Have you made provisions for your dolls if you die?

For all my other dolls I will hand them down to my children and it will just keep going. Hopefully they won't sell them.

 

I don't have any real, legal paperwork, but I told one of my good friends, who happens to own a few dolls herself, both over the phone and in writing that if something happens to me she gets whatever dolls I might have at the time and any funds I have saved up for an additional one.

 

i haven't thought of it...i'll probably either be buried with her (or if applicable, give her to my mom...i think my sister would sell her)

 

I think I'm gonna give my doll to my boyfriend, because he got her for me and he loves her just as much as I do. But I don't think he'll be very happy because he doesn't play with dolls.

 

I'd give my doll(s) for somebody I love. I don't want them to be in my grave, because they kind of live forever and it would be buring them alive. They make a good memory I think.

 

Zarr would be sent on to my kid (if I ever have any. I say "no way!" now, but I'm only twenty...so who knows? xD; ), along with complete and very detailed instructions for his care.

Zarr is a fussy creature. >_>; So this will be payback for all the stuff I'd have had to deal with while the kid was growing up.

And if they dare go against my instructions, they'll have the ghost of mom breathing down their necks. XD

 

My DD would get most of my BJD if I still have them, as getting on in years I worry my love for them will fade. Or due to money problems have to sell. I would of course if time was not on my side and aware of my soon end, would make plans to send certain ones to friends, or loved ones, but will hope DD will share with others and make a new generation of BJD lovers.

 

What an interesting thread! Some things that should be pointed out--in the US, unless you make specific provisions in a will, your next-of-kin are your heirs (there's a chart of degrees of relation and everything). That means that unless you specify that your doll-loving second cousin gets your dolls, they'll be handed over to your doll-phobic sister, and no one can stop her throwing them into the dumpster. Verbal instructions aren't good enough, since they're prone to be forgotten or exaggerated. It's amazing how weird people can get over a death, even if there aren't millions of dollars at stake. One of my teachers at paralegal school told us a story about a family that was fighting to the death over muffin tins. Right now a friend is recovering from a ghastly incident, in which a long-time lover, a writer, died will-less, and his family, who hated his writing and probably him as well, stole his papers and locked her out of his apartment. No one knows what will happen to his copyrights, or if his manuscripts still exist, and it's likely that his brilliant writings will be lost forever.

In some states, like mine, holographic wills (those written by hand and not witnessed) are not valid, so find out now and do it right. Notary publics are your friends! Also, check into local laws. Some places have very strict rules about what can be done with cremains (some view them as hazardous medical waste and regulate scattering, others have laws about "respectful" treatment of dead bodies). Saying you want your ashes stuffed into your doll is cool, but if municipal or state laws forbid it, you're in a box under a plaque in the local cemetary before you can figure out who to haunt.

Some people on this thread said they're too young to think about this sort of thing. You all know that's not true, and that accidents and illness happen randomly. It's a kindness to your friends or family to express your wishes and relieve them of trying to read your mind posthumously.

EDIT: if you have unusual provisions in your will, get them vetted by a probate lawyer. It's possible for your heirs to break it if it appears the terms are illegal, onerous or the product of an unbalanced mind...and we all know what large swathes of the mundane world thinks of dolls and people who play with dolls.

 

Wow, my 9 yr old sister just asked me about this the other day. (She probably gets any morbid tendencies from me.) I'm not really sure what will become of Kaesu (and any more I get between now and then) when I die, but I'm certainly not going to be buried with him. I see these dolls as kinda immortal, so it would be cruel to try to take any with me. Hopefully I'll have someone to take care of him by then.

 

I plan on passing my dollfies onto my kids before I die. Granted, not while they're very young.

 

Well, I see myself getting at least a few more dolls before I die. XD As I don't see myself dying anytime soon. =P

Any case, those dolls will likely go to close friends that I trust to take good care of them and love them as much as I did when I die. I don't want children, but if I change my mind before then and end up with one (or more o_O)... then the dolls will probably go to them.

 

I have mixed feelings on this. Now this is all assuming(hoping) that I don't die before I get my next planned doll, Oko. Oko is a very, very special character to me. Extremely dear. And though, as much as I'd love to take him with me to the grave and have him there for the rest of eternity, it feels... almost like a waste. To have such a beautiful thing in a box with some ashes, lost forever to the world. He would most definitely go to Kitty, one of my closest friends. I know she'd take amazing care of him.

 

I feel a little bit... too young to start making plans for my death (I'm sixteen) but I think I'd want to give my doll to one of my friends who seems to like him well enough and at least I know she wouldn't sell him and would treat him well.

 

They're going to be given to my best friend, who's dolls are all connected to mine - my doll's significant others, best friends, etc.

 

Depending on when I went....

If I went tomorrow ~ I would hope my mom and sis would keep Rhiannon around as a reminder of me and obvious that I love my little one to pieces and that Rhiannon's character was based on me.

If I had husband and kids ~ I would pass the dolls down cause neither side of my family does heirlooms

If I was alone (for w/e reason) ~ I'd want them with me. If no one wants them or I don't feel those around me can be trusted, I want them buried with me.

I love my little one's to death and I would want to know they would be loved and if not they could be with me where they know I love them still. The characters the dolls I want are based off of are so much a part of me I could never picture life without their characters.

 

Oh I havent tought of this yet, but I'm really torn in this subject. First there is my bfriend, who is not really into dolls, but he likes Loki. If she would go to him, then I suppose she will stay on the shelf next to my photo. On the other hand theres my two sisters, they want to have dolls, and play with them, dress them and all that stuff, Loki would love the attention. so i guess she would go to sis's, with all her belongings. If I'll have other dolls then one will definately go to my bfriend's, to remember me^^"

 

I've put some thought in to it. I know my sister would keep the twins. Other dolls would have to go together, Xavier and Jibriel, Mom and Dad, the O'Shee family, whomever got the tiny baby would have to take her 1/6 caretaker too. The guy Bram looks like would have the first option of taking him.

The hardest one to place would be Dad, my friend Kirk wants him but he'd end up in Kirk's closet, I'd rather he go to some other guy I have a feeling would give him a better life.

 

Hehehehe. This thread. I'd give him to my friend, but include in the will not to feature him in porno shots.

 

Not that I plan to go anywhere, anytime soon...But no the thought hadn't crossed my mind at all. It really does bare thinking about.
I think I will have to suss out my daughters first and see which one of them may be interested in lovingly looking after them.....I don't hold out much hope at this stage. .

 

like Kiwiana said, I'm not planning on going anytime soon but if I were to die after getting my doll I probably wouldn't get him buried with me simply cause he'd be trapped there for all eternity until worms finally ate him.(and it'd be kinda like the movie dead silence lol) I don't know who I'd leave him to but I'd make sure to specify that noone just chucked him!(ha ha, if anyone's read the manga Doll, it'd totally do that "whoever keeps the doll keeps the house! XD")