Have you ever had your doll stolen?

I've not lived in a dorm but I have lived with roommates and had my stuff stolen. I would not let a roommate I barely knew have access to my most expensive dolls. You don't have all that much say in who you live with in a dorm. If you don't get along your doll might become a target for mischief. If they or one of their friends covets it could just vanish one day and likely all the recompense you'd get is a shrug. I wouldn't leave my laptop in the same dorm room with my roommate alone. I'd lock it up in a trunk or something if I had to go shower or go out without it. I doubt I'd take a BJD into a roommate situation unless I'd known that person forever and they were a friend. Stranger I'm rooming with? Heck no. Living in a dorm there are always people coming and going and unless your roommate is celibate, and who is in college, you'll have their dates, people you don't know in there too at some point. Too much potential for theft or damage. My 2 cents, but I wouldn't.

 

I have to agree that unless you know your roommate really well, I'd leave my dolls at home. People are always coming and going in a dorm situation. Doors are left open, strangers stopping by and so on. Even if your roommate is a lovely person, the people she may know and let into the room may not be so nice.

 

I'm going to add--even if you do know your roommate well, you still don't know what they might do. I had a roommate in college that I knew well, who still messed with my stuff when I was out of the room, and broke several of my belongings. I also recently had a roommate while living in a house in the last city I was in, who flipped out one day and threw all my stuff in the lawn; after I moved out, I found several DVDs missing from my collection (which also happened with a third roommate, who swiped DVDs and gaming equipment when things were being packed to move).

Unless you're extremely confident your roommate and their friends won't touch it, if you've got a safer place to keep the doll, keep it there.

 

I think its easier to get a feel for this while living with someone. Perhaps you should not bring the doll 1st (fall) semester and then bring the doll 2nd (spring) semester. You could even decide over Thanksgiving break. I have never had anything stolen by a roommate/suitemate, and I think you tend to find out pretty quickly if this will be the case. Even so, I would make sure to have something lockable and bulky (doesn't need to be a safe) to put the doll in when I leave. I use a lockable filing cabinet.


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I lived in a dorm in college with a roommate I had never met before until the week we moved in. We were not the best of friends, we had completely opposite opinions on almost everything. But we respected each other's things, and privacy. I didn't own a BJD yet, but I did have a computer and other off topic dolls that stayed on my desk. I had a boyfriend and she had a previous roommate who visited, but neither ever touched the other's stuff, and we never allowed our guests to bother the other's stuff either. If I had had a BJD, I'm not sure if I would have taken him or not. I probably would have. I had a very large trunk in my closet, and I probably would have just locked him in there when I wasn't home. After the first week, I felt like I could trust her, even if I didn't particularly like her, and I don't think she would have caused any damage or stolen him.

 

It really depends on who you're rooming with and if you feel you can trust them. That being said, I've had suitemates that were best friends since elementary school who were no longer on speaking terms by the end of the year, so I think vicemage has a very valid point. I personally roomed with a girl I had never met before then and she was not consistent in her behavior. Sometimes she was nice and other times she was mean. She didn't have any respect for my things, and I don't think I would have trusted her with BJDs in my room. I personally would have left them with my parents if I had BJDs at the time, or gotten a lock for my closet door. I have never had a BJD stolen before, but I joined the hobby when I had my own apartment with my boyfriend (now fiancé) who I can trust completely.