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Friends with dolls

Nov 26, 2017

    1. Only the ones I meet online and later became friend of, I don't even know if I could call them friend, its like, more like a hobbie companion, but we find other interests in common and it becomes a little more than that (but still not enough for friendship, I would say)
      My best friend wanted some dolls, but she is not in financial condition to do so and I feel sorry to show her my dolls because of this :/
      People here really find me weird for collecting dolls, even more expensive dolls, but I try to get over and post those things in my social media anyway although not so often... that kind makes harder to find people in the same hobbie because we are all trying not be so obvious because of the prejudice.
       
    2. Dear ParlourGoddess, hello. I realize that this is an older post but I am curious to see if you got the answers to your questions. I am hoping that you were able to address whatever was going on with your friend.

      I got into BJDs after belonging to several doll clubs. I have quite a few friends who have BJDs in their collections. I feel very fortunate that I can have play dates with friends and talk with them about dolls.
       
    3. At first, my friends were confused by them, but then my best friend got one of her own. She now has four lol. We write stories that our dolls both appear in and have created a small universe for them despite the fact that my dolls also exist within their own story separate from hers. We also do photo-shoots with them together.
       
    4. I have a friend who likes dolls, but she lives far away. Everyone else I know are creeped out by them unfortunately :sigh