Have you made provisions for your dolls if you die?

in our family dolls are heirlooms and so will be my bjds

 

I saw a picture from this one girl's funeral. She was a BJD fan, and had tragically died from illness. One of her friends showed me a pic of her funeral, and they actually switched the head on her doll, to the sleeping head, and had alotted a spot for the doll beside her. it was so sad....but beautiful all at the same time....

Now, i wasn't there when the body went into the ground, maybe they removed it? But the doll was in her casket when they had the funeral. I thought it was very touching.

 

Well, I already have arrangements made for myself, but I'll probably amend it to give my girl (after I get her, of course) to my best friend in the event that I pass away, because I know he'll take good care of her, and love her just as much as I will, as he's a doll-lover, too.

 

I've actually thought about things like that before.
I'm not sure I'll ever have kids, because as much as I like kids, I spent most of my childhood taking care of my sister (who's almost a decade younger than me). Because of that, I've always felt that I've already used up all my mothering on her, and I've just never felt the urge to become a baby factory. ^^;

Since I want to be cremated, I wouldn't want my doll(s) burried or burned with me (what a waste!). If my other half needed the money, I would urge him to sell my more expensive things (dolls included), because taking care of him and any debt I've left behind would be first and foremost. If he didn't need to, however, I'd like my dolls split up between my good friends, because I know that they would love and take care of them as if they were their own.

 

BBBbbbrrrrr!!! Thats kind of spooky, to be buried with one (if that actually happened). But what I want is really not that much different - I'm planning on getting a niche in a crematorium and hoping the glass in front of the niche is strong. I'd like a representative of all of my hobbies in with my urn (and the urn of a loved one) and I thought I'd always want a #3 Barbie in her swimsuit in there (the one with the white skin) and now perhaps a small bjd or a bjd head. Might frighten the kids but hey, theres alot of dead people in there anyway. I might settle for just pictures of them...Alex

 

I think it would be awesome as a family heirloom!

 

I don't trust anyone else with my dolls, they're coming with me!

 

I've already told my mom what to do with all of my things when I die. as far as my dolls/ soon to be doll, they will go to my girlfriend. She is the only person that I trust to love them like I have.. and she knows more about their personalities than anyone else other than me.

 

I've thought about this actually... I don't have any children, and none of my close friends are into BJDs per say, but I've thought about giving them to a very close friend who has a big soft spot (and a big heart) for dolls and the like. If he wasn't able to give them the love and attention that they need, I would ask him to donate them to a lucky worthy member here on DoA.

 

I'm going to be brutal, but while I respect the fact some people may have a deep attachment to their dolls, I for one see them as extremely pretty but soulless objects. So I'd ask my husband to sell them as he'd need the money more than the dolls. It's my hobby and I enjoy it, but once I pass away I don't see much point in having hundreds of dollars cremated/buried with me when it could really help somebody ^^;

 

Interesting question.

Well, given that I have no intention of being planted in the cold, hard ground and taking up valuable real estate with my ex-carcass, burying them with me is out of the question And I suspect the release of toxic resin fumes leaves co-cremation out of the range of possibilities.

All foolishness aside, I'm glad that my daughters and my husband have a good sense of the dolls, what they're worth, and what goes into them, because I'd hate to see them go to a yard sale or something. I have something in mind for at least one of the dolls, but that presumes someone could pry them out of my daughters' hands!

 

Someone took a picture...at a funeral...? What would that be like..? "Aww, she's dead... *click!*" I wonder how her parents felt, having someone take a picture of their dead daughter.. Wait.. Do they even allow photographs at funerals?


Anyway, seeing as I currently only have one doll, I guess I'd like for him to be buried with me if something were to happen. I can't see him survivng as an heirloom in my family - nothing lasts long in this house. If he's going to end up in a box, never to see the light of day again, it may as well be with me.

If I get more, however... I don't know. I'd have to think about it. <-- cop-out answer.

 

a friend of mine and i have discussed this, and if anything should happen to me- be it illness or, presumably, death- they get my dolls. i know they'll be loved there and i wouldn't trust anyone else (of course it might be a bit of burden, suddenly receiving 5 BJDs who insist on being entertained everyday!)

 

I'd leave them to my BJD collector friends ^_^ I don't know who will get who, as long as they're appreciated (and never sold!).

 

if I didn't have enough savings to cover my funeral then I would want my doll to be sold to help cover expenses, I don't like the idea of leaving a debt behind when I die

otherwise I think I would probably have him sent to my best friend, shes not really that into dolls but I know she'd apreciate him

 

In my view, when someone dies, their wishes are sort of null.. Not meaning it in a cruel way, but it's worse for those who are left behind, isn't it? When I die, I might be old and grey, with children and grandchildren.. At least, that's what I hope ^^; I'm sure that if BJD are still important to me then, my family will take care of them for me. But really, I myself just want to be cremated in a cheap fashion, with a simple funeral for those who need the closure. That's what we had for my mother, that's what we'll have for my Grandmother.

Of course, if I die soon (plz no XD), my dolls will probably go to psyence! I'd never be able to have them buried with me (if I was to be buried, which I personally don't want), and I wouldn't ever have Rooster cremated, either. Though that is rather in his pesonality XDD

 

Only if they don't leave a will.

Which reminds me... all old geezers like me should have one, huh.

 

Well, of course XD I just mean that, in my opinion, once I'm gone, I shouldn't really have much of a say in what my family does with me. If they WANT a big funeral, that costs them tons of money, and want to pay for me to be put in a fancy box to rot in the ground.... Good for them. But personally, I feel that the dead shouldn't make difficult demands of the living.

Hehe, I'm young but I still feel I should write a will soon ^^; Not that I have much to put in it yet..

 

If I have children, I would probably give my dolls to my daughter. If not, they're going to my future husband.

 

Eek! Now you guys are making me think about reproducing and heiress to my dolly fortune! Don't want to think about that part now! ;_;

Anyways, it's been decided that I will pass on all my dolls and girly things to my (future) girls. Be it a niece or a grand-daughter, whatever. The only other ashes I want with me would be my significant other's.