Doll "Family"

Is your doll really your family? Yes, I consider them my family because I view them as my little kids. I also create family trees with them, of course they are inanimate objects or art items but they are also MY creation and I am in this hobby because I bond with my dolls. I don't have the time OR money to spent on things I will just see as objects and consider them the same as a picture on the wall or a tv....if it gets lost or stolen, it can be replaced but my dolls can NOT be replaced and I would be devastated if something like that happens.
Do you address them as your children, or something else? I dress them as I would like to dress my children, yes. Kids or teenagers, I can admit this influence I have from my brothers.
Do you truly love your dolls? Yes, I utterly, truly love them. I bonded with them and they make me happy when I see them. I'm proud of my kiddies^^
If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? The individual doll. Money is money, there's nothing you can do about it if it's lost, just keep going and make more money but my dolls, even if most of them are basics, each of them have that special touch from me that make them irreplaceable. If I lost my Kyoshi or some of my Isul dolls, I would feel like when someone dear to you is killed.
Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? Yes, why not? I have no kids after all and my dolls are projecting that wish of having kids someday plus they are dear to me.

 

Is your doll really your family? Nope. My family consists of my husband and children. As much as I wish the dolls were living, breathing beings, and no matter if I assign them "personalities", the fact remains that they are still objects, things, possessions.

Do you address them as your children, or something else? I jokingly refer to them as "Resin Babies" (for the BJDs), and "Plastic Kids" (for my Pullip & Company dolls & Blythe clone), but I do not really consider them my actual children.

Do you truly love your dolls? Well, I'll say "I love my dolls" just like I say "I love my car" or "I love going to the movies". Love in this sense meaning a sense of enjoyment. I know that I like my dolls very much...I consider them to be some of my most cherished posessions. But for me, love is reserved for people--my family, friends, pets, etc.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? I think I would be more upset over the loss of the actual dolls. While I deem my dolls valuable enough to be covered under my insurance, and I could get money to replace them in case of a loss, I don't think my dolls could ever really be replaced. For some reason, I just don't think it would be the same for me to replace the dolls. Many of them have custom face-ups that make them irreplaceable to me.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? Not really, no. My dolls have families of their own, but seeing as they all "live" on my doll shelf, they are a tight-knit group of friends, a community. My dolls "know" they are dolls and I'm just the caretaker.

 

Is your doll really your family?
No, my fiance, parents, and sisters, etc are my family, as well as my two dogs and cat. I see BJDs as inanimate things, so I can't consider them 'family'

Do you address them as your children, or something else?
Nope, just as my 'dolls' or 'dollies' ^^

Do you truly love your dolls?
Not sure, I am attached them, not sure if it's exactly love? I mean, I wouldn't die if I lost them somehow, but they are really special to me ^^

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
A little bit of both I think. My dolls are representation of characters that spawned from the dolls, a little bit of me is poured into each one of them

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
Mmm, my own little -doll- family, of course~ Since they only belong to me xD

 

Is your doll really your family?
No. I call them the 'family', but it's more a term that applies to them, not to me. I don't see them as something that can give me true companionship like a family can.


Do you address them as your children, or something else?
I might call them the 'kids', but again, it's just a term, not something that really means anything. I don't think of them as my children at ALL.


Do you truly love your dolls?
Not in the way that I love a person or a pet. I do care for my dolls, and some of them are very special to me, but if I lost all of them it wouldn't destroy me. I feel a connection more to their characters than anything else. To me, the dolls are just resin representations of the characters I have created, and that's what I'm really attached to.


If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
It depends on the doll. If it were one of my core dolls, I would be very upset that the doll itself had been stolen. But if it were one of my newer dolls, or one that I wasn't as attached to, I'd be more upset about the money, and all the pain it would be to try to get a replacement.


Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
I don't really have a part in my doll's "family". Again, they are characters that I have created, so I see myself more as an omniscient puppet master more than someone that is actively involved in their "lives". So no, I suppose I don't think of them as my family. I think of them as characters in a story that happen to have a physical form.

 

Is your doll really your family?
No, their are my hobby.

do you address them as your children, or something else?
No, I just call them my dolls.

Do you truly love your dolls?
I don't know if love is the right word, since they are still objects. I really like them and I am emotionally attached to them though. But not love like you love a human being or something.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
Both, but more the individual doll because of the emotional attachment to it. I spend a lot of time making their clothes, doing their face-ups, making their wigs... And if I'd get the same mold and do it again, I don't think it will feel the same to me.
And a lot of my dolls are limited edition, so it would be really hard to get a new one as well.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
No, they are just my collection.

 

Is your doll really your family? No.
do you address them as your children, or something else? Sometimes I jokingly tell my parents they need to get used to their resin grandchildren, but I'm not serious and I don't think of my dolls as relatives so of course I don't call them my kids, siblings, etc.
Do you truly love your dolls? Yes, but as dolls.
If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? It would depend on the doll. Some of my dolls can no longer be replaced at all (unless I got really lucky on the marketplace but as I don't like buying second-hand dolls I probably wouldn't even look there to begin with) or can't be replaced in exactly the same format that they had before (e.g. all the Delfs I got from Luts when they were still selling the Cerebus Project dolls) so for them I would freak out about both the lost money and the actual doll. But for the ones I can still replace, I think it would be more the money that would anger me.
Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? No.

 

Is your doll really your family?
hahaha no.

do you address them as your children, or something else?
I refer to them as "my dolls" because that's what they are :-p I think i referred to them as my "doll family" a couple times in group photos, but I don't take it seriously.

Do you truly love your dolls?
I guess so? Maybe kinda? Not that I would marry them... but I want to make sure they're taken care of so they look nice and comfortable and they're really fun to have around and they're quiet and don't try to kill me in my sleep. I like when things don't try to kill me in my sleep.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
The money lost. I have been broke my entire life and have issues with spending money, even if I have a little to spare sometimes. There is nothing unique or rare about any of my dolls so they would be replaceable.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
.... no?

 

I sent a group photo of my OT dolls to my mom and said "Your new grandkids" because she ain't gettin' any babies from me. It was lighthearted and when I had pet rats she called them her grandkids. So that's fun.

 

Is your doll really your family?
No. My dolls are not my family. They are my possessions. They mean a lot to me, but I would never place the high importance on an object that I would place on a human or animal family member.

Do you address them as your children, or something else?
No, I do not address them as my children. Usually I refer to them as my resin roommates or my 'crew' or when I'm talking to non-dolly people, simply as "my dolls".

Do you truly love your dolls?
No. I think it's impossible to "truly love" an object. The dolls can't love me in return like my family, friends and pets can do. I'm strongly attached to my dolls and they hold a great deal of sentimental value for me, but I think it really diminishes the true meaning of love if it's used to refer to something inanimate.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
I think I'd be worried more about the individual doll, although the money would also be a concern. I've had things (not dolls) stolen before, and my first reaction was to miss the object itself, but my second reaction was that I'd lost the money I put into that object and that it would cost more money if I needed to replace it. I don't know if I'd want to replace a doll if it got stolen. I wouldn't want to spend the money, but also in terms of sentimental value, most of my dolls are really irreplaceable. I think I would rather remember them as they were than to try and recreate them. The new version would never be the same as the original, in my opnion.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
No. They're not my little family. They are, however, members of their own little family. My current dolls are mostly all "related" to each other and they have a few close friends as well.

 

Is your doll really your family?
No, although I still treat them like living objects, as a person who believes in the supernatural. I can fall in love with fictional characters, I still prefer to have a real human lover who can love me back. In fact, I actually want real children to continue my bloodline even if I am long gone.

do you address them as your children, or something else?
Dolls are not, and will never be my children. However, as these dolls are my creation to a certain degree and something which feels like a part of me, I consider them as my soul in materialized, or carbonized form. I call them my soul in material form because if I didn't exist, then they would never exist.

Do you truly love your dolls?
As I mentioned above, they are like my material soul, but I can't love them as how much I would love my family or lover.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
Both, because I feel like if my doll is gone, then what I have all paid for is flushed completely down the toilet.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
As I mentioned earlier, they will ever be my family. They will only be my soul. The dolls are never blood related towards each other too.

 

Is your doll really your family? Not in the same way I think of my cats and my dog as my family.

do you address them as your children, or something else? Something else. I always refer to them by their names. I don't necessarily think of myself as their Mommy.

Do you truly love your dolls? Yes. Despite being inanimate objects, I tend to project a lot of feelings onto them. When you put so much effort into dressing them, styling their hair, picking thir eye color... I feel like I put so much effort into them that I can't help it!

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? BOTH! I think of them as having their own personalities and I couldn't afford to buy a replacement right now, so they couldn't be replaced physically or mentally!

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? I think of them as being their own family. Maybe my resin family (o^^o)♪

 

Is your doll really your family? Yes, they are my children
Do you address them as your children, or something else? Yes, and my mom calls them grandchildren, even my brother call them niece
Do you truly love your dolls? yes, they are an important part in my life
If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? the doll would hurt most. Even if I manage to get the same sculpt it would only be a doll that looks like my doll.
Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? totally, my three dolls plus my dog

 

Is your doll really your family?
Not at all, it is only like any decoration item in my house (well somewhat higher price >_>)

do you address them as your children, or something else?
No way. I very often say "the doll" instead of their names I seldom pronounce.

Do you truly love your dolls?
What do you mean by "truly" ? If you mean like a pet or a friend, I'd say no. But if you mean like a dear object, I'd say yes. I really like them for what they represent (some were gifted to me by people I adore) and the amount of work I put in.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
Both (because dolls are not cheap, some are rare, and some were gifts). More, I'd be mostly upset about the mere fact the persone stole something, whatever it is.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
Dear god no

 

I think we all need a little "pretend" world! Life is tough as it is. My one and only doll (so far) is part of my family.!!

 

Is your doll really your family? Nope. My doll characters are little families of thier own, but they are nothing to do with me ^^ I'm not made of resin ^^
Do you address them as your children, or something else? My BJDs are just that... my bjds. My Dollies ^^ My lil resin people ^^ Basically... mine!
Do you truly love your dolls? I (and I think most of the population) use the term 'love' very loosly and carelessly. I love pizza, and sweets, and chocolate, and especially music ^^ Metal mostly ^^ And I am materialistic. It's sad but true xD So yes I do love my dolls ^^ But... truly? I don't know lol I'd be sad if they wern't arround, I'd miss them. And as much as I 'love' a lot of my posessions, I love the dolls more than my pc, tv, camera... practically everything except 1 cuddley toy from my childhood. So I love them a lot yes, but I'm aware there are things in life more important than dolls ^^"
If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? Not worried... upset/concerned is more acurate as I cant worry over something thats already happened. I worry about it happening I supose. The part that would upset me most is the doll. Money probably wouldn't cross my mind. I think money currupts. When and if I worry about money I feel I'm a worse person. Money comes and goes. So I'd just have to save and buy a new bjd. Like others have said I could never buy the same doll, as well ... it wouldn't be the same. I still have the photos and I'd miss them and be stupidly upset about it, but things happen.
Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? No, but they are MY Dollies! My things, my prized posessions.

Also want to say, I hope my opinions upset nobody. I've found it interesting how different people's answers are

 

Is your doll really your family? No

Do you address them as your children, or something else? My Bjd's ~ My dolls

Do you truly love your dolls? I admire them

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? The Individual doll

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? No, but I group certain dolls into a doll family

 

Is your doll really your family? No. My characters are more like good friends or acquaintances. I have actual family that's very important to me.do you address them as your children, or something else? Only in passing, but I especially tend to refer to my handmade dolls as my babies.Do you truly love your dolls? Yes, but only as dolls/objects/characters.If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost? The individual dolls and the very personal violation it represents. I consider my art an extension of myself. Money is an abstract concept that means little to me, but my art is a piece of myself.Do you think of your dolls as your own little family? I see them as their own little family. I consider myself somewhat outside of their little world. I'm very emotionally invested in them, but I'm on the outside looking in.

 

Is your doll really your family?
Not really. I own so many dolls, and none of them are related to each other, so calling them 'family' would feel a bit awkward to me

do you address them as your children, or something else?
Again, most of my characters are fully-grown, independent adults. I'd feel a bit odd calling them my 'children'! I generally just talk about them as 'my dolls' or 'my collection'.

Do you truly love your dolls?
As much as I can love something non-animate, definitely. I'm endlessly fascinated, both by their characters and by the artistry that has gone into making the dolls themselves. I think it's safe to say that I love them like you might love an amazing painting, or an incredible piece of jewelry. I don't love my dolls the way I love my parents, my friends or my pets.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
Neither, really. I'd be most concerned about anything irreplaceable about the doll (mod work, blushing, handmade props or clothing). Replacement money can be earned, and dolls can be replaced.

 

Is your doll really your family?
No, I consider my cats and a few very close friends family as well as blood relatives, but family is living things only.

do you address them as your children, or something else?
Sometimes I jokingly call them my resin children, but mostly I just say "my dolls" or their names

Do you truly love your dolls?
As much as a person can love an object, definitely. They have a lot of sentimental value, and I love dressing them up and writing about their characters. I see them as shells for characters as much as I see the objects themselves, I and love making up stories.

If someone was to steal your doll, which would you be more worried about: the individual doll, or the money lost?
Both. The doll, mostly because a lot of my dolls are discontinued and/or have custom faceups. The money, because with enough money and time I can get a satisfactory new shell for the character of the doll that was lost, but it won't be cheap.

Do you think of your dolls as your own little family?
Sort of? I think of them more as my own creation. Like a work of art I made, or a project I put together. Some of the characters are related though, and I do think of those ones as families.