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

Given my age, interests (I'm a geek/nerd with your average geeky interests) and the fact that most of the people in my area are sort of rednecks, and most women my age are married and raising kids (which I have no interest in)
...I've pretty much known I was going to end up a Crazy something or other Lady for a long time. ...It's just a matter of what the blank after crazy gets filled in with.

 

I am a crazy cat person? I guess cats are my gateway addiction to doll collecting...

 

Meh, I've been a nutty doll person since third grade or so. It's probably as much a part of my fundamental identity as anything I do, the dolls just look a lot nicer now. No more sloppy crochet with oversized yarn or unhemmed quilting cotton dresses for my dolls! Their crochet will be to scale and their quilting cotton dresses will be fray-checked and hemmed within an inch of their little flowery lives thankyouverymuch!

 

I am already a crazy fish lady, so I am not worried about adding adding another thing to my list of crazies. all of those whose opinion matters to me know I am a huge nerd and am a bit...odd, so I am not worried about their judgement. The way I see it, hobbies are there to make you happy, and you should indulge all you want. As long as your bills are taken care of anyway.

 

I still haven't been able to buy a doll yet (I'm saving money for other things I need first and then I'll buy one) but I guess I am a bit worried about this? Not enough to keep me from joining the hobby, probably, but I'm sure I'll get some weird looks from family mostly. I was very very into dolls as a child, and I think they think I've grown past that, jokes on them!

 

I enjoy it too, but sometimes I overwhelm myself, lol. I think at this point I probably have 'enough' (what does THAT mean, lol?) but then along comes another that just screams at my soul ... oh, my ...

I wish you were my neighbor, lol. We'd get along very well!

 

Hehe thanks!

 

It doesn't necessarily concern me (I've already accepted my fate ) but I live in a rather...well-developed area where the people have "old-school" ways of thinking. So because of that I'm more anxious about people taking the hobby the wrong way.
...and then I remember that denver doll emporium is down the street and toy shops are pretty common around here so I have nothing to worry about

 

I don't mind what others call me - the important thing for me is that I am happy & feeling well in my everyday life. And bjd dolls contribute so much to my happiness

 

honestly i always have been a huge fan of dolls. when ever i talk about my dolls people just think i’m weird and find my dolls creepy. ;-; but they are beautiful so i don’t care about other peoples opinion

 

Doesn't really concern me. As long as I'm happy, it's fine.

 

Beware the stare of Mary Shaw
She had no children, only dolls

I kind of relish the image of an old spinster with a ton of dolls. (despite being 24 myself lol) I've spent far too much of my life so far deeply worrying about how others see me, and as I'm getting older I'm slowly realizing that the less I care, the happier I am. I feel like generally the expectation for adults (women in particular) is not to have any hobbies outside your career/household... which isn't realistic or fair.

However I can see the point in not wanting to have to explain the dolls to everyone that comes in your home... If I had a lot, I would definitely want to confine them to a bedroom or some other private space where I could control just how much of a "crazy doll lady" I look like to visitors.

 

I've accepted a future where I am living alone, surrounded by dolls and cats. However, I can't say for certain that is the path my life is taking. I'm only 27, after all...
I do intend to keep doll-ing as long as I can, though.

 

Yeah, I'm already crazy...dolls or no dolls!

 

I am doll crazy, society hates it, my dolls like it, so i don't care...

 

I'm all sorts of crazy already, just add the dolls to the list. It's one of the things that make me ME and an overall interesting human being. I'm privileged by being surrounded by the loveliest people with their own unique quirks so I feel safe and loved with mine. I guess there are people who find my stuff strange, but meh. I'm glad I don't have to invite these people into my life more than I have to.

 

I'm more likely to get teased over my cats than my dolls. I love both, and embrace my strangeness, so I'm not bothered.

 

I loooooooooove my dollies to bits and do plan on having more, but I try to have a little bit of everything in life X3.

 

Honestly I feel what really denotes someone as a "crazy doll lady" or something of the sort isn't the amount of dolls someone has or anything. It's how they react to situations involving their dolls.

A person can own a lot of cats for instance. If they're all in proper cages and well taken care of in a facility rather than a house people assume it's a shelter unless told otherwise. But if they're free roaming in a dirty house people just think "Omg a crazy cat person".

Basically it's just a matter of how the situation is perceived. Personally I'd just rather not care what anyone else says and enjoy life though.

 

I struggle with it. But take that with a grain of salt because I have social anxiety. I overthink how people perceive me and I worry unnecessarily.

However it's not completely irrational as I have one coworkers that as pegged as the crazy doll lady. I had told her when I had an issue with one of my dolls about them and now she'll tag me in creepy reborn mods and any scary doll things. She know what my dolls look like and that they aren't the same. But thinks that I enjoy the creepiness of them I guess?

I also worry about them seeming like child substitutes because I collect child like tinies.

In short, yes but it's not something I worry about very often. It just another thing that makes me keep them to myself.