Does your age reflect on the dolls you purchase?

I'm 21, and I prefer more mature boy that fall around that age or a bit older. I don't like children so I can't stand tinies. And given the way I dress my boys, I'd feel like a pervert if I dressed a less mature doll that way ><

 

I'm 16 and my doll looks around 14-17. In body anyway. My doll dresses like I do, goth-loli, victorian and doll-like. I would wear her shoes in human size if I could. She is a smaller version of me. I only have one for now but I might get an older boy to go along with her later on. Most MSD sized boys look too young for her so I might get an SD sized boy.

 

I don't think it makes a difference. I am 40 and I like them all although I tend to not be drawn to the more realistic sculpts. I have an SD, MSDs and a tiny and love them all.

 

Sorry to be OT a little, but wow that is pretty strong. Maybe you just haven't met the right ones I was never really a "child" person either, but once I had one of my own, there is nothing like it. I'm still not drawn to other people's kids, but it is different with your own.

 

I do think it does, but I can't phrase it in a way that won't make it sound silly. However I am noticing that younger members do seem to have more scene looking dolls. o.o

 

I am getting closer to mid thirties now I buy whatever doll strikes me. My group of bjds consist of mature looking and cute looking boys. I like variety.

 

i'm 20, and i don't really like kids (nannied 3 kids for a summer, it killed my love for kids) but all my bjd are and only one is going to look somewhat older but she'll mostly like be a teenager. though this may be becasue i don't know what it's like to be older then 20

 

Hmmm I can't recall if I posted in this topic, haha...

I'm 41 and I tend to collect younger-looking dolls... but I don't know if it's because of my "age" per se. I don't like kids in general (that is to say I take them as individuals... some I like some I don't) but my "inner age" is about 10 so that's what (as Volks puts it) my "another yourself" tends to be. I am not my dolls' mommy; in no sense, they are all me.

I really loathe any sort of fashion doll aesthetic, and anything with boobs makes me wanna get out the sandpaper heh. I have one big girl (nods at avatar) and she's pushing the envelope. If it weren't for the large ears I wouldn't have her. But it isn't because of my age. So I guess my whole point is no, I don't think my literal (corporeal? chronological?) age reflects on what dolls I purchase.

Raven

 

Most of the dolls I like have some childish look to them -not necessarily cute but probably from 12 to 17. I'm currently seventeen with a childish disposition. I think personality is what's the significant factor, though.

 

And THAT is presumptuous...

Believe it or not, there actually are people out there... Yes, even women... who flat-out don't like kids. Telling them that they'll change their mind after "Meeting the right child" or having a few of their own is about as reasonable as telling an arachniphobe that they'd be peachy-keen with a pet tarantula if they would just let one crawl down their pants.

As I said earlier, my dolls are not child substitutes. If I liked kids and wanted them, I'd have them... But I don't, and so I haven't. No amount of baby-sitting or tut-tutting from the Let's-Be-Mommies camp is likely to change my opinion, or any of the other childless-by-choice people's. Not to mention how insulting it is to essentially be told, "There there, dearies. I know you'll eventually come to your senses and change your minds."

 

Well I don't know if my age affects what dolls I buy (though currently I could be a "granny" to some of you!). It DOES, however, give me alot more years to fall in love with many different kinds. Yes, I always played with dolls - as a child and then secretly when I was grown up. But then I don't always consider myself "grown up". It's all in how you look at it, I guess. My first love was Ginny and baby dolls, then Barbie. When I graduated from high school my mom & I collected Madame Alexander. I recently inherited alot of her antique dolls so joined a club to learn about them. In the process I learned more about modern dolls and started a Hitty collection, then Helen Kish and now the BJD's are top of my list. Right now I'm looking for a large SD, maybe about a 9-11 year old child. I like big eyes and a slight smile, the real skin look and nice resin. I'm starting to read some of the comments here to help me make a decision and looking at some of the manufacturer's websites. There's so much to see and to know! It may be a while until I find "miss perfect".

 

Everyone says "It's different with your own" but honestly, I think that's a risk better not taken if someone doesn't like kids to start with. I have known a few people in my time who have had their own kids and found that no, it's not different, they still hate kids. Let the people who don't want kids live without them without being cajoled about it.

Back on topic, I like tinies that are unrealistically childlike, littles that are pure fantasy, and 60cm+ dolls that are very realistic and mature. So I have a bunch of 12cm cute kid dolls, a bunch of 20cm blue elves and fox spirits and such, and a couple of ElfDoll grownup looking sculpts for the taller dolls. All over the board but definitely certain types for certain sizes.


bta

 

I'm in my mid-20s, and my doll/planned incoming dolls are all SD/SD13 types.

Nope, I don't think my age has anything to do with it, but I guess the characters I came up with dollwise had a lot to do with it - they're all schoolkids attending the same school.

- Mel

 

I'm 23; my first doll (I never actually gave her an age), but she looks like a very immature 13 year old. My second doll coming soon that I am molding after my character will be about my age.

I'm really getting into the anthro dolls, though, so I'm not sure how my age reflects on that; all I can say is I love animals, and BJDs, so anthros are just perfect for an animal lover at -any- age. ^^

 

I have to say I agree wholeheartedly with gracie here, I love my own child, but I do not gush automatically over others', nor are my dolls my children. Since you haven't had a child, *you* are the one being presumptuous here. *We* have seen both sides, you have not. Arachniphobes will never give birth to spiders, your analogy falls a bit short. No one is telling you you should have been a mommy, or should consider your dolls your children. I've encountered your strident attitude about this subject elsewhere and I wish you'd not take it personally *every* time.
No one here is demeaning you for your choices. We are all quite alike, I can assure you.

Raven

 

I chose the spiders as an example because I thought it wasn't quite as potentially flamable as a the OTHER "You just haven't met the right X" example we've all heard. Which is also a load of bull.

That aside, I'm not one of the strident "child-haters" you remember from elsewhere, Raven. I don't really have anything against kids. I just know myself well enough to know that I don't want to have one.

My only beef with any of this is that I really don't appreciate being told that I'd change my mind if I were dumb enough to ignore that knowledge and have one anyway. That that sentiment (as well as the "substitute child" issue-) comes up more often because of the dolls doesn't make it any less ridiculous or tiresome.

 

I think we are taking the "kids" issue a little too personally here. You don't want kids. That's OK, no-one is forcing you too. It doesn't seem like anyone was intending to stir up dissent - gracie was just expressing her opinion as a mother. So let's all calm down, shall we?

Back to the topic - I think what someone said earlier about personality being the deciding factor is definitely right. I'm 19, and I tend to be drawn to the realistic and proportional molds - I like things realistic, down to the dot. I also like more mature looking molds - ones in their 20s, I suppose because I want them to become certain book characters. At the same time, though, I also love some of the cuter SD girls - ones like E-an, but the difference is I don't think I would get one. Not in the foreseeable future anyway. In general I like girls, although circumstances led to the first 2 dolls of mine being boys. Maybe me liking girls has something to do with being able to dress them up in clothes I'd never buy for myself, nor ever get to wear?

 

I think it might have more to do with the overall fundimental disposition of a person than their age. Even as a teenager I wasn't that into really cute things, and I'm still not.

 

I'm in my 40ies, with two teenage kids (well one teen and one almost there) and my doll is somewhere between 16 and 18, I'm not quite sure.

The baby-ish dolls scare me. I prefer my dolls to look at least late teen.

 

I'm 54 and I just ordered a DZ Feilian - and mature doll. It was very important for me that she had a mature body.

I agree with her not being my child but rather me. I think it's about inner age because if this had been 10 years ago I would probably have wanted a child or young teen.


As for having children I think that you should only have a child if you have a very strong wish for it. Anything else wouldn't be fair to the child. People are different and we should all try to respect each others differenses. That said I have worked with old people and growing old and not having any children very easily leaves people with a feeling of emptiness. But children are here to be loved and protected - not for what they can do for us now or when we grow old.

Oh and btw I always loved children all ages - except I had a problem with teen girls until I had accepted myself for what I was as a teen. To me children are just as interresting as adults and they are just as much individuals. Children or adults - we're all just people.


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