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

Aug 14, 2012

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    1. Whoa, Miu Len, what is wrong with your mother? o_o;; She breaks your shit just because you like it? Hasn't anyone taught her to respect others' property??

      Eeeeek. I'm so glad my mom respects me and my stuff. D8
       
      #21 Quetz, Aug 18, 2012
    2. I agree with Quetz, Miu Len! Wha..?
       
      #22 dollyb, Aug 18, 2012
    3. She's nuts and she's always been this way for as long as I can remember. I used to think this was normal and I would take her insults to heart but I only learned a couple of years ago upon moving out that it isn't normal behavior. I don't know if I can really blame her for being this way though. I don't know how to explain it. She might be crazy, or it's a crazy+being Chinese thing. The way they see it is: you owe your parents your life and until you're done with college and married off (if you're a girl), they still have say over everything you do. I'm supposed to be studying if I'm not sleeping. Yet she would get mad if I liked a subject too much and seemed to be looking over chapters in a textbook that the class hasn't reached yet. She even tried to work out a schedule for me (not that I needed it or asked for it)...that left out time to eat and shower. A-anyways, am I allowed to say this here? I don't know if I have to strictly stay on topic. OTL Either way, I think you're lucky to have parents that respect your stuff. My parents um...respect the stuff they buy me (like school supplies)? :sweat
       
      #23 Miu Len, Aug 18, 2012
    4. =O That's like..I don't know if I would be able to deal with. o.o
      My parents respect my stuff. And in that being said-they don't really pay much mind to it. They leave it to me. :3
       
      #24 dollyb, Aug 18, 2012
    5. xD You're lucky as well. Anyways I've put it behind me. I've gotten used to it and I can do the things I like without her knowing now that I'm older.
       
      #25 Miu Len, Aug 18, 2012
    6. Yes. I had a friend over and she was undressing one of my dolls to change his clothing. His finger got caught in the sleeve of his shirt and broke off. I wasn't really all that upset over it - accidents happen.

      However, I also had an incident recently where a friend and a mutual acquaintance approached me to ask me to loan a piece of one of my dolls to the mutual acquaintance so that that acquaintance could use the piece to fit a jewelry set for a commission she was making for the friend. They said that it wouldn't take very long, maybe a couple of weeks, and that she would of course take good care of the piece of the doll while it was in her possession. I agreed, but stipulated that the piece could absolutely not be exposed to any sunlight, and requested that it be stored in the box I provided when she was not working on the commission, as the resin it was made of is known for greening quickly when exposed to light, especially light that is high in UV radiation. The mutual acquaintance who was borrowing the piece said that wouldn't be a problem.

      It took over three months, and I had to send the acquaintance several messages, before the piece was returned to me. When it was returned, it was a light olive green on the front side (the back of the piece was still the normal color), and had obviously been exposed to undue amounts of light. I have multiple dolls in this resin, and have since 2010. I have never had one change color. Protecting them from light exposure is not difficult - they do not change color under normal, mild room lighting. This was a major piece of my doll's torso, and now it's ruined.

      I will not being doing favors for this friend or this acquaintance again. My expectations were not unreasonable, and their inability to fulfill their promise to me has shown me that they cannot be trusted.
       
      #26 Kiyakotari, Aug 18, 2012
    7. Oh my. Thanks bad ^^
      Did she ever pay for it or get it replaced?
       
      #27 dollyb, Aug 18, 2012
    8. I'm sorry to hear Kiyakotari's experience. This is the reason why I don't loan dolls out anymore. My late mother borrowed one of my non-ABJDs to use as a sewing model and I was the one on pins and needles the many months she had my doll. My mother, bless her memory, was a talented seamstress, but a heavy smoker, and refused to believe that her smoking around my doll would be a problem. When I got the doll back it took months for me to successfully remove the residue and smell of exposure to a chain-smoker.

      I also have had eyelashes mangled by a fellow doll person who came to one of my room parties during a doll Convention. She was intoxicated, and thought that smothering my Reva Schick vinyl baby doll was the height of humor. Needless to say, she was never invited to one of my soirees again.

      Lastly, during a meet-up years ago, my friend's child somehow got near my Volks Heath with a ball point pen while all the adults were dining in the other room. When my friend discovered what her little one had been up to, she was mortified and very sorry. I shrugged it off as a simple accident, and we grabbed some rubbing alcohol and carefully went to work removing the marks with Q-Tips. Because we caught it so early, the ink didn't have time to set into his face or body, and my Heath is no worse for the mishap. :)

      This incident and the one at the doll Convention has taught me to keep a closer eye on my dolls whenever I take them somewhere, and I bring fewer with me to events. But I still let other people handle my dolls, as long as I get the sense they understand the somewhat fragile nature of them. ;)

      Juli DC :)
       
      #28 julidc, Aug 18, 2012
    9. None so far.. They know the value .. haha
       
      #29 jeany, Aug 19, 2012
    10. On just remembered that on July 3rd I went to a fireworks show at the vineyard that my roommate's mum works at. There was a big company picnic thing going on and some of her friends were there. Her friend's son was there, must be about 7 or 8, and clearly had no respect for any of our things in general that day.

      At the end of the show he ran up to me while I was cradling Iris in one arm and had my phone in the other. He stared me in the face, down to Iris, back up at me, and then just punched Iris in the face, smiling like it was cute or something. I was so raging angry that that was coming out as calmness for some reason and I had to explain to this kid that he could have broken him. Made angrier when he asked me "how could I break him". Wtf do you mean HOW?! I had to make up some shit to make it simple for him, like "resin is like glass, he's not made of plastic", as barely accurate as that is, I just wanted him to go away.

      luckily Iris had no faceup at the time and didn't take any damage. -_-
       
      #30 Purgatory, Aug 19, 2012
    11. Purgatory : Wow what a horrible experience! Did he apologize in the end?
       
      #31 Miu Len, Aug 19, 2012
    12. He didn't! He just ran off smiling. I didn't even get a chance to tell his mother because everyone was leaving the show. Now I feel like it's been too long for me to say anything. e_e
       
      #32 Purgatory, Aug 19, 2012
    13. That kid was be in so much pain..
       
      #33 dollyb, Aug 19, 2012
    14. Oh wow I hope his parents will find out about that behavior soon because that's going to get him trouble someday. O_O
       
      #34 Miu Len, Aug 19, 2012
    15. No one's handled and broken my dolls. Depending on what broke, I'd either have them pay for it, or not bother and replace/repair it myself. I can deal with a finger being broken; that's not going to break the bank for me. If it was serious, then I'd have issues.

      I always liked to be there when people held my dolls. Sure, these dolls cost hundreds of dollars, but even then people still see them as just 'dolls' and are going to handle them like they're just dolls. If that's how they treat their dolls, so be it. I'm not even saying I'd like them to treat my dolls like glass - I'd just really want them to realize that my dolls are not their dolls, and it's better to be overly gentle than rough with them.
       
      #35 writerm, Aug 19, 2012
    16. In life accidents happen and those I could probably excuse, but I'm not exactly sure how I'd react to the threat of breaking or the purposeful act of breaking my doll...by anyone; family, friend, etc, but knowing me I'm sure my reaction would not be pleasant or lady-like.
       
      #36 DancesWithDolls, Aug 19, 2012
    17. Not in real life, but I've also had dreams where I've gotten a doll and someone's busted it.

      I had one particular dream where my ex was dangling the doll I plan on getting out of the window and I was yelling at him and crying (because that's how I'd react in that situation) then he threw her in the air and she dropped doing all these mad twirls and smacking her head off the wall and breaking before lannding in the mud and plants under the window. Then I woke up and was super angry xD that's what happens if I argue with someone before bed though, they act like a jerk in my dreams if I have them that night.

      I would honestly freak out and get in a huge fight if someone broke my doll. But if it was an accident I'd probably just cry and be angry.
       
      #37 loves_little_angel, Aug 20, 2012
    18. Thankfully, my family knows enough not to touch my stuff. Though it may shock her to find out how much these dolls cost >< .

      There is NO WAY that cleaning cloth she uses to wipe tables is going near my doll!

      I think my mom would be kind enough to reimburse me for damages to my doll... but not before yelling at me for wasting money on them T_T .
       
      #38 Izalith, Aug 20, 2012
    19. I had once that a best friend of mine let my doll fell or i don't know really what happend but the magnet in her headcap of my Volks Kurumi was falling of. Luckly it was something easily fixed and i was so glad that there wasn't more damadge since she is my grail doll. But the thing that made me really sad and angry was that she didn't even told me until I found out that the magnet was loose. Then she told me that this happend because she fell over. I was really dissapointed that she didn't told me directly when it happend. So I learned from that.

      I also had some experience this myself.. >_< I was with a friend picking up her first doll at ThinkPink. I tried to let him stand on the table when he was out. I was really amazed how strong he stand but when i turned the other way, he fell from it and i was in Shock from the hard sound :( Luckly the ground was soft and nothing was wrong with him. But I apologized mutliple times and if something was broken or damaged I had absolutly paid for it afcourse. That also learned me to not do that again, (also with my owne dolls). I was so glad everything turned out alright.
       
      #39 MagicalYume, Aug 20, 2012
    20. Miu Len, you're right. Hell, maybe I should just contact her and tell her anyway. We barely speak, so it would be awkward, but she should teach him some manners before some messed up person decks him for him acting like that. XD;
       
      #40 Purgatory, Aug 21, 2012
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