Have you ever had a friend who got you into dolls...

Lol. I can't say I regret any of it, but yes, my friend is who got me into dolls. She's not much on the doll scene anymore, though she does still adore her pukifee and may eventually get another. I think me falling out of the hobby affected her too because we weren't talking about them as much anymore.

Though I can say I am far more broke because of it all.

 

It was two friends who got me into dolls.

 

My friend in UK did in a round about way. She invited me to a her website for all dolls and that is where I found out about BJD from a girl on site. A few years later I got DIL into hobby and hoping to get granddaughter in as well.

 

I do! She got two secondhand souldoll boys who were just so cute and I loved seeing her pics of them, I had to have one of my own. And then I went and did it to another of my friends in turn.

 

TBH this is a pretty weird question. It sounds so positive in the title, but then the actual post... Not sure I would ever regret getting into a fun new hobby with a friend!

 

Years and years ago, I had a friend convince me to join Tumblr because that was where most of the fandom for a comic she'd convinced me to read hung out. Later, when she dramatically exploded our friendship by pulling some really nasty behaviour, she said she blamed Tumblr for me drifting away from her, that I'd been brainwashed by it and fallen into dangerous circles or some other nonsense. She didn't say this to my face-- she was vaguing me on social media-- and she conveniently forgot to mention that she was the one who got me to sign up, but I'm sure she regretted it then!

A little bit after that, I got another friend into a game series I liked, and wound up regretting that myself. This friend liked to engage with media by critiquing it. There was nothing wrong with that in and of itself, but it seemed like every time they talked about this series it was to bring up things they didn't like about it. It really wore on me and started to hurt my feelings a bit, honestly! It's one of my favourite game series, and seeing so much negativity about it was tiring. I'm no longer friends with that person.

...Neither of these things have anything to do with dolls, though! I did get into the hobby though a friend of mine posting about his dolls, but we are still good friends even if we don't talk as much. I think he's fallen out of the hobby a bit since I don't see him talking about his dolls much any more, but I'm still here and going strong!

 

I got my friend interested in dolls, though they're not as deeply invested as I am. I got them a secondhand doll for their birthday, and they bought her an adorable outfit and wig, and took photos of her with my help. I don't think they regret it, but they also didn't spend that much of their own money on the doll.

 

My twin sister has been trying to get me into dolls for ages and I’m finally here Now I’m not sure what took me so long!

 

My sister and I kind of got each other into the hobby. I found the dolls online first, she was the first to see one in person, I was the first to order one and she ordered as soon as mine got home, so it’s hard to say who got who into the hobby! But there are zero regrets about it, it just makes the hobby more fun to share it.

I can’t really imagine regretting getting someone into the hobby, unless they were being really unethical about it and saying I was the one who encouraged them or something. Otherwise, even if the friendship ended, I’d be happy that I helped someone find something that made them really happy.

 

I have a friend who introduced me to BJD's purely by accident. She had seen some fashion dolls and thought to herself, that looks like something Kim would love! She was right! She collects no dolls, but I do now LOL and she loves seeing what I make for mine. I love her even more for it

 

I had former friends in college who had some - I thought they were weird at that time. By 2015, I had very good friends who owned some and would show me what they did with them that I decided to dip my toes. Now I often talk dolls with my friends or have made new friends because of my dolls!

 

I got myself into this mess! No one to blame but myself haha.

 

No regrets about the friends who got me into dolls. I do have regrets about getting someone else into the hobby though. We had a massive falling out later, and sometimes at hobby events we'd still bump into each other. Kinda petty really, but since I moved out of the area they lived in it's become easier to not have the awkward "we keep meeting..." moments.

 

My sister always wanted a dollfie, but she never had enough money. I got some extra cash on the side and bought my Crobidoll and.... *looks at collection of 5 boys* WHOOPS.

 

I don't think I would ever regret that! But I really wish I knew someone who loves dolls as much as I do! Nobody around me seems to have any interest in them!