Ever fallen out of love while waiting?

Ooh, I've never even thought about this before!
I'm kind of new to the whole BJD thing and my first doll should be coming in less than a week... I don't think I could ever fall out of love with him, but the idea is so scary! D:

 

This sort of happen to me for a split second. I bought an iplehouse Claude the other month which I am really excited about.
Meanwhile I was stalking this souloid (Billian) from preview pics which I really, really wanted! Once Billian was released he was so perfect! But the price...
Evil thoughts came into my head "if only I didn't buy Claude..."

A few weeks later and I'm ok with not having Billian, and I am still looking forward to my Claude!
Never really fell out of love with Claude, just more in love with Billian, could never justify spending that much money on him though...

 

I dont know if this counts, but I have lost interest in a doll waiting to buy it.

The doll I originally wanted to buy was sort of an impulse buy and while I was waiting I sort of looked around for stuff to buy for it and I found another doll that would be a little bit more, but worth it in a way so I decided to put my money towards that

I guess I didn't really want in the end

 

This is something I get moments of fear about. I did not impulse buy my first doll, infact I spent ages considering sculpts, character potential, wigs, clothes etc.. but that long wait leaves a lot of time for thinking of future projects. I don't think i'll regret my girl as such when she arrives - she'll be awesome! ..but since i've planned her as much as i can for now and ordered clothes, eyes and wigs, i've moved on to planning her male counterpart. Because he's going to be a hybrid and i plan to mod him, i'm currently feeling much more excited about him than Anna. I'm a sucker for beautiful things, they make me happy and can really brighten a crap day, but it's things that spark my creativity that really captivate my attention. I'm sure once my girl arrives and i can get to work sewing for her and photographing her i'll get more excited again. =)

 

I'm actually having my first experience with this right now, ironically enough. After 22 dolls, this has finally happened to me. I ordered Impl Gnaeus back in August and was initially very excited for him, but after some very disappointing communications with Impldoll, my enthusiasm has cooled considerably. It's not that I wish I'd spent the money on something else that I've seen in the meantime, but that I'm now wondering if this doll is going to be worth the money I spent. On one hand I feel like I don't care when/if this doll eventually makes it home, and on the other hand I feel pretty bad for thinking that way. I'm kind of hoping the apathetic feeling will go away once he finally does arrive.

 

Long layaways can try the soul. :P The longest I had was 6 months for a DC Colin. I didn't directly fall out of love with him, but by the time he arrived, my doll plans had taken another direction. I gave him a chance, and really found the perfect character and story for him. But, in the end, I sold the doll to someone who really will love him. I still have my story, and don't have to have a doll for it.

 

Yeah....sadly, it's happened to me twice, I LIKE the dolls very much, but I wish I'd seen them in person first. I thought that as soon they came home, that all would change, but it didn't. The kicker is that one of them was my dream doll for a long time, AND he's a limited edition. Now that I have him, I barely even touch him, and as much as he cost me, I found him for nearly half price on the MP here, ugh! And the other doll is just significantly different in person than she is in pictures, and I do mean good quality owner photos. Both dolls I like enough to not sell, but I try not to think of the 3 other dolls I could have bought with the money that went into the first two. These experiences have taught me to be especially careful about how much I want a doll before I commit to the purchase.

 

That has happened to me, I usually open the doll and hope that we will bond and usually I do. If not, she goes up for adoption.

 

Never, and I hope it to stay like that ;w; I only get more in love with the dolly in question and its character with time

 

I've never fallen out of love with a doll while waiting for it. Maybe I just have a lot of patience, or a very good idea of what I like, but I've never regretted purchasing a doll.

I have had that moment of 'ahhh, new doll is out, and I have no money due to another layaway/purchase', but I've never really thought 'I wish I hadn't bought that doll so I could buy this one instead'. I just think 'I want them both' and try to budget around that

 

Not while I was waiting but certainly on arrival, some dolls just didn't click in the way others do and it made bonding hard, knowing I didn't love them as well as the others.

 

This has definitely happened to me but I try to consider the fact that maybe by re-homing my 'mistake' (for lack of better words) I am making someone else very happy.

 

I think I've fallen out of love with my current doll on order, but the situation is complicated. I still love the sculpt (heck, her stock photo is my phone background so I look at her all the time), but I've got a bad taste in my mouth due to the shipment that she's in from Doll Leaves having been lost a couple weeks ago. Tuesday is, I believe, the deadline for EMS to find the shipment before we can get refunded (or have them start our order all over again). That combined with the fact that I've been trying to scope out new dolls to use for my OC, and that I'm realizing I've been fighting a battle of turning this girl into my OC, even though she doesn't fit the character.

I'm getting the feeling that the shipment won't be found, which is really depressing. If that's the case, I will probably just get a refund to buy one of the dolls I've been considering for my OC. Who knows, maybe in a year or so, when my budget is looser, I'll try and order this girl again.

 

Happened to me. Two girls who ended up sitting for months in boxes. I was opening and looking at them and putting back again. Then finally decided to part with them. Very sad experience....

 

I've only ever gotten more and more excited whilst waiting for a doll. I think the anticipation just emphasizes how much I liked the sculpt in the first place.

 

My excitement would die while waiting but I can't say I've fallen out of love. Once you get your shipping notice, your love is back and strong again.