How did you drop the bomb on your parents / loved ones?

i was so lucky as mum already collected so i didnt have to drop the bomb on her, dad and my brothers and sisters were used to the idea from mum so that was really easy. my boyfriend his mum collects dolls so he was really good about it and he has interest and hobbies too so he was understanding and now he really likes some of my dolls

 

i just got picked up from college one day and started talking my mom's ear off bout how i could use them for costuming, and make the costumes and props for them, photograph it, then make the stuff for people who order it so they would know what it would look like before ordering...(i haven't had anyone help buy any dolls for me...my mom doesn't care cause i buy them with my own money, while my dad flips out with them...)

 

I just kind of came out and said it! lol, they didn't really approve, but they're getting over it.

 

I haven't told my parents or my sister. I have told my 3 best friends (a girl and 2 guys) and they've been cool about it. They kinda just laugh about it but aren't mean. I was talking with a nerdy acquaintence at Gamestop the other day and our conversation progressed from action figures to dolls (solely my fault lol) and he didn't seem to weirded out about it. Said the eyes of one of my dolls looked creepy though.

I don't see how I can tell my family though. As it is now, my dolls spend all their time in their boxes hidden under my bed or concealed on my book shelf. They only come out at night when I know that everyone is asleep. First of all, my dad is all about money. He told me at one point that if I can't eat it or shoot someone with it, I shouldn't be buying it. With that statement, you can tell what kind of stubborn ultra conservative person I'm dealing with. So being a guy who collects dolls would not be viewed in a very good light in my house. The yelling and lectures I got for sewing a plushie was bad enough...I have nightmares about what telling them about my dolls would be like lol. My sister is just as bad. She's one of those "popular" girls who's always kind of looked down on me (whether she'll admit it or not). Like the rest of my family she's very good at making me feel stupid and down right weird for most everything I do.

 

Honestly I'm planning on not telling them the price at all. >_>

 

My hubby's a spender.

It wasn't that hard at all.

If we have the money then he actively encourages me. He bought me a Spiritdoll Rouge fullset for Valentine's Day. He told me to buy my first Soom doll Migma. Recently I showed him Soom Picro and Sammi - he said buy them both (he likes axylotls and I just wanted one but he insisted and who am I to argue).

He just said if I get over a hundred dolls then he gets another motorbike (so I'm selling some to keep the number under)

 

I just flat out told them "there's this doll I want to buy", then showed them the pictures and when they said she was pretty I asked if I could order and told them she was expensive but I had saved up money for a while and had enough to buy her
needless to say they said I couldn't buy her even with my own money

years later my mom completely forgot about it and when I asked again she said yes, I placed my order and a few days later when the order could no longer be cancelled she realized just how much it is that she cost me and freaked out

she likes her now though

 

My mother still does not know or realize how expensive my dolls are lol. I dont know if Ill tell her because it even shocks me how much money ive spent on this hobby :p

 

Who cares with your parents or loved ones think? Its your money lol. It's just dolls, not drugs.

 

Well.. Just like any other bomb I drop. My parents are extremely conservative. In othe words, lame. They saw a replica of Death Note from the Death Note series. They saw it and said I was getting into occult stuff and threw it away -_-
I get annoyed and yell at them. My mom would say it's creepy and I would say 'Mind your own business'. Just like any other.
But I did lie about the cost of the doll and got it second handedly because they might get really angry if they knew the real price. Oh well I have bigger secrets against them.

 

My mom has unfortunately passed away, but even though she knew I loved them and would be spending my own money (I was almost 22 at the time), she didn't like the idea of spending so much for a doll. I couldn't afford one until recently anyway, as a lot of issues kept coming up that sucked the doll fund dry, and even though she ultimately had no say in the matter, I still would have felt a bit bad about it.

Now though, my husband and MIL support me having them. They both think they're cute, so it's pretty relieving.