of dolls eventually I believe, that it was a phase.
This year it will be 19 years I've been in the hobby so obviously by now they have just accepted it's not going anywhere They generally know dolls are expensive but not how much since I've always told them lower prices than the real ones. They have warmed up to them and they especially like the creative side of it.
I have a younger brother, he's always been ok with it, doesn't care much but sometimes he asks me some things about it or to show him some of my dolls out of curiosity.

I don't keep in touch with anyone else of the extended family but I think some of them knew I was into dolls, but very generally. They already had enough things to use to criticise me so they never got to use dolls against me lol

 

I think I already replied to this thread eons ago but anyway. I live in my family home and my parents have been ok with my doll hobby really from the get go. I’ve had a myriad of other hobbies before bjds including cosplay, egl etc… so they are used to it! At first I wasn’t super open with them about the price which I guess is quite common… they know now though and 6 years down the line it’s at the point when I’m open with them over it and it’s now a long running joke in my family! A few of my dolls now just chill in the living room and basically are my mom’s dolls. My dad really loves them and is very good at restringing. He is a collector himself and taught me a thing or two about packaging up items for sending

 

My family is overall really supportive My mom is super interested in my faceups and very encouraging whenever I feel down about something I did. She does ask me “why do you need another doll” sometimes, which is totally fair when half of my resin is either naked or in terrible clothes that don’t suit them at all xD She also is happy to help me make clothes for them, which is super amazing and I couldn’t be more grateful. We just need to clean our sewing room!

My dad will nod and smile at my work, which is basically the “big thumbs up from poppy” from Kronk’s New Groove xD

My little sister could not care less altogether.

The whole fam knows the cost and they don’t really think much of it. I’ve always had expensive hobbies (action figures, cosplay, now BJD) so it’s not anything new and they can appreciate the creative aspect.

My favorite reaction though is one of my guy friends. I showed him my dolls (quite nervously) and he thinks they are awesome and is extremely supportive of my faceups and other things I make for them. So supportive in fact that he has made versions of them in Hero Forge (a website for making D&D minis, lol). I thought it was so sweet, it really made me smile

 

My partner and I have a few hobbies so he's not fazed by the costs and he thinks the dolls are cute. Our friends don't hang out at our place, so they will probably not see the dolls anytime soon. They all collect figures and paint mini figures so honestly I wouldn't expect them to react negatively to a doll.

My family is not aware of my dolls because I started collecting after I moved out. It would not be the end of the world if they found out. Most people in my family have something they enjoy (sewing, video games, wood crafting, writing stories, etc) and are not at all judgmental about other peoples' interests. But... there are a few that don't seem to understand the idea of a hobby. Like they can't fathom doing an activity that isn't "productive" in some way. Growing up, interacting with them was always awkward, and I hated feeling like I had to justify or rationalize the things I enjoyed. Now, I'm able to recognize that those people don't have much to talk about, and live in a pretty small world. So I don't interact with them beyond the bare minimum.

 

My family knows, and has known, the price of my dolls since the beginning. Were they supportive? ...not really. But they also didn't stop me. My mom thinks they are too expensive and is always on me to sell them. My dad, before he passed, was generally more supportive but stayed out of it. My brother could really care less. But they all understand that this is something for me that brings me a lot of joy so they let me be (mostly). I do try to keep my purchases to a minimum and am a bit sneaky with bringing boxes in. I'm an adult, so it's not a fear of being yelled at, it's more that I don't want to stir the pot.

 

I'm not sure if my dad knows the prices - I'm pretty sure he'd lose his mind if he knew, but hey he dishes out plenty for his audio equipment, to each their own hobby! - but my mom was actually the one who got me my first doll! She let me pick everything out and paid for it, though she reminded me through the whole process that anything beyond the first set would be up to me to pay, which is 100% fine. I'm really grateful because I know they cost a pretty penny.

My sister knows they're expensive, though I'm not sure if she knows how much...

But in the end when it boils down to what I do from here on out - if it's with my money, aside from some baffled reactions from dad if he found out prices, I don't think they'd be unsupportive because they know I love dolls and, well, y'know, it ain't their money.

 

My parents don't mind since I buy them with my own money and they have always been very supportive of me and my hobbies! I would say we have a very close and mutual relationship so it helps. They really don't understand them- which is funny but that's ok. My partner actuallu thinks they're quite cool and has helped me buy a few of my dolls. He actually watches me unbox them and tries to support me alot! It's very nice

 

My family was never supportive of any of my hobbies, but that was never really an issue because I began collecting dolls when I was already an adult who no longer depended on them for buying stuff. However, I understand that my mom, specially, had a very difficult childhood and had to grow up fast to help my grandma, so she tends to take everything too serious and never got any hobbies of her own to understand how it feels. Now and then she asks me to donate everything to charity and I my reply is always NO hahahahaha!

But I'd never tell them how much this hobby costs, because then my mother would get really vocal about it and we'd sure argue more. Nah, I prefer having my peace of mind unbothered.

 

My dad was always supportive and really enjoyed seeing my dolls and he always asked about them and what new project I was working on for them. My mom is supportive, but I think indifferent to the dolls themselves? She's more into the sewing side and she really likes when I go to her house and sew with her. I think that's been nice because it's become a bonding moment for us, she sews whatever purse or quilt she's working on and I'll sew my doll clothes and we'll watch Call the Midwife together. My wife (they/them) thinks the dolls are creepy, but they're always excited that I'm excited about them. I like showing my wife all the little clothes and accessories that I make, because they like tiny things, too!

 

It warms me to hear of so many people with supportive families, friends, and partners. For those who do not have a network like that, I hope you'll be able to find your people one day. In some cases, you might already have support around you, but they just need a chance to warm up to the idea. That was the case for me.

I waited about 3 years before I told my folks I was saving up for my grail BJD (first doll). When they found out, they were horrified at how much it would cost. They even thought I was a bit possessed, because I'd always been afraid of dolls since I was a kid due to an extremely traumatic bullying incident in school. But my mom's friend encouraged them to be more open-minded, so when I finally saved up enough to pay for the doll, my parents helped me make the transaction.

I can't thank them enough for giving me a chance, as getting my SD13 Tsukasa helped me overcome my crippling fear of dolls. Having panic attacks when seeing any dolls/gnomes/figurines made doing normal things like shopping or going to other people's houses really hard. It's hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago now, but this hobby changed my life for the better

 

Even if my dorries are bought with my own money, I'd rather not let my parents know their true price XDXDXD

 

Oh no
Nobody knows the price of my dolls
I usually dance around the question when it gets brought up or give a price that is nowhere near true price

 

Oh jeez, no they absolutely do not know how expensive they are. They know they are pricey but they don't know specifics, and I honestly dont think they need to. My mom thinks they are kind of creepy and immature because she can't really grasp that this is an adult specific hobby. My dad doesn't care, he is an artist so he gets odd artistic behavior and purchases. My grandmother is pretty supportive. She thinks it's endearing but that may just be that she's my grandma

I am trying to imagine a charity that would accept BJDs and the only thing I can think of is a collectors house with a huge banner that has the word CHAIRTY written on it