Has family/friend/random person ever BROKEN your doll?

Broken...not really. Damaged, yes. I let one of my boys visit with someone and in the time he was allowed to get dirty, left by an ashtray, and yellowed severely. When I got him back, he smelled so bad I had to scrub him and let him soak for hours. Some of his clothes had to be thrown away. When I finally sold him, I ended up getting less than half of what he was worth due to the severe yellowing.

I only let my dolls stay with one trusted friend now.

 

Well it wasn't one certain person...but on a dollmeet we all participated in positioning the dolls for a group shot. While we were gleefully taking pictures, the whole group of dolls suddenly started moving and they all fell....unfortunately one of the dolls came up with a broken finger.

I think we all collectively felt responsible for that mistake. I also remember that many of us offered to pitch in to get a new hand for the doll...but either the owner declined it, or something else came up, because we never realized this in the end.

 

This sounds like my worst nightmare. Not only because my doll would be broken, but because I would probably expect the person who broke to help pay to have her replaced. And that would just be super awkward for everyone.

I would have been so upset at them! That's disgusting and really sad.

 

No. If they did, my family and friends are honest enough to pay for damages to my property. If they were not, litigation would take place.

Everyone I associate with knows me to be a relatively serious person on subjects that matter, (i.e, anything I paid hundreds of dollars for) and none of my friends are stupid or childish enough to threaten to/attempt to harm to my expensive art dolls. If they were, they would not be allowed back into my life. I have less than no time for such "friends".

If you have "friends" who have done this and are offended by my post or think it's rude of me to call such behaviour stupid or childish, Tough Buns. Threatening to damage someone else's expensive property IS childish and rude, and you can have people like that in your life if you think it's worth the trouble, but I won't stand for them in mine, thank you.
People who do not respect your property do not think much of YOU either.

 

I don't have many friends who would want to touch my dolls! Generally housemates nod at them politely and avoid eye contact. The worst that's happened is when one particularly adventurous friend was touching my doll and accidentally popped off his nose piercing. It wasn't a big deal, in fact neither of us noticed at the time. She certainly didn't mean to do it so I don't have a problem with it.

I don't tend to make friends with people who are abusive with another person's property. Quite the opposite. And so I don't foresee this being a big problem in the future! *touchwood*

 

Does the mailman count? Ha, no my only "damaged" doll arrived that way. The only person I worry about damaging ny dolls is my daughter, not on purpose just that she's 7. I've made it very clear to her how expensive they are and how important it is for her to be careful. So hopefully things will continue to stay unbroken.

 

This is why I don't let anyone touch my doll but me. If something unfortunate were to happen to her, I don't want to be able to blame anyone else for it but myself.

 

I've been on both sides. I accidentally knocked over my friend's art doll and it scratched her face. We both gasped when we saw it. I felt soooo bad! But she was able to get some paint & touch up her doll and now it looks like nothing ever happened.

Mr. renee_chan has accidentally knocked over one of my dolls before. He didn't pick her up, he just left her there. That's what made me the most angry, not that he knocked her over but that he didn't check to see if she was damaged. In his defense I have told him to keep his mitts off my dollies, but still. The doll was fine, no damage at all, so that was good. If she had been damaged he would have paid to repair or replace whatever was messed up.

 

I haven't had anyone damage my dolls yet (knock on wood). I don't let anyone handle my dolls unsupervised, and the only people around my dolls are my family members. They know how important they are to me, so they are almost afraid of touching them as they don't understand them well, nor do they wish to. My boyfriend is the only person I would completely trust taking care of my doll if I left it out. He understands what makes them yellow and how to handle them properly. I feel the same as Quetz, I want to be the only one responsible for what happens to my doll. Makes life easier

 

I was....and the friendship deteriorated quickly after that. I won't go into detail, but there were plenty of other reasons besides just that.

I am not offended at all and agree with you 100%! Some may see it as "just an object" or "people mean more than dolls", but I see it exactly the same way you do. If they are careless about my feelings and destructive with my emotionally and monetarily valuable property, they aren't a good friend and I have no use for selfish, thoughtless people like that in my life.

 

i let my [then] boyfriend hold & pose ffion when i got her, because he was there through the entire saga of how excited i was & how special she was & how much she cost & he was super careful with her.

my NEXT boyfriend, whoever they are, will have to prove they're trustworthy because they probably won't understand how precious she is!

as for friends, i'd only let other doll friends touch her as they'd know to be careful.

 

No, but I am concerned about it because my husband and I will be moving in with some friends to save money on rent and one of them has told me, that if he sees the doll in his room or anywhere outside "our space", he "can't be held responsible for what he does." Now, I don't plan on leaving my doll just sitting around the house wherever but if I'm paying rent in a place, I will bring my doll to the kitchen or living room with me if I damn well feel like it. I don't plan on intentionally leaving my doll around to mess with him (he finds them very creepy) but I made it very plain that if he did anything to my doll, he would be paying for any damages or replacements.

My husband likes to play pranks and, although he knows how much I love my doll, I'm a tad worried he might think it a funny prank to leave the doll around where it might scare his friend. If he does, though, they're both in big trouble. D:<

 

I've not had threats or had someone I know harm my boy, but he came to me broken by either the mailman or someone along the way during his trip. The box was slashed and the inside of his headcap was broken. One of the little pieces that helps it stay in place. Thankfully they paid the full price of his head, but he didn't need to be replaced and he was repaired. (by someone awesome.)

Still, I've been really protective of him from day one because of that, especially with having a clumsy boyfriend. He's accidentally smacked him IN THE FACE three times in the past few days, and before that has lightly sat on his feet (Kizdolls have thin ankles!) and bumped him over (but not long drops, just where he was sitting). He has luckily taken no damage at all since he's gotten home.

And now I must slink away from the internet before I die of sleep deprivation. *is dumb*

 

Most of my family and friends are too "afraid" of breaking/damaging my dolls to touch them but I'm the type of person who goes "here play with <insert doll name>, you can't really hurt him/her unless you try" I am all for people playing with my dolls as long as they are doing it in a RESPECTFUL and considerate way.

I feel, despite the price tag, they are meant to be shared and enjoyed and played with. I know some people will look at me as being a "bad" or "irresponsible" doll owner this way, but you know what, none of my dolls are damaged or stained, or anything. I take very good care of them and I teach those around me to do the same.

It makes me happy to see people who have never heard of these amazing creations getting into them. I feel it allows them to respect the hobby much more and even makes them curious enough to want one of their own.

I have a friend who wants to design clothes but she didn't know where to start because it was overwhelming to her. So I packed up a few of my dolls and their entire wardrobe and took it to her house. We played dolls and dress up and she held onto to one of the dolls and a bunch of the clothes to test stuff out. This was also a person who in the beginning thought I was crazy for being 26 and playing with dolls. She has a new view on them now. She sees them as super easy models to make clothes for and she actually loves them now.

So yeah the fear of someone breaking my doll is still there, slightly, but I trust my family and friends and I know they'd never do anything like that.

 

My stepsister is seven and has little to no respect for people's property at all - I was posing my doll Felix for photos and because I warned her not to touch him, she thought it was great fun to try and scratch his face when she thought I wasn't looking. Unluckily for her though I don't tolerate that crap so if she does anything of that kind, she gets a severe telling off. Her friends are just as bad.

 

This.I live with my grandparents currently, and they've always treated my things with respect. Regardless if it was just a sketch book, or my boy Marc. I know, if it was something that was purely an accident, they would help me replace or fix the damage. My girl friend might have a horrible breakdown if she broke something of mine.... @_@ But once I got her calmed down...I know she'll be alright and be the same way. XD! But then, like Rossyln said, people who care and respect you, will care and respect your things.

 

No one has broken my doll yet and I hope to keep it that way. My mom *would* threaten to break my doll if she knew about it and I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. All I can do is keep him well hidden. She has torn up my sketchbooks, threw away my books, and hidden all of my electronics and basically destroyed anything I enjoyed simply because I enjoyed them. She would even take my dictionary away if I looked like I liked reading it enough. I hadn't been living with her for a long time but sudden medical expenses has forced me to move back until I'm done with college. (And my room looks like nobody is living in it for fear of her throwing away even hints of the things I like.) As for friends, none of them are stupid enough to purposely break it and unless it was serious damage, I probably wouldn't make them pay me back or anything. I don't think I could ask that. If it was really bad though, I might ask for about half the payment to replace it.