Families knowing the cost of dolls

I`m 30, and 2/3 of my dolls are gifts from my family(mom ,grandmom, step-father and brothers).THey dissaprove my hobby awfully, they highly dislike the appearance etc of my dolls, but they know a new doll makes me happy.And it`s priceless.And they will give as much as I need.And all my friends know the price.They don`t understand my hobby, call me crazy , but they respect it as a part of me and if I ask them to help with coice of a doll -they will do their best to help.The same if I`ll ask them to present me money as a gift for birthday , if I`m saving on a doll

 

Only my best friend's husband (and he's probably told her) and my youngest sister have been told the price of my dolls. Another friend of mine has only seen Volks dolls before, so he seems to think mine cost way more than they did, but whatever. My dad just knows "expensive" and hasn't asked.

HOWEVER. My youngest sister fell in love with my practice head, and wants it to be her first doll if my middle sister and I will get her a body for it. I told my middle sister today, in front of our mom, that younger sis wants us to go together and get the body for her doll for her for Christmas. My mom's reaction was "Those things cost that much?!?!?!?!" I just said "Um.... Yeah." Since the two of us together usually only spend $100 on her, which is about $80 + shipping SHORT of what it's going to cost... I'm not sure what my mom thought they cost but I am SO not telling her. She'll freak out.

My middle sister just rolled her eyes as she thinks the whole thing is strange, but didn't question the cost or that I'd spent a lot on them, I don't know if she's looked them up herself and knows, or if the "they're expensive" I gave her when she first saw them was sufficient. She's usually the one to freak out about money, though, so we'll see if she ever does.

They have no say in what I do, and are just concerned, but I see no need to tell them the prices when I know they'll disapprove.

 

My mom is aware how much they cost, but not anyone else in my family. That's only because my mom and I are pretty close and she's pretty supportive of my hobbies as long as I'm the one paying for them and I don't go overboard.

Most of my family has their own expensive hobbies, that's just one of the humors of being in a family that straddles the border between the upper and upper-middle classes.

 

I didn't get my first doll until I'd moved out on my own, so it wasn't really an issue. I bring them to my grandparents sometimes if I want to show off a new outfit I made or a new faceup, but the price issue is carefully avoided. My granny would flip out if she knew how much they cost and that I have 6 of them with another on the way.

My boyfriend, however, knows exactly how much they cost and we do have words over it from time to time. When that happens I just remind him that it's his fault I have any at all- he loaned me the money for my first doll, lol. Seriously though, if he gives me too much grief I just remind him that they're an investment. If I get tired of them one day, I can always resell them for close to what I spent on them originally or in some cases I could actually profit. There aren't a lot of hobbies that you can say that about.

 

I haven't bought my first doll yet, but I'm 17 and kind of had to tell my parents at some point. My dad surely doesn't understand since he's always trying to economize on everything, but fortunately he didn't really say anything since he's used to me spending lots of money on books and manga.

My mom, on ther other hand, got pretty upset. She's usually ok with my hobbies, but 300$ is just too much, she said. Although I think it has more to do with the fact that it's a doll. But she's has always been like that - even when I was still a kid. She couldn't wait for me to stop playing with toys and grow up.

 

Ahh...If they ask, I think I'll just tell them around 20% of the price.

 

If they ask, I tell

I think is important for them to know, Its the money i gain from them i use
I dont really keep secret about were the money goes and its really good to know that they dont think is a waste of money

 

my mom knows how much bubble was, because i gave her the money and used her credit card to buy her. i have a debit card but i didn't have enough money on my debit card, but i had the cash left over from christmas, so we did it that way.

if i was buying a doll using my own card (if i had enough money on it) i would probably tell my parents it was a little (or alot maybe) less than it really was.

 

They only know the price because they monitor my bank accounts... >.>;

And it annoys me greatly, and often. The only time anything's ever happened, I've always told them promptly, so I don't see why they have to monitor my accounts. err.

 

Heh, just tonight my husband was showing me the computer parts he bought with his big allowance this month (I worked extra hours, and it's been a hard month, so we both took a "bonus" allowance). I told him "I bought a doll with mine."

He replied, "Oh. I wondered what that 'Boobie' box was in the living room." (I got a Bobobie)

 

I told my dad that the doll I wanted was about $400 and he said he would buy it for me if I got an A in my Japanese class...sadly I got a B but he got me a sony mp3 player.

 

I told a real price just from the start. I said: "Mom, he costs as much as my monitor." - "Uwww, I don't understand that..." she answered.
My money is my money so I do not see a problem here My bf also knows a real price, still no problem.

 

I tend to cut the price down a little bit if my parents ask. I'm a broke college student and they really don't like me spending money on things I don't need. It is my money and they can't really stop me, but I get these looks of disappointment whenever I admit to spending a lot.

I told my parents that my Bobobie was $100, when he was actually $180. I tend to cut a few dollars off the price of clothes for him, though I make a lot of his clothes as well. The only things I'm really honest about, I think, are wigs, eyes and shoes. The things I can't make, so my parents can't really rag on me for buying them.

 

Another grown up and moved out person here. My parents don't really care what I spend my money on anymore so they didn't ask and I didn't tell. My sister has some expensive fashion dolls so she actually thought my AOD doll was pretty inexpensive. haha

Most of my friends are artists and designers. As a result, the few who have seen her view her more as an interactive sculpture than an expensive Barbie and didn't blink at the price (if they even asked). We all understand all too well how much time and money goes into sculpting and casting something. Ugh!

 

Mom paid for Cieon, I paid for Ester. I pay for clothes, eyes, ect, so she doesn't know that.

She wants me to keep the cost of each doll under $100, but I can't do that, obv. Heh.

 

My parents know the price. When I was planning my purchase, I asked "Mom, would you mind me buying a doll for the price of not-so-bad notebook?" I had read a lot of scary stoies about parents forbidding to buy anything and spend so much money on such "unuseful" things, so I was preared for worst... But she just said "Al right! Buy what you like, I don't care, it's your money". (WEll, it wasn't all mine, just about a half... the other part was kind of a present from my parents themselves)

Well, I think, they got used that I spend a lot on books. Though the dolls are far more expensive...

 

I let them know the price. It makes them a little more cautious around the dolls. ^^

 

My husband knows how much my doll costs....however my In laws and parents are not aware of how much they cost. My parents as I've learned over the years are extremely close minded therefore I don't discuss any of my hobbies with them. (They know I collect dolls and think I'm nuts....I don't know what they'd do if they knew about my renn faire interest...)

 

The only person who knows the general cost is my Mom (I tell her everything, lol). Obviously she doesn't care, I'm an adult, it's my money. The topic never came up with the rest my family, they just know that they're horribly expensive. If my extended family asked for an exact price, I wouldn't tell them. I'd let my "inner" family know though.

 

My parents and family are always curious to see what I spend on my dolls. I tell them the truth. Im an adult and the truth is always best. Mostly, they are shocked anybody would spend that much on a doll but unless you are in the hobby, you just dont understand lol