Does becoming a "crazy doll lady/person" concern you?

I'm already there and I just embrace it, honestly. I used to be shy about it when I was younger and would pretend to be "basic," but that just drew in other basic people that I didn't have anything in common with. Now that I'm older, I just let myself be ME and all the weird/craziness that entails and it draws like-minded weirdos to me and now I actually have friends who actually KNOW me and that I have things in common with.

 

I think as long as you don't have your house look like a garbage dump with dolls thrown around randomly then you're probably fine

 

I don’t really worry about it; people will either be cool with it or not. And definitely take those documentaries with a grain of salt – there was a video once about an antique doll dealer I worked for, that made her out to be a doll hoarder. They never once mentioned that it was her business – just made it seem like she had a house completely full of dolls for the fun of it (her collection actually only filled four small glass cases) and forced her husband and adult daughter to do it with her (family business).

Of course nothing wrong with having a large collection! My point is just that not everything you see in the media is accurate. Enjoy your dolls and don’t let the haters get you down.

 

What do you mean "becoming"?

I was born this way!

 

I am a crazy doll person, and nope it doesn't concern me.

My grandmother was a doll collector, and when we used to go shopping with my mom, neither one of us could resist stopping by the doll store. She was mostly into the Shirley Temple dolls, and other dolls that had a more of an old fashioned look, and I collected harlequins at the time. We both collected Barbie Dolls. This was before I knew of BJD's, but she kind of broke ground for doll collecting in my family. When she passed away, I got most of her Barbie Collection.

I have a lot of different types of dolls, and sure sometimes when workers come into the house the get floored by my collection, a few have even asked to take pictures to bring home and show their wives or kids, and I am fine with this. Most of my dolls are on display. All my BJD's are on display.

I just don't care what other people think, my dolls make me happy, and that is what matters. People are going to think what ever they are going to think about me. They probably already thought it. I have no control of how other people perceive me, nor would I want that burden. The only thing I can control is my reaction to another person. If someone is negative toward my collection, I can choose to let it bother me, or I can choose to ignore them.

I have had negative reactions on the internet, but that is just a reason to ignore and block someone, no reason to try to talk to a rude random person that was being unreasonable in the first place.

Sometimes family can be negative, but they are family so sometimes just sitting down with them and explaining why dolls are an important hobby in my life and then talk about what they like as a hobby, can very much turn a family members opinions around into excepting my doll collecting.

Friends are a different story, they are either going to accept the dolls or not, if they don't they weren't much of a friend, although I've never lost a friend for being the crazy doll person, instead, I made more friends because of it.

 

That is so mean and I hate that this is not the first time I hear of something like that. The media will sometimes take a person with a weird or niche hobby/occupation, and blow it out of proportion for some sensationalism. This is some bully behavior, to me.

 

Yeah, it was pretty awful. They framed it as a normal interview when they were actually filming, and then later on slanted everything she said and all of the footage. It was like that one news story about BJDs back around 2007, that made us all seem like we hallucinate our dolls talking or something.

(of course, ultimately the joke is on the interviewers – there’s big money in antique dolls if you know what you’re doing, and my former boss does. So I guess the “crazy doll lady” got the last laugh!)

 

We way passed that. im very much a loser doll lady and that is what it is.
but then the girs with luxurious lives copy my dreadful behavior because the "glamorous" MY KIDS my HUZZBAND girlies are sometimes not always, a little repressed. We all have something the next b!tch wish they had.

 

People are always going to judge you. If it's not for your "crazy" fun hobby, it's your salary. your job. your home. your vehicle. your knowledge at a single point in time. your skills at a single point in time. your physical or emotional state at a single point in time. the way you look. the way you speak. the people you love. some single bad decision you made.
There is no way to win everyone over. And trying to doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun. It's not something I want to remember on my death bed. I'd much rather enjoy my life in my way. And dolls are something I enjoy in life.

 

Add it to the list.
I'm a crazy old lady, a crazy cat lady, a crazy no-kids lady...
Wanna go crazy? It's a short trip! We have cake! And dolls.

 

I already collect anime figures and doujinshi so I'm okay with being a weirdo lmao.

 

My DZ MiYou sleeps on my bed with me—pretty sure I'm WELL into Doll Weirdo territory lmfao.
But nahhh, it's not something that concerns me! Even though I KNOW my little collection will only get bigger.
My bank account might be concerned, but not me!

 

I'm absolutely fine with it, in fact, I can't wait to get my ''Crazy Doll Lady'' certificate!
I already am a certified Crazy plant lady, and I really want to improve my resumé.

 

My house, my rules. Make fun of my dolls, and they'll jump you. And they're always watching...

 

I’m autistic and dolls have been my longest running special interest, so I’ve been a crazy doll collector since I was a child lol.

BJD collecting is relatively new to me though, and I’m a bit concerned about the price of collecting, since I have a hard time liking things a “normal” amount. I’m limiting myself to one new doll every 6 months.

 

Not in the slightest. I like dolls, that's all that matters.
The way I see it, at least I'm doing something I love. I have things I love outside of the "norm". Does anyone who hides themselves away to conform really have the right to judge me? I think not.

 

Not at all, I don’t have many dolls but I love telling people about them. It’s a cool hobby, and then other people tell me about their cool hobbies too! ^^

 

I'm not quite concerned about being perceived as a "crazy doll lady/person" but I am worried about the infantilizing notions that can pop into people's heads with doll-related hobbies - so unless I'm talking to a) a doll person or b)my partner who only knows I collect because of the boxes arriving at home I will zip about it. I'd be totally fine being labelled weirdo or crazy as long as I'm taken seriously as an adult, or not being labelled with additional uncalled-for labels (no, collecting is not hoarding, no it's not a kink thing), but sadly people are too mean imo. It's funny though - figurines are fine and making puppets is interesting to people but collecting dolls opens up a very weird conversation usually

 

I'm usually totally okay with being a crazy doll lady. I think it's kind of cool to have a hobby that is a bit different... until I get a crush on someone. Then I start worrying that they're going to find out and think I'm a weirdo, and I start wishing I had more normal hobbies.

My brain knows this is silly, and if someone judges me for my dolls they are obviously not the one for me, but my heart is stupid

 

Came here to say a very similar thing! I'm autistic as well and dolls have been a long-running special interest for me since childhood.

Because of the way special interests/hyperfixations work in my brain, I also feel like I don't really have the ability to engage in my interests to a "normal" level--it tends to be all-consuming. And there's an immense joy that comes with that! It feels right to sink so deeply into an interest or hobby and dedicate most of my free time and energy to it. I have hundreds of off-topic dolls and 6-ish BJDs at this point and I think they'll probably be a lifetime interest for me.

I think that being autistic also contributes to me caring less about adhering to those norms about how much to be into something, if that makes sense? I don't want to pretend to be less interested in dolls. They make me happy so I want them to be a big part of my life. I like having a bedroom that's full of shelves with dolls and toys! And I fully plan to have a doll room at some point when I have the space. Ultimately, I don't care about being a "crazy doll person" because I think I'd be a lot more miserable if I didn't let myself sink into my interests to the level that my brain needs to in order to feel fulfilled.